VOA News Democrats and Republicans have yet to choose their official candidates for next year’s presidential election, but that has not stopped front-runners Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump from attacking each other. Monday began with Trump calling Clinton a liar and demanding she apologize for her claim during Saturday’s Democratic debate that Islamic State militants […]Load more...
Ken Bredemeier December 22, 2015 There is no video evidence of large groups of U.S. Muslims celebrating al-Qaida’s destruction of the twin towers of New York’s World Trade Center in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, but a new survey shows that 20 percent of Americans cling to the belief that such celebrations occurred. Fairleigh […]Load more...
Jim Malone December 22, 2015 1:38 PM WASHINGTON—Terrorism and national security are dominating the 2016 race for the White House, at least for the moment. Recent public opinion polls show security concerns now top the economy as the key voter issue for the campaign in the wake of the recent terrorist attacks in Paris and […]Load more...
VOA News – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, an advocate for a robust American military presence overseas, dropped out of the 2016 Republican presidential contest Monday, acknowledging that he was winning little political support. The 60-year-old Graham has often dominated the undercard of low-polling Republican candidates in debates that preceded five debates of […]Load more...
December, 2015- Mayor Allan W. Fung criticized a resolution seeking to amend Section 3.19- Noninterference in administrative matters of the Home Rule Charter of the City of Cranston. Under that provision, the voters of Cranston empowered the Mayor as the sole authority to conduct the day-to-day operations of the city. Most importantly, it explicitly prohibits […]Load more...
Reuters December 17, 2015 WASHINGTON—Republican U.S. presidential candidate Ben Carson canceled a trip planned for later this month to Africa that would have taken him to Nigeria, Kenya and Zambia due to what his campaign on Thursday called significant security concerns. Campaign spokesman Doug Watts confirmed that the trip, scheduled for after the Christmas holiday […]Load more...
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Jim Langevin (D-RI) issued the following statement in response to the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes (PATH) Act of 2015, which was approved today by the House by a vote of 318-109: “I supported today’s tax extenders package with serious reservations. I am deeply dismayed that my Republican colleagues have […]Load more...
Today, the Rhode Island congressional delegation announced $227,850 in National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) funding for a team based at the University of Rhode Island (URI) to research the effects of climate change on Atlantic fisheries. The team will be headed by Dr. Jeremy Collie, a leading researcher at the URI Graduate School of […]Load more...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (D-RI), along with 123 co-sponsors, today introduced the Assault Weapons Ban of 2015 to prohibit the sale, transfer, production, and importation of new military-style weapons and high-capacity magazines that have become the firearm of choice for many mass shooters in the United States. Cicilline’s legislation also includes new […]Load more...
Ken Bredemeier December 15, 2015 WASHINGTON—New U.S. political surveys show billionaire real estate mogul Donald Trump has gained strength in his race for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination in the days after he called for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States.A Washington Post/ABC poll released Tuesday said the flamboyant Trump, with 38 […]Load more...
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