Richard Blumenthal: “Thank you for an extraordinary testimony. I think that anybody watching would be impressed and much better informed and…”

The circumstances in which AWDC gifted this ring, and the lack of clarity about its disposition, raise significant questions about whether the President has in fact accepted the ring as part of a quid pro quo agreement to reduce diamond…

This disaster declaration is a strong step toward bringing federal aid to Connecticut following severe floods last month.

It’s illogical, illegal, intolerable — and that’s in effect what the court found.

It fails to provide for adequate enforcement.