It’s been 10 years since 20 students and six educators were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown. As family members grappled with grief, the shooting also spawned a political movement. U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said years of gun reform efforts culminated in the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, which President Biden signed into... Read More about Sandy Hook 'Set In Motion' A Decade Of Work On Gun Reform, Sen. Chris Murphy Says

In the wake of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting where a gunman killed 20 children and six teachers, Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., started pushing for major reforms to curb the cycle of gun violence disrupting daily life throughout the U.S. While progress was slow over the past decade due to a gridlocked Congress, the work of Murphy,... Read More about Q&A With Sen. Chris Murphy on Sandy Hook, Future Of Gun Reforms

U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, both D-Conn., visited the defective Fitchville Pond Dam in Bozrah and spots along the Yantic River in Norwich where roadwork continued to repair damage and remove debris from Wednesday’s flooding. Federal, state and local leaders emphasized the chronic flooding problems along the Yantic River in... Read More about Blumenthal, Murphy Promise Federal Aid During Visit To Flood Spots Along Yantic River

U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, both D-Conn., visited the defective Fitchville Pond Dam in Bozrah and spots along the Yantic River in Norwich where roadwork continued to repair damage and remove debris from Wednesday’s flooding. Federal, state and local leaders emphasized the chronic flooding problems along the Yantic River in... Read More about Blumenthal, Murphy Promise Federal Aid During Visit To Flood Spots Along Yantic River

Over 60 years ago, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech from the Lincoln Memorial steps. Today, his vision of America still resonates in young Connecticut residents. “I think we should all have dreams about what a better world could look like,” said 9-year-old Emma Hadari. Hadari is one of fifteen winners in a... Read More about Students Reflect On MLK's Legacy In A CT Essay Contest. Here Are Some Of The Winners

U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy and other members of Congress will introduce a bipartisan resolution in support of the United States Soccer Federation's bid for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup, which would be hosted by both America and Mexico. "Women's soccer is one of the fastest growing sports in the world, and no country is better positioned to showcase... Read More about Sen. Chris Murphy Introduces Resolution Supporting U.S. Soccer Bid For 2027 Women's World Cup

Governments should assess and approve advanced AI models intended for use in health care and medicine if their resources allow, the World Health Organization said in a set of artificial intelligence ethics and governance recommendations released Thursday. Even so: The resources question is a big one. While rich countries such as the U.S. and some... Read More about The World Health Organization’s AI Warning

Senator Chris Murphy’s indispensable watchword is “conversation”. By my count, the Connecticut Democrat used the word no fewer than 20 times in a recent phone interview, or roughly once every 90 seconds. It dawned on me that he was doing this deliberately, and with good reason: Murphy, 50, believes his party’s political salvation lies in listening... Read More about The Democrats must forge a political centre based on class, not identity

Congress has yet to approve additional aid for Ukraine, and an effort to do that before years end seems to have fallen apart for now. Republicans have said they will not approve that aid unless the bill also includes money for an unrelated crackdown on migration at the U.S.-Mexico border. An administration briefing on Ukraine seems to have... Read More about Sen. Chris Murphy says GOP's immigration policy demands are too extreme

U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut is reintroducing the College Athlete Right to Organize Act (CARO) legislation, a bill that will enable college athletes to unionize. The bill will amend the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) to classify college athletes as employees who are entitled to the right to organize and collectively bargain for fair... Read More about Sen. Chris Murphy reintroduces legislation that would allow college athletes to unionize

Good morning, Early Birds. On this day in 1792, President George Washington was reelected to serve a second term. Tips: earlytips@washpost.com. Was this forwarded to you? Sign up here. Thanks for waking up with us. In today’s edition …  What we’re watching: Wray testifies … Liz Cheney, outspoken Trump critic, weighs third-party presidential run …... Read More about Democrats turn up the heat on Ukraine supplemental

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. will be unable to continue providing more weapons and equipment to Ukraine if Congress doesn't approve additional funding by the end of the year, the White House said, trying to prod lawmakers to quickly make progress in complicated negotiations on Capitol Hill."Cutting off the flow of U.S. weapons and equipment will kneecap... Read More about U.S. Running Out of Money for Ukraine in War With Russia, White House Warns

The Biden administration urgently hoped to use the recent pause in hostilities between Israel and Hamas to change the course of the war in Gaza. As the fighting began anew Friday, it was unclear whether those efforts were having any effect. Keeping up with politics is easy with The 5-Minute Fix Newsletter, in your inbox weekdays. In a marked... Read More about White House pressed Israel during bombing pause to change its strategy

"Nobody knows, from sea to shining sea, why we are having all this trouble with our republic." That's the opening sentence of "Ninety-Two in the Shade," a 1973 novel by Thomas McGuane. The actual story is about a grudge between fishing guides in the Florida Keys. It's a widely acknowledged great first sentence, even if it’s also a bit of a bridge... Read More about Colin McEnroe (opinion): Chris Murphy tries to build a new sandbox for America's politicians

The fate of U.S. security assistance to Ukraine rests on the ability of lawmakers to broker a deal on an issue that has eluded their grasp for decades: immigration. After Republicans demanded border security changes to send billions of dollars more in aid to Ukraine, which is struggling to fend off a Russian invasion, as well as to Israel and... Read More about Ukraine funding’s fate hangs on thorny immigration issue in Senate

Connecticut’s rail passengers can expect to see shorter travel times to and from New York as a result of $2 billion in federal funds. That’s according to Senator Chris Murphy who joined several federal, state and local officials at a press conference by the Devon rail bridge in Milford Monday. “Within the next 10 years with this investment, we will... Read More about CT receives $2 billion for rail infrastructure improvements

Millions of people are traveling this Thanksgiving week. If you're taking the train, the trip could get a lot faster in the next few years – thanks to $2 billion headed to Connecticut from Washington. If the trip over the river and through the woods to Grandmother's house takes you on the train, you'd better pack some patience. "Sometimes there's a... Read More about Faster trains coming to CT, thanks to $2 billion from Washington

The fragile pause in Israel’s onslaught against Hamas in Gaza, which has enabled the release so far of 58 hostages, has been surprisingly enduring given that neither side is in direct contact and each is bent on obliterating the other. The question now is how long the intersection of interests that led to the deal will prevail, allowing the return... Read More about US pushes for extension of Gaza pause, but the possibility of war raging again looms large

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is taking a first stab at building a uniform set of research standards to measure loneliness and isolation. Driving the news: The effort builds on growing recognition that social isolation is a behavioral health concern after Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared loneliness a public health crisis earlier this... Read More about Loneliness gets its own legislation

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is taking a first stab at building a uniform set of research standards to measure loneliness and isolation. Driving the news: The effort builds on growing recognition that social isolation is a behavioral health concern after Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared loneliness a public health crisis earlier this... Read More about Loneliness gets its own legislation