After years of painstaking, sometimes painful negotiations and diligent drafting—involving colleagues on both sides of the aisle, congressional committees, outside experts, the U.S. Trade Representative, the White House, and others—I was elated and proud when the United States Congress passed the Russian Sanctions...

My visit to immigration court in Hartford last week was a real eye-opener. Actually, it’s not really a court, more like an assembly line deportation machine. I should not have been surprised, because legally, it’s an arm of the Department of Justice, not part of the Judicial Branch established separately by the...

The real-life cruelty of Putin’s bloody, slaughtering invasion hit me as I walked through a military hospital in Dnipro, observing gruesome wounds of fighters taken from the front nearby—some in ongoing surgery or intensive care, losing limbs and possibly lives. Their sacrifices are part of the cost of Russia’s...

In the climactic days before their inauguration, most Presidents are focused on their vision for the nation’s future and their plans to lead the country. Donald Trump had a different priority: cashing in. Right before he was inaugurated, Trump launched and promoted what he called the Official $TRUMP cryptocurrency,...

“Still Revolutionary” was the branding slogan Connecticut tried a few years back. It flopped. But I always thought it was onto something—and that something feels especially important this year, on the 250th anniversary of our country’s founding. We’ve always been a nation of upward strivers. Renegades and...

Last week, I spoke on the Senate Floor calling again for a vote on the Major Richard Star Act, legislation to provide combat-injured veterans with the benefits they have rightfully earned and deserve—and once again, Republicans blocked my request, denying benefits for our nation’s heroes. Right now, combat-injured...

The pounding on my Odesa hotel room door at 3:35 AM is loud and annoying—especially because I’m getting the first real sleep on a trip to Ukraine following an overnight plane flight and two overnight train rides. It’s another air raid—third or fourth that day? I’ve lost count. We hustle downstairs to a small bunker...

As a prosecutor and trial lawyer, I’ve spent a good deal of time in federal court over the years—including serving as CT Attorney General and as the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, the chief federal prosecutor, but some of my most moving and meaningful courtroom experiences have been as a guest at...

AI chatbots are a spreading menace to many of our nation’s children. These machine-made companions lure young people into toxic fake relationships, exposing them to explicit content and encouraging self-destructive behavior. After hearing from parents and children facing graphic, shocking harms from AI chatbots and...