United States Senator (Democratic) from Connecticut.
Case
Umar Kremlev, a Putin-linked Russian businessman, helped fund Trump Jr.'s wedding celebration. Trump first denied knowing Kremlev, then called it "totally allowed" and said he was repaid. Sen. John Curtis now wants Trump Jr. and Hunter Biden subpoenaed over family financial benefit.
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Networked automated license-plate cameras can assemble searchable records of vehicle movements. Candidates and officials disagree over whether to ban the systems, keep them with limits, or defend them as investigative tools. This tracker separates outright bans from narrower restrictions.
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Michigan gubernatorial candidate John James said FBI Director Kash Patel privately told him the FBI would have a presence in Michigan before Election Day. Questioned at a Senate hearing, Patel neither confirmed nor denied it.
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An issue tracker recording where members of Congress and 2026 midterm candidates stand on the unauthorized Iran war, based on their votes on war-powers resolutions, campaign statements, and public remarks.
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Border Patrol Agent Charles Exum shot Marimar Martinez during a Chicago vehicle confrontation. Agents said she drove at Exum; Martinez and a later state review said she was driving away.
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Federal officials halted Revolution Wind construction twice, citing national security. Rhode Island senators criticized the orders, and a judge granted preliminary relief. The project later reached its final-turbine installation milestone.
Role at the time: U.S. Senator, Connecticut
Statement summary
Richard Blumenthal voted yea on H.Con.Res. 89, a vote to direct the removal of U.S. forces from unauthorized hostilities with Iran.
“On the Concurrent Resolution H.Con.Res. 89: A concurrent resolution directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.”
Voted to direct the removal of U.S. forces from unauthorized hostilities with Iran, a vote to end U.S. involvement absent congressional authorization.
Role at the time: U.S. senator from Connecticut
Statement summary
Blumenthal said Flock-style surveillance needs stronger accountability and suggested a possible warrant requirement, limits on data retention, and a prohibition or safeguards for a national database. He did not call for every license-plate reader to be removed.
“Prohibiting or safeguarding against a national database.”
He proposes restrictions on networked surveillance without endorsing a ban on all readers.
Role at the time: U.S. Senator (D-Conn.) and member of the Senate Judiciary Committee
Statement summary
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said, as quoted by Roll Call, that "we have a real duty to investigate" what he called blatant corruption dangerous to national security, like the Trump Jr. wedding gift.
“We have a real duty to investigate all of this just absolutely blatant corruption that’s so dangerous to our national security, like the Trump Jr. wedding gift.”
The case's reference point is the Kremlev-funded celebration for Donald Trump Jr. and whether the Senate Judiciary Committee should investigate it. Blumenthal, a Judiciary Committee member, calls corruption like the Trump Jr. wedding gift blatant and dangerous to national security and says there is a real duty to investigate it. That expressly criticizes the conduct under scrutiny and backs an inquiry, so we labeled it Condemned.
Role at the time: U.S. Senator (D-CT)
Statement summary
Sen. Richard Blumenthal pressed Kash Patel on whether it would be illegal to send FBI agents to polling places; after Patel said "I don't know that we can't legally do it," Blumenthal said he was "dissatisfied" that Patel could not give an "unequivocal" commitment to keep the FBI out of election interference.
“Well, I'm dissatisfied that you are unable to give us an unequivocal, clear, unambiguous commitment that the FBI will be kept out of election interference.”
Blumenthal directly condemns Patel's non-answer on whether the FBI could legally send agents to polling places, explicitly saying he was 'dissatisfied' by the lack of an unequivocal commitment -- a condemnation of Patel's response relevant to the case's central question.
Role at the time: U.S. Senator, Connecticut
Statement summary
Richard Blumenthal voted Yea on H.Con.Res. 86, the Senate resolution directing the President to remove U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.
“On the Concurrent Resolution H.Con.Res. 86: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.”
A yea vote supported directing the President to remove U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran, opposing continued U.S. involvement in the war without congressional authorization.
Role at the time: U.S. senator questioning the homeland security secretary at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
Statement summary
Blumenthal said it was wrong for the agent to shoot Martinez and then brag about the shooting.
“I don't know why you can't join me in saying it was wrong to shoot Marimar, almost cause her death, and then brag about it.”
Blumenthal explicitly said the shooting was wrong, so the statement directly condemns the use of force.
Role at the time: U.S. senator from Connecticut, in a press release
Response to this claim
Doug Burgum said the offshore-wind pause, which included Revolution Wind, addressed emerging national-security risks from evolving adversary technology and projects near East Coast population centers.
“Once again, a court has struck down Trump’s senseless stop work order on Revolution Wind because the administration has failed to produce a single shred of evidence to support its fantastical claims.”
Blumenthal says the administration supplied no evidence for its claims and calls the order senseless. He rejects the basis for the action itself, which is more than a dispute over terminology.
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