Ken Bredemeier The U.S. contests for the Republican and Democratic presidential nominations have turned into contentious fights for delegates to the parties’ national conventions, where the candidates for November’s national election will be picked. Billionaire real estate mogul Donald Trump is the Republican front-runner, but he complained Monday that party officials have created a «crooked, […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Governor Gina M. Raimondo, joined by Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea, Representative Aaron Regunberg and Senator Gayle Goldin, ceremoniously signed legislation to make voter registration easier for Rhode Islanders. The bill will allow Rhode Islanders to register to vote or update their voter information online in time for the November 2016 elections. […]readmore
WASHINGTON –Congressman David N. Cicilline (D-RI) and Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) led 51 of their colleagues to push for funding for the National Violent Death Report System (NVDRS) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and public health research on gun violence. In a letter to the Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education, […]readmore
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Jack Reed today issued the following statement regarding the terrorist attacks in Brussels, Belgium: "Our hearts go out to the victims and we stand in solidarity with the people of Belgium. We will do everything we can to root out the network that conducted this attack and degrade and destroy […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, RI Secretary of State Nellie M. Gorbea is reminding Rhode Islanders that they have until Sunday, March 27, to register to vote in the April 26 Presidential Preference Primary. Although the deadline falls on a Sunday, every city and town has made arrangements for residents to register or change their address at the last […]readmore
Washington, D.C. – This week, U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), Rob Portman (R-OH), and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) led a bipartisan group of Senators in urging appropriators to provide full funding for substance abuse prevention, treatment and recovery programs like the ones authorized by the bipartisan Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) that […]readmore
Voz de América El grupo de hackers conocido como Anonymous declaró «guerra» sin cuartel a Donald Trump. En un video publicado el 4 de marzo, el grupo califica la campaña del aspirante a la nominación presidencial republicana de Trump como «profundamente perturbadora». «Su inconsistente campaña de odio no solo ha estremecido a Estados Unidos, usted […]readmore
Voz de América A solo horas de haber declarado victoria en la Florida, el magnate Donald Trump sigue haciendo de las suyas. A través de su cuenta de Instagram, Trump publicó un aviso en el que se burla de Hillary Clinton. La precandidata demócrata, quien cada vez está más cerca de convertirse en su rival […]readmore
VOA News 1. Hillary Clinton continues to lead the race for the Democratic Party presidential nomination. Wins in Ohio and Florida in particular put her in a commanding position, one analyst describing it as not quite a knockout of rival Bernie Sanders, but close. 2. Donald Trump holds his lead in the Republican race despite […]readmore
Ken Bredemeier Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton have taken commanding leads in their months-long campaigns to claim their parties’ 2016 U.S. presidential nominations, with both scoring impressive victories in contests on Tuesday. Neither Trump, a billionaire real estate mogul who has never held elective office, nor Clinton, the country’s secretary of state from […]readmore