The Latest Breaking News from Chris Murphy

Gunman kills 19 children in attack on school in Uvalde, Texas, sparking renewed calls for gun control legislation.

The poet, who performed at the inauguration of Joe Biden, says to ‘do nothing isn’t just insanity – it’s inhumanity’

WASHINGTON — Steven Dettelbach starts the most public part of his effort to become only the second person to successfully run the Senate confirmation gantlet to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in a political high-wire act at a hearing Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

A gunman shot and killed 14 kids and one teacher at a Texas elementary school on Tuesday.

Lawmakers and gun control groups lead calls to to stop the carnage: ‘it is our choice to let it continue’

Connecticut U.S. Chris Murphy came to Congress representing Sandy Hook

‘Why are you here if not to solve a problem as existential as this?’

"I'm here on this floor to beg, to literally get down on my hands and knees and beg my colleagues"

WASHINGTON — One of Eric Garcetti’s top advocates in the Senate said the White House needs to make a decision on the future of the Los Angeles mayor’s bid to be ambassador to India within weeks, suggesting the embattled nomination has lingered in a state of limbo too long.