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New York Rep. Paul Tonko, D-N.Y., left, and New York Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara, D-Rotterdam, attend a funeral mass for eight of the 20 people killed in last Saturday's fatal limousine crash in Schoharie, N.Y., during a memorial service at St. Stanislaus Roman Catholic Church in Amsterdam, N.Y., Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

Dem lawmakers to introduce federal online gambling legislation

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

With protesters in the audience, Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun arrives to testify before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Investigations to answer to lawmakers about troubles at the aircraft manufacturer since a panel blew out of a Boeing 737 Max during an Alaska Airlines flight in January, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 18, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Boeing CEO apologizes to relatives of 737 Max crash victims while defending company’s safety record

By David Koenig - Associated Press

Boeing CEO David Calhoun speaks with reporters after a meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 24, 2024. U.S. lawmakers are expected to press Boeing's chief executive on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, about the company's latest plan to fix its manufacturing problems. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Boeing’s CEO is appearing before a Senate panel as a new whistleblower emerges

By David Koenig - Associated Press

Committee chairman Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Ct., speaks during a homeland security and governmental affairs subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023, regarding the proposed PGA Tour-LIV Golf partnership. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)

Senator subpoenas Saudis for documents on LIV-PGA Tour deal

By Ellen Knickmeyer - Associated Press

Saudis' LIV Golf merger with PGA Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Saudis’ LIV Golf merger with PGA Tour would democratize wealth

By Rob Sobhani

PGA Tour chief operating officer Ron Price, left, testifies alongside PGA Tour board member Jimmy Dunne during a Senate Subcommittee on Investigations hearing on the proposed PGA Tour-LIV Golf partnership, Tuesday, July 11, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Senate committee presses PGA Tour executives over proposed LIV Golf deal

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times

Signage for LIV Golf is displayed during the pro-am round of the Bedminster Invitational LIV Golf tournament in Bedminster, NJ., Thursday, July 28, 2022. The most disruptive year in golf ended Tuesday, June 6, 2023, when the PGA Tour and European tour agreed to a merger with Saudi Arabia's golf interests, creating a commercial operation designed to unify professional golf around the world.(AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Senator asks LIV Golf, PGA Tour leaders for records on merger

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Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., left, chair of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law, speaks with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman before a hearing on artificial intelligence, Tuesday, May 16, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

AI ‘Blumenthal’ writes, delivers lawmaker’s remarks at tech oversight hearing

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., speaks during a news conference on Feb. 16, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Sen. Richard Blumenthal to leave hospital after surgery for parade injury

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Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., speaks during a news conference about refusing Russian annexation of any portion of Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Senators push Pinterest exec for answers on pedophiles’ alleged use of platform

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Travelers wade through the line to drop off bags at the Southwest Airlines check-in counter at Denver International Airport, Dec. 27, 2022, in Denver. Senators who want to impose tougher penalties when U.S. airlines strand or delay passengers say they finally might be able to turn their ideas into law because of outrage over debacles like the one at Southwest Airlines in December 2022. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Lawmakers aim to raise penalties for U.S. airline disruptions

By David Koenig - Associated Press

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., speaks during a news conference about refusing Russian annexation of any portion of Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Richard Blumenthal wins 3rd Senate term, fends off Trump-backed Leora Levy

By Susan Haigh - Associated Press

The Deer Lake Boy Scout Reservation in Killingworth, Conn., sits empty, Wednesday, May 11, 2022. The camp is among many nationwide being sold by local councils as membership dwindles and the organization raises money to pay sexual abuse victims as part of a bankruptcy settlement. Conservationists, government officials and others are scrambling to find ways to preserve them as open space. (AP Photo/Pat Eaton-Robb)

Scouts sell off camps under strain from sex abuse suits

By Pat Eaton-Robb - Associated Press

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., left, and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, speak to reporters about designating Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism because of Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, May 10, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senators push to designate Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., questions Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, file)

GOP sees opportunity in 2022 election to defeat Blumenthal

By Susan Haigh - Associated Press

FILE - Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., left, and Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., right speak to former Facebook data scientist Frances Haugen, center, during a hearing of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, in Washington. Blumenthal, who heads the Senate Commerce subcommittee on consumer protection, called in a sharply worded letter Wednesday, Oct. 20, for Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg, to testify before the panel on Instagram’s effects on children. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Sens. Blumenthal, Blackburn propose to overhaul digital rules to protect kids from social media

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (Associated Press photo)

Corpse of ‘Da Nang Dick’ Blumenthal makes peace with Commies

By Charles Hurt - The Washington Times

In this file photo, subcommittee chairman Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., questions a Facebook whistleblower during a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, in Washington. Mr. Blumenthal took executives from other social media companies to task at a hearing held on Oct. 26, telling representatives from Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube that they could not avoid lawmakers’ ire by simply not being Facebook. (Drew Angerer/Pool via AP) **FILE**

Senators accuse Snapchat, TikTok of fostering dangerous behavior, hate, anxiety on their platforms

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Sen. Blumenthal’s office posed as teenage girl on Instagram to learn about potential harm

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

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

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times