Lisa Hagen
Federal policy reporterLisa Hagen is CT Public and CT Mirror’s shared Federal Policy Reporter. Based in Washington, D.C., she focuses on the impact of federal policy in Connecticut and covers the state’s congressional delegation. Lisa previously covered national politics and campaigns for U.S. News & World Report, The Hill and National Journal’s Hotline.
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As President Donald Trump declared that America is in “a turnaround for the ages” during Tuesday night’s State of the Union address, Connecticut Democrats offered a vastly different assessment of the country during his first year back in office. -
The Connecticut senator has made repeat trips to Ukraine since the start of the war. And as it marks four years since Russia’s invasion on Tuesday, Blumenthal and a small group of Democratic senators returned with a renewed sense of purpose. -
Gov. Ned Lamont asked President Donald Trump one of the only questions at a high-profile White House meeting on Friday with a group of bipartisan governors. The question happened behind closed doors after Trump asked reporters to leave the room, minutes into the start of the business meeting. -
When President Trump delivers the first State of the Union address of his second term, not everyone in Connecticut’s congressional delegation will watch it from inside the House chamber. As an act of protest, more than half of the delegation will boycott the speech on Tuesday evening. -
For weeks, U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy spelled out exactly where he stood on funding for the Department of Homeland Security: He wouldn’t vote to extend its budget without securing a deal to rein in the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement. -
Connecticut will receive tens of millions of dollars in federal funding for local projects, marking the first time in a two years that states will benefit from earmarked funding for infrastructure initiatives, affordable housing development and education. -
U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, who is the ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee, said Democrats have gotten mixed signals on whom to talk to and that Republicans need to take the lead, given they control Congress. -
Connecticut’s congressional delegation split over a government funding deal that ended the brief partial shutdown on Tuesday and starts the clock for Congress to negotiate reforms to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in less than two weeks. -
Former Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin narrowly outraised U.S. Rep. John Larson for a second quarter in a row as both candidates extended their fundraising advantages in the four-way Democratic primary for Connecticut’s 1st Congressional District. -
Connecticut’s U.S. senators were split on a vote Friday night on a government funding deal that avoids a prolonged partial shutdown and gives Congress more time to negotiate reforms to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
