2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1076+ words) By MICHELLE L. PRICE and LISA MASCARO Republicans know they are up against history, which traditionally rebuffs the party in power during midterms, but they’re relying on Trump’s personal appeal to voters. Vance, with a primetime speaking slot right before the…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (706+ words) By NICK INGRAM, JEFFREY COLLINS and GEOFF MULVIHILL That’s because the districts have changed fast in Missouri after the Republican-controlled legislature, encouraged by President Donald Trump, redrew its congressional map last year to give the GOP a better shot at…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (964+ words) A year on, what’s known as the One Big Beautiful Bill — or, the “Big Ugly Bill,” as Democrats call it — has produced mixed results. Millions of people have received enhanced tax breaks, while millions are also losing access to federal…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (1265+ words) President Donald Trump won’t be on the ballot in November, but the theme of the GOP’s convention in Texas this week is unmistakable: he’s the face of the midterm elections. Republicans from Connecticut and around the U.S. headed to…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (696+ words) Gov. Ned Lamont linked Republican challenger Ryan Fazio to President Donald Trump’s crackdown on undocumented migrants with an ad featuring a Black minister decrying racial profiling by immigration agents and Fazio’s vote against a law intended to make schools and…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (975+ words) Special education programs face a funding crisis this year that cannot be solved unless Connecticut reforms controversial state budget caps that have diverted billions of dollars to pay down pension debt, Comptroller Sean Scanlon said Tuesday. The state’s chief fiscal…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (520+ words) 9/11 is a miserable topic and I wonder sometimes why I’ve chosen it as an area of study. For the past decade I’ve taught a course called “9/11 Generation” at Central Connecticut State University. More than a thousand students have walked through…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (768+ words) Minority Republicans in the General Assembly renewed their call Wednesday to slash state income taxes and offer other relief to middle-class households struggling with Connecticut’s high cost of living. But Republicans didn’t pitch major spending cuts to pay for the…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (293+ words) A White House official, who was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity, said Trump “has a longstanding practice of giving Christmas gifts to people in his orbit, including at times employees and aides, both…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (552+ words) The Trump administration on Tuesday imposed sanctions on additional elements of Iran’s aviation industry, targeting more than two dozen commercial and private airlines as well as foreign cargo service providers in its new push to isolate Tehran from its remaining…...