Chris Murphy
FILE - In this June 18, 2021, file photo, President Joe Biden speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Biden targets law-breaking gun dealers in anti-crime plan

By Colleen Long And Jonathan Lemire Jun. 23, 2021 05:19 AM EDT

The annual "Rally to Protect Your Right to Keep and Bear Arms" is held at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Monday, June 7, 2021. (Dan Gleiter/The Patriot-News via AP)
NRA's gun rights message not slowed by legal, money troubles

By Colleen Long Jun. 08, 2021 06:02 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: New England

By The Associated Press May. 21, 2021 07:00 AM EDT
Hartford Courant. May 18, 2021. Editorial: The angry, disruptive display at UHart’s commencement over switching to NCAA Division III was...

President Joe Biden arrives to speak about a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, in the Cross Hall of the White House, Thursday, May 20, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Hour-by-hour: Biden's behind-the-scenes push for cease-fire

By Aamer Madhani May. 21, 2021 01:27 AM EDT

Connecticut using federal aid to provide free summer camp

Apr. 21, 2021 11:18 AM EDT
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut will be offering free summer camp for about 24,000 children with the help of $11 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds,...

Law enforcement confer at the scene, Friday, April 16, 2021, in Indianapolis, where multiple people were shot at a FedEx Ground facility near the Indianapolis airport. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Biden's appeals for action on guns, policing face reality

By Zeke Miller And Alexandra Jaffe Apr. 17, 2021 12:12 AM EDT

Law enforcement confer at the scene, Friday, April 16, 2021, in Indianapolis, where multiple people were shot at a FedEx Ground facility near the Indianapolis airport. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Biden's appeals for action on guns, policing face reality

By Zeke Miller And Alexandra Jaffe Apr. 16, 2021 07:45 PM EDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, April 14, 2021, file photo, President Joe Biden removes his mask to speak at a news conference at the White House, in Washington. Ten liberal senators are urging Biden to back India and South Africa’s appeal to the World Trade Organization to temporarily relax intellectual property rules so coronavirus vaccines can be manufactured by nations that are struggling to inoculate their population. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool, File)
Senators to Biden: Waive vaccine intellectual property rules

By Aamer Madhani Apr. 16, 2021 06:00 AM EDT

President Joe Biden speaks about gun violence prevention in the Rose Garden at the White House, Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Biden orders gun control actions — but they show his limits

By Alexandra Jaffe, Aamer Madhani And Michael Balsamo Apr. 08, 2021 06:05 PM EDT

Vice President Kamala Harris participates in a listening session at the Boys & Girls Club of New Haven, Conn., Friday, March 26, 2021, on how the American Rescue Plan addresses child poverty and education. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Harris praises Connecticut for spending federal aid on kids

By Susan Haigh Mar. 26, 2021 02:28 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 3, 2021 file photo, youths who cull through trash for items to resell ride on the back of a garbage truck entering the Pavia landfill on the outskirts of Barquisimeto, Venezuela. A U.S. senator urged the Biden administration Tuesday, March 23, 2021, to lift a ban on diesel fuel swaps with Venezuela, adding to pressure from some Democrats and aid workers who argue sanctions are worsening the South American country's dire humanitarian crisis. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)
Democrat adds pressure on Biden to review Venezuela sanction

By Joshua Goodman Mar. 23, 2021 01:25 PM EDT

Xavier Becerra listens during a confirmation hearing to be Secretary of Health and Human Services before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Sarah Silbiger/Pool via AP)
HHS pick says pandemic is top job, but agenda is broader

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Feb. 23, 2021 12:12 AM EST

Sandy Hook victims remembered in online vigil on anniversary

Dec. 14, 2020 01:20 PM EST
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — The 20 children and six educators killed in the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School were remembered Monday on the eighth anniversary...

FILE- In this Sept. 24, 2020 file photo, Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Murphy and Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal will be self-isolating after a member of Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont's staff tested positive for COVID-19. Both tweeted on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020, that they had not had close contact with the staffer but were taking the step out of an abundance of caution. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool, File)
Conn. senators isolate after governor's aide tests positive

Nov. 14, 2020 05:14 PM EST

A room of the Pineta Palace Hotel gets cleaned to welcome patients recovering from COVID-19 who need to undergo quarantine, under the supervision of the Gemelli hospital, in Rome, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020. (Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP)
The Latest: Washington gov. may announces new restrictions

By The Associated Press Nov. 14, 2020 01:13 AM EST

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden joined by Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks at the The Queen theater Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
How to build a government: Transition challenges await Biden

By Will Weissert, Zeke Miller, Alexandra Jaffe And Aamer Madhani Nov. 07, 2020 12:33 AM EST

A demonstrator reads a banner on display at Black Lives Matter Plaza, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
GOP senator: No evidence to support Trump vote-fraud claims

By Matthew Daly Nov. 06, 2020 08:39 AM EST

A demonstrator reads a banner on display at Black Lives Matter Plaza, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Some in GOP break with Trump over baseless vote-fraud claims

By Matthew Daly Nov. 05, 2020 10:19 PM EST

Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., meets with Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court at the U.S. Capitol Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020, in Washington. (Bill Clark/Pool via AP)
Trump, Lee, Tillis: Congress reconsiders testing its own

By Laurie Kellman Oct. 02, 2020 09:15 PM EDT

Led by Gabriel Whitley, left, and Sally Herron, a group of about 200 activists marched around the Indiana State House Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020, to protest any government mandate that would require them to wear masks as protection against the spread of COVID-19. (Doug McSchooler/The Indianapolis Star via AP)
The Latest: China lifts pandemic bar on entry by foreigners

By The Associated Press Sep. 23, 2020 05:06 AM EDT