VOA News Ken Bredemeier WASHINGTON—U.S. presidential elections are only nominally national contests and are not decided by the popular vote. The outcome is decided in the 50 individual states as the candidates look to win the Electoral College, with each state’s impact on the outcome dependent on its population and representation in Congress. Both Democrat […]Load more...
Chris Hannas With U.S. voters continuing to hold unfavorable views of the Republican and Democratic presidential candidates, parties outside the two that dominate the country’s politics are getting rare national exposure. The last president who was not either a Democrat or Republican left office in 1853, and while many different parties field candidates each election, […]Load more...
LEXINGTON, Ky.—Rhode Island state Sen. Cynthia Armour Coyne has been selected to participate in one of the nation’s premier leadership development programs for state government officials, The Council of State Governments’ Henry Toll Fellowship program. The 48 leaders in the Class of 2016 Toll Fellowship program hail from 29 states, Puerto Rico and Guam and […]Load more...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In an effort to protect dairy farmers in Rhode Island and across the nation amid the dairy industry’s current financial crisis, U.S. Senator Jack Reed has joined 60 other lawmakers in writing a letter to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack asking the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to aid in the […]Load more...
PROVIDENCE, RI – Secretary of State Nellie M. Gorbea will give voters a test drive of their new voting machines in a series of voter outreach events throughout Rhode Island. Voters across the state will cast their votes with the new voting equipment starting with the September 13 Primary election. The voter outreach events give […]Load more...
Ken Bredemeier VOA News American voters are viewing Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton more favorably in the aftermath of last week’s national party convention, several surveys show, even as they continue to question her honesty and trustworthiness. The latest CNN/ORC poll showed the former U.S. secretary of state with an edge over Republican challenger Donald […]Load more...
VOA News Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump continues to face a backlash, from both Democrats and members of his party, over his critical comments about the family of a U.S. soldier killed in Iraq President Barack Obama called Trump «unfit» to be president. Key Republicans, including Senator John McCain, have also spoken out against Trump […]Load more...
Los dirigentes republicanos «se mantienen distanciándose de sus declaraciones, pero tiene que llegar un punto en que deberían dejar de apoyarlo”. El presidente Barack Obama se involucró en la polémica entre el candidato republicano Donald Trump y la familia de un soldado estadounidense musulmán muerto en Irak, afirmando que “Trump no está apto para ser […]Load more...
Ken Bredemeier The backlash against U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump escalated Tuesday for his critical comments about a Muslim-American couple whose son was killed fighting for the U.S. in Iraq in 2004. President Barack Obama said at the White House that Trump, a real estate tycoon seeking elected office for the first time, is […]Load more...
Chris Hannas VOA News WASHINGTON—Donald Trump’s outspoken style helped get him the Republican Party’s nomination for president, but his critical comments about the family of a U.S. soldier killed in Iraq have brought condemnations from party officials and veterans groups. Senator John McCain said he deeply disagrees with Trump’s suggestions that those like Army Captain […]Load more...
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