Lisa Hagen
Federal policy reporterLisa Hagen is CT Public and CT Mirror鈥檚 shared Federal Policy Reporter. Based in Washington, D.C., she focuses on the impact of federal policy in 黑料吃瓜网 and covers the state鈥檚 congressional delegation. Lisa previously covered national politics and campaigns for U.S. News & World Report, The Hill and National Journal鈥檚 Hotline.
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U.S. Rep. John Larson, D-1st District, froze and stopped talking for a brief period while delivering a floor speech Monday afternoon, an episode that was attributed to an 鈥渁dverse reaction鈥� to a new medication, according to his office. -
The Coast Guard has started shuttering a number of DEI-related programs and offices and removing information about them from its websites. At the Coast Guard Academy, the Office of Culture and Climate has been disbanded, and staff are on paid administrative leave, according to a local union. -
The Trump administration rescinded its memo directing a pause on all federal grants and loans a day after it sparked an outcry about the status of key programs, and 黑料吃瓜网 Democrats vowed to be ready for the next fight. -
The scope and potential consequences of the directive remained unclear on Tuesday, although a federal judge temporarily blocked the pause shortly before it was to go into effect. -
Of nearly 2,500 people who were granted clemency for drug offenses last Friday, about a dozen of them are defendants from 黑料吃瓜网. But it was unclear if any of them had been convicted of other offenses. The clemency order was intended for nonviolent drug offenders, but some question whether every prisoner met that test. -
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Republicans from 黑料吃瓜网, who came to Washington, D.C. to celebrate and mark President Trump鈥檚 transition back into power, believe he is best positioned to enact such changes and move in a different direction than the last four years of the Biden era. -
黑料吃瓜网's Congressional delegation and state leaders refine their approach for the next four years. "You just can鈥檛 chase the noise." -
The men and women who represent 黑料吃瓜网 in the U.S. House and Senate still carry a lingering sense of disbelief about the violence that unfolded after then-President Trump urged his vice president to block the results of the 2020 election. -
