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Blumenthal: 'Profound Questions of Pay to Play' Between Nvidia and Trump
Thursday on CNN's "OutFront," Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said there are "profound questions" about Nvidia's possible pay-to-play donations to the | Clips Read More
Trump District-Attorney Makes Ballroom Threat to Dems
A Trump DOJ loyalist has issued a legal warning to a senator investigating the president’s donors. Read More
DOJ frames Blumenthal ballroom investigation as threat against Trump supporters
A U.S. attorney accused Blumenthal of using the investigation to threaten “citizens for associating themselves with the President." Read More
Sen. Richard Blumenthal ordered to preserve documents from inquiry into Trump ballroom
The official sent the letter on the day the White House told congressional Democrats that investigations into the administration could be a crime. Read More
DOJ grant delays disrupt services for human trafficking survivors
WASHINGTON >> The Justice Department has failed to award roughly 75% of congressionally appropriated grants to combat human trafficking in the last two fiscal years, according to a letter from Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal shared exclusively with Reuters. Read More
Democrats accuse Musk’s X of favoring Polymarket
A group of Senate Democrats accused Elon Musk’s social media platform X of giving the prediction market Polymarket “preferential treatment” on its timeline. In a letter to X leadership Friday, Democratic Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto (Nev.), Jacky Rosen (Nev.), Adam Schiff (Calif.) and Richard Blumen Read More
U.S. Senator Chris Murphy hospitalized after suffering a stroke
U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut has been hospitalized after suffering a stroke, according to his chief of staff. Read More
'As low as it gets': Dr. Oz faces new demands over MAGA plot targeting nursing home voters
A group of Senate Democrats is demanding that Dr. Mehmet Oz reveal whether his agency coordinated with far-right activists pushing a baseless conspiracy theory that left-wing groups are stealing the votes of nursing home residents.Eight senators, including Elizabeth Warren, Richard Blumenthal, Alex Read More
US Senator Questions Tether After Reported Deal Involving Ex-Adviser
Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal has escalated a Senate investigation into Tether’s alleged relationships with a marketing company linked to former Read More
Senate Democrat Probes Tether Payments to Ex-White House Crypto Adviser’s Firm
Tether is facing fresh scrutiny in the Senate over millions of dollars that reportedly flowed to a firm co-owned by Bo Hines. Read More
US Senator Questions Tether After Reported Deal With Ex‑Trump Aide
Senator Richard Blumenthal has asked Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino to provide documents and information to the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Read More
US Democratic senator probes Ukraine's loss of Starshield service
WASHINGTON, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Democratic US Senator Richard Blumenthal on Thursday said he had opened an inquiry into Ukraine's loss of critical access to the Pentagon's Starshield satellite Read More
Sen. Blumenthal accuses Trump of "trying to bleed Ukrainians into conceding territory and security"
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff in Norway on Tuesday. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said U.S. intelligence sharing with Ukraine has been restored. Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut joins "The Takeout" with his reaction. Read More
Rebelling GOP threatens Trump as he guts Putin sanctions he signed just a month ago
Republican lawmakers are growing frustrated with President Donald Trump after he paused new sanctions on Russia’s economy, sidelining a measure he signed into law just a month ago.Trump halted the sanctions by executive order Friday and set off growing GOP backlash, with lawmakers demanding answers Read More
Democratic senator: Zelensky says Ukraine doesn’t have full access to Starshield, intelligence sharing
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told senators Ukraine still does not have full access to the critical satellite-based Starshield network or U.S. intelligence sharing amid growing tensions with President Trump. Zelensky provided the update to a bipartisan Read More
Tether’s Ardoino disputes Iran report with four-week freeze claim
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino disputes a Senate Iran report, saying wallet freezes preceded sanctions by four weeks and Iran-linked volumes fell 94%. Read More
Law firms that caved to Trump about to 'face plant' on national TV: legal expert
A legal expert predicts the elite law firms that cut deals with President Donald Trump are heading toward a humiliating public reckoning.Writing in a piece for her Substack newsletter on Saturday, lawyer and journalist Katie Phang said leaders of the nine Big Law firms that caved to Trump would "fac Read More
Trump blasted for siding with ‘bloodthirsty thug’ in late-night gift to Russia
Critics across the political spectrum unloaded on President Donald Trump after he threw Russia a lifeline with a stroke of his pen.Trump signed an executive order Friday night exempting Russia from a sweeping package of penalties Congress passed last month, just two days before they were set to take Read More
Trump puts new Russia sanctions that he recently signed into law on hold, citing national interest
Trump's unexpected move comes a week after he said the U.S. had agreed to purchase diesel from Russia to try to bring down global energy prices. Read More
Blumenthal demands answers from FanDuel over personalized videos to gamblers
Sen. Richard Blumenthal is demanding answers from the sports betting app FanDuel, which he claims targets “problem gamblers” with personalized celebrity videos. Read More