Ken Bredemeier VOA News U.S. President Barack Obama is the featured speaker on the third day of the Democratic National Convention, where he will tell Americans why he thinks Hillary Clinton, his one-time secretary of state, should replace him in the White House when he leaves office next January. Vice President Joe Biden; Clinton’s vice […]readmore
Ken Bredemeier VOA News U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump encouraged Russia Wednesday to hack into the email server of his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, to find «the 30,000 emails that are missing» from her time as the country’s secretary of state. “It would be interesting to see. I will tell you this, Russia, if […]readmore
Katherine Gypson VOA News PHILADELPHIA—Sitting among his fellow Democratic delegates for the state of Virginia, he could not be any closer to the stage as Hillary Clinton becomes the first female presidential nominee of a major political party. The arena erupts with music and cheers, delegates almost unseen behind hundreds of waving, multicolored “Hillary for […]readmore
Mary Alice Salinas VOA News WHITE HOUSE—Democrats are hoping that President Barack Obama will help presidential candidate Hillary Clinton energize the party to win the White House when he delivers a highly anticipated speech Thursday at the Democratic National Convention.White House officials say the president continues to work on the speech, which he began to […]readmore
Aru Pande NASHUA, NH AND WASHINGTON—Over samosas and biryani, a monthly meeting of the Indian Association of New Hampshire quickly turns to talk of the U.S. election. «Whoever it is, a presidential candidate must be all-inclusive and take into consideration our demographic,» says IANH President Balaji Radakrishnan. In the kitchen of Radakrishnan’s Nashua, New Hampshire […]readmore
Ken Bredemeier Last updated on: July 25, 2016 3:17 PM U.S. Democrats open their national convention Monday, set to affirm former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as the party’s 2016 presidential nominee, but embroiled in controversy over leaked emails that show how party leaders sought to ease her path to the nomination by […]readmore
Wasserman Schultz resigning as party leaderreadmore
By: Carmen Russo CRANSTON, R.I. – Latino Public Radio broadcasted live coverage of Hillary Clinton’s first appearance with her newly announced running mate, Virginia Senator Tim Kaine. The presumptive Democratic nominee introduced Kaine, a fellow Democrat and former governor of Virginia, during a rally Saturday at Florida International University in Miami. LPR broke the news […]readmore
By: Carmen Russo PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Providence VA Medical Center celebrated the groundbreaking ceremony Friday morning for its new intensive care unit (ICU) and transportation facility for sterile supplies. Funding for the improvement projects was secured by U.S. Senator Jack Reed, who helped include $163 billion for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in the […]readmore
By: Carmen Russo PROVIDENCE, R.I. – In two years, nonprofit group Dominicanos USA (DUSA) registered more than 30,000 Dominican Americans to vote in Rhode Island. In its first year of existence, the nonprofit exceeded its goal of registering 100,000 new voters in New York and Rhode Island. As the group continues to encourage the two […]readmore