All posts tagged "Richard Blumenthal"

President Donald Trump told his administration's envoys to stop talks with Iran on Tuesday, CNN reported.

CNN anchor Jake Tapper reported that Trump officials have told allies that they have shifted their strategy from "hammer Iran ASAP" to "strangle them over time," according to sources.

Lawmakers have shared their concerns amid reports of dwindling weapon supplies and low morale among troops as the military operations have continued for nearly six months. ...

CNN anchor Erin Burnett called the conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln "shocking" during a live broadcast on Thursday as new details emerged about dire troop morale.

Burnett spoke with Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), who sits on the Armed Services Committee. The lawmaker wrote a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asking for information about the troops on naval ships and pushed back on Hegseth's claims.

"Hegseth trying to characterize these powerful, credible reports as fake news is really a disservice and profoundly disrespectful to the sailors who are on the USS Abraham Lincoln and enduring these hardships," Blumenthal said. ...

Democratic lawmakers were outraged when a Trump nominee refused to answer their questions during a confirmation hearing on Wednesday.

Adam Candeub, nominee to be assistant attorney general, and other judicial nominees testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill, where Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) had pressed the nominees to answer questions about the outcomes of the 2020 and 2016 elections.

Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) pushed Candeub to answer whether President Biden won the 2020 election, telling him to "be your own man," adding, "I don't need legalese, I don't need trickery."...

A longtime Democratic senator slammed a judge nominated by President Donald Trump for an appeals court vacancy after he refused to answer a direct question about who won the 2020 presidential election.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) asked North Dakota U.S. District Court Judge Daniel Mack Traynor, who was testifying before the Senate during a confirmation hearing for the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals.

"Who won the 2020 election?" Blumenthal asked....

A high-ranking Democratic leader delivered a scathing response to two of President Donald Trump's federal judicial nominees during a congressional hearing on Wednesday.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) told judicial nominees Matthew A. Schwartz, a third Trump personal attorney who the president has nominated to a circuit court seat, and former Solicitor General of Ohio Benjamin Flowers that he was disappointed in them when they did not clearly respond to his questions about the Capitol attacks on Jan. 6, 2021.

"Was the Capitol attacked on January 6?" Blumenthal asked....

WASHINGTON – Democrats on Capitol Hill are nervously laughing off President Donald Trump’s so-called investigation into Joe Biden’s use of an autopen.

Prominent Democratic senators who spoke to Raw Story at the Capitol on Thursday dismissed the effort — passed through executive order and giving Attorney General Pam Bondi authority to launch a criminal probe — as a made-for TV “political stunt.”

“It’s a political stunt trying to change the narrative from tariffs that are gonna harm the economy,” said Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI), the top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee. ...