Chris Murphy

Secretary of the State Denise Merrill and U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy said there’s no doubt that foreign governments, especially Russia, are intent on influencing the 2020 election. But they said there has been no specific instance of foreign interference in Connecticut’s elections this year. “I’m very worried this administration is not taking seriously the threat of Russian interference and...

Connecticut’s Secretary of the State and other leaders said Thursday they are more concerned about election misinformation than about actual voter fraud.

“This is what will decide whether we’re able to keep the progress going,” Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin said. Ahead of the fourth of July holiday weekend, Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin and Senator Chris Murphy urged residents to get tested for COVID-19 and continue to practice social distancing. “This is no time to give up on all of the personal...

Ahead of the fourth of July holiday weekend, Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin and Senator Chris Murphy urged residents to get tested for COVID-19 and continue to practice social distancing.

Senators Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal voiced concerns about American security after the killing of an Iranian general by a US airstrike in Iraq.

A U.S. Senator is without a home. At least for now, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy does not have property in our state that he can call his own. Yet he still represents Connecticut and does not expect that to change anytime soon. This is not without precedent. It has happened before but does not happen often.  Senator Murphy explained this...

Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy is without a Connecticut residence after selling his home in Cheshire.

A U.S. senator from Connecticut visited the home of a detained human rights activist in the Mideast island kingdom of Bahrain.

Efforts to develop testing for the mineral that has damaged hundreds of basements in Connecticut are moving ahead.

Student-athletes, including at Trinity College, are applauding a major move that could allow them to cash in on endorsement deals.

U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy says he’s helped secure investments for the Long Island Sound in Senate appropriations bills.

U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut says the Russian government has denied him a visa to enter the country.

Connecticut officials are reacting after deadly mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio within 24 hours of each other this weekend.

Sen. Chris Murphy tweeted on Sunday that he was unfollowing President Donald Trump on Twitter because his feed was “hate-filled, racist and demeaning.”

Opposition to President Donald Trump’s Saudi Arabia policy and use of executive power is building in Congress, where senators have introduced more legislation aimed at blocking the sale of weapons to the kingdom. Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut, a Democrat, and Sen. Todd Young of Indiana, a Republican, said in a statement Sunday they hope to force a vote on...

Opposition to President Donald Trump’s Saudi Arabia policy and use of executive power is building in Congress, where senators have introduced more legislation aimed at blocking the sale of weapons to the kingdom. Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut, a Democrat, and Sen. Todd Young of Indiana, a Republican, said in a statement Sunday they hope to force a vote on...

Attorney General William Barr is stepping up the probe into the origins of the Russia investigation, naming a U.S. attorney to oversee the investigation and working with intelligence chiefs to see how surveillance was conducted....
Barr tapped John Durham, the U.S. attorney in Connecticut, to lead the inquiry, but remains directly involved in the probe, which he initiated about three weeks...

Democrats denounced a plan by President Donald Trump’s personal attorney to push Ukraine to open investigations that he hopes could benefit Trump politically, saying it was an overt attempt to recruit foreign help to influence a U.S. election. But lawyer Rudy Giuliani has scrapped plans to visit Ukraine, citing concerns about who he would be dealing with there. “I’ve decided...

The Senate on Thursday failed to overturn President Donald Trump’s veto of legislation that would have ended U.S. military assistance for the Saudi-led war in Yemen against Iran-backed rebels, but lawmakers promised to keep close watch on the administration’s ties with the kingdom. While the 53-45 vote to override fell well short of the required two-thirds, passage of the resolution...