PROVIDENCE, RI – Governor Gina M. Raimondo will deliver her annual State of the State address before a joint session of the Rhode Island General Assembly on Tuesday, January 17 at 7:00 p.m. The State of the State address will provide the Governor an opportunity to outline her ongoing efforts to create and expand economic […]readmore
WASHINGTON, DC – With President-elect Donald Trump scheduled to hold an event in Fayetteville, North Carolina tonight to officially announce the nomination of General James N. Mattis (ret.) to be the next U.S. Secretary of Defense, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, today issued the following statement: «This […]readmore
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed, a senior member of the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee issued the following statement today on President-elect Trump’s nomination of Dr. Ben Carson as his nominee to be the next U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD): «Dr. Carson is a renowned pediatric neurosurgeon with an […]readmore
ASHINGTON — The White House, major U.S. media outlets and fact checkers are debunking President-elect Donald Trump’s claim that «millions of people» voted illegally in the November 8 election he won. In Twitter posts Sunday, the Republican Trump claimed that he would have defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton in the nationwide popular vote «if you deduct the […]readmore
VOA News Since becoming the president-elect this month, Donald Trump appears to be softening his stance on several firmly held campaign themes, from building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border to shifting on the cause of climate change to putting his Democratic presidential rival, Hillary Clinton, in jail. Political experts have said candidates often have […]readmore
VOA NEWS As a candidate, President-elect Donald Trump expressed interest in turning away refugees, specifically those from Syria. He said he would ban Muslim immigrants in general (a talking point that remains on his campaign website). And in November, he advocated limiting immigration from «terror-prone regions.” But could President Trump immediately stop refugees from coming […]readmore
Joshua Fatzick VOA NEWS President-elect Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, played a large behind-the-scenes role in propelling the candidate through the primaries and into the White House, and now it appears Kushner could fill an important spot in a Trump administration. According to news reports, the Trump transition team has requested a security clearance for […]readmore
VOA NEWS WASHINGTON — A major decision for a newly elected president is who will fill key Cabinet positions. With Donald Trump a week into his planning for taking over the White House January 20, here is a look at when his predecessors announced their picks for the most high profile posts. Barack Obama Election held […]readmore
Delegation & Gov. Raimondo Announce $6M Grant to Accelerate Job Training Federal funds will help train up to 1,000 Rhode Islanders over the next four years in Real Jobs RI partnerships that focus on advance manufacturing skills and contribute to the defense sector WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. […]readmore
RI STATE HOUSE — The House Republican Caucus has unanimously elected Representative Patricia Morgan (R-District 26; Coventry, Warwick, West Warwick) as the first female House Minority Leader. The House Republican Caucus has also unanimously elected Representative Blake A. Filippi (R-District 36; Block Island, Charlestown, South Kingstown, Westerly) as the first millennial House Minority Whip. Leader […]readmore