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Senators say Facebook ‘whistleblower’ to testify at hearing about protecting kids online

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

The Instagram app is displayed on a computer on Aug. 23, 2019, in New York. Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri will testify before a Senate subcommittee next week about his company’s impact on children, two senators announced Thursday, as lawmakers probe the platform's alleged dangers for kids. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane) **FILE**

Facebook pulls plug on ‘Instagram Kids’ ahead of faceoff in Senate over harming teen girls

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Veterans Affairs Police guard the entrance to a maintenance facility after an apparent steam explosion in a maintenance building at a Veterans Affairs hospital in West Haven, Conn., Friday, Nov. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Robert Bumsted)

Senator seeks VA facility probe amid whistleblower claims

By SUSAN HAIGH - Associated Press

FILE- In this Nov. 10, 2020 file photo, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Blumenthal and Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy 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)

Blumenthal accuses Facebook of caving to conservatives: They’re ‘working the refs’

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump's nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, meets with Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, in this file photo. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via AP, Pool) **FILE**

Senate Democrats: Amy Coney Barrett has ‘hard-right view of the Second Amendment’

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., speaks Wednesday, July 22, 2020, during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing to examine protecting the integrity of college athletics, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Richard Blumenthal says he’ll oppose military nominations unless retired Brig. Gen. Tata is removed

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Blumenthal said witnesses needed in Senate impeachment trial

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Security discussion planned at Jewish center in Connecticut

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Senator urges MLB to save Norwich minor league team

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Sen. Blumenthal: Legislation targets online “cyber Grinches”

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Blumenthal says he sees “cracks” in Trump’s GOP support

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Sen. Blumenthal: NFL must take domestic violence seriously

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Blumenthal says deal on bipartisan ‘red flag’ draft is near

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Blumenthal hopes to pressure vote on election cybersecurity

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In this July 23, 2016, file photo, a representation of the Olympic rings are displayed in the Olympic Village in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A bill spurred by Larry Nassar's sex crimes and other mishandled abuse cases would allow Congress to fire the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee's entire board and would quadruple the money the federation provides to the U.S. Center for SafeSport. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

Overhaul would give Congress power to fire USOPC board

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Blumenthal says proposed insurance rates are unaffordable

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U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal speaks to the media Friday, July 12, 2019, in Hartford, Conn., about new legislation he introduced to prevent immigration officers from deporting immigrants living in the country illegally. (AP Photo/Chris Ehrmann)

Sen. Blumenthal introduces legislation to stop ICE sweeps

By CHRIS EHRMANN - Associated Press

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., speaks to media during a break in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018, with Christine Blasey Ford and Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Richard Blumenthal calls for Robert Mueller to testify: ‘Part of his job’

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

Sujitno Sajuti and wife Dhalia of West Hartford stand outside the Unitarian Universalist Church, Friday, May 31, 2019 in Meriden, Conn. Sajuti, a former Fulbright scholar who has been fighting deportation to his native Indonesia left the sanctuary of a Connecticut church Friday after 598 days. Sujitno Sajuti had been living inside Meriden’s Unitarian Universalist church with his wife, Dahlia, since being ordered by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in 2017 to board a plane. (Dave Zajac/Record-Journal via AP)

Former Fulbright scholar leaves sanctuary after 598 days

By PAT EATON-ROBB - Associated Press

Illlustration on worsening the current situation of prescription drug prices and availability by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

The Cornyn-Blumenthal drug bill carries serious side effects, no benefits

By Peter J. Pitts