Donate

Chris Murphy

US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters with National Security Adviser John Bolton looking on in the Oval Office at the White House

Sen. Chris Murphy says Trump’s Iran plan is ‘blind escalation with no endgame’

Foreign policy

US tensions with Iran are ramping up with no clear plan in sight. Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, says that while Iran is acting belligerently, the US response is not helping.

Boys inspect the wreckage of a bus at the scene of Thursday's air strike in Saada province, Yemen August 10, 2018.

Civilians say ‘time to say no for war’ after dozens of Yemeni children die in school bus attack

A deserted cell in the public section of Aden Central Prison is shown in this May 9, 2017 photo in Aden, Yemen. A separate, closed wing is run by Yemeni allies of the United Arab Emirates, part of a network of secret prisons in southern Yemen into which h

US risks fallout from UAE’s prisoner abuse scandal in Yemen

Conflict & Justice

Environmental activists look forward to Obama’s second term

Environment

Senate Races to Watch: Connecticut and Missouri