Billionaire real estate titan Donald Trump will be at center stage Wednesday during the second U.S. Republican presidential debate, with 10 opponents trying to cut into his lead for the party’s 2016 nomination. «I’ll be attacked,» the flamboyant Trump said this week, as he relished his front-runner standing. One of his opponents, Kentucky Senator Rand […]readmore
Jim Malone Last updated on: September 15, 2015 8:48 AM WASHINGTON—Republican presidential contenders will gather Wednesday at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California for their second nationally televised debate. A total of 11 candidates will be on stage this time, including the current frontrunner, real estate mogul Donald Trump.Trump once again will be the […]readmore
VOA News As the 16-candidate Republican field gets set for another round of debates Wednesday night, the CBS/New York Times poll released Tuesday shows the flamboyant Trump with 27 percent support and the much more reserved Carson trailing with 23 percent. None of a large group of current and former governors and senators seeking the nomination […]readmore
WARWICK – If you are a Rhode Island voter, registered (or registering) as a Democrat or Unaffiliated, looking to vote in the 2016 Democratic Presidential Primary, and seeking election as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention next year, we can help. Chair Joseph M. McNamara announced today that starting Wednesday, September 9, the […]readmore
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, announcing her support for the Iran nuclear agreement, said as president she would not hesitate to take military action should Tehran attempt to build a nuclear weapon. «The United States will never allow you to acquire a nuclear weapon,» she said, referring to Iran. The former secretary of state spoke […]readmore
VOA News Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has conceded that her use of a private email server when she was U.S. secretary of state was “a mistake.” «Yes, I should have used two email addresses,» Clinton said In a statement posted late Tuesday night on her Facebook page. «One for personal matters, and one for […]readmore
VOA News A former employee of the U.S. State Department who helped Hillary Clinton set up her personal email server has said he will not testify before a special congressional committee investigating the deadly 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Attorneys for Brian Pagliano sent a letter to the House committee Monday […]readmore
PAWTUCKET – The Office of Congressman David N. Cicilline is accepting requests from residents of Rhode Island’s First Congressional District who are interested in attending Pope Francis’s address to a joint session of Congress at 10 AM on Thursday, September 24, 2015. Pope Francis, who was elected in March 2013, will become the first pope in […]readmore
VOA News The State Department has released another 7,000 pages of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s emails, sent and received when she was secretary of state. The controversy over Clinton using a private account instead of a government account apparently has hurt her presidential campaign. Clinton denies sending or receiving any classified emails. But some voters say […]readmore
Reuters/VOA WASHINGTON—Republican Jeb Bush offered his most direct assault on Donald Trump to date on Tuesday, retaliating for a series of personal insults with a review of his front-running rival’s past record of supporting Democratic causes. In a Web video, the Bush campaign used Trump’s own words in support of Democrat Hillary Clinton and for […]readmore