Tag: Donald Trump
Trump cancels $11.25M in offshore wind funding for Port of Davisville
WASHINGTON – The U.S Transportation Department on Friday canceled $11.25 million in federal funding for gateway upgrades for access, resiliency and development at the...
Key U.S. inflation gauge holds mostly steady though core inflation ticks...
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge mostly held steady last month despite President Donald Trump’s broad-based tariffs, but a measure of...
Consumer confidence dips with jobs, tariffs and high prices driving most...
WASHINGTON (AP) – Americans’ view of the U.S. economy declined modestly in August as anxiety over a weakening job market grew for the eighth straight...
McKee: Trump stopping work on Revolution Wind is an attack on...
NORTH KINGSTOWN – Gov. Daniel J. McKee called President Donald Trump's stop-work order for Revolution Wind an attack on the state and its livelihood...
Powell faces fresh challenges to Fed independence amid potential rate cuts
WASHINGTON (AP) – Now that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has signaled that the central bank could soon cut its key interest rate, he faces...
Trump administration orders halt to Revolution Wind construction
PROVIDENCE – The Trump administration has stopped construction of the nearly completed Revolution Wind farm off Rhode Island’s coast, citing a need to ensure...
Powell signals Fed may cut rates soon even as inflation risks...
JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. (AP) – Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Friday opened the door ever so slightly to lowering a key interest rate...
Fed minutes: Most officials worried about inflation moving higher
WASHINGTON (AP) – Most Federal Reserve officials said last month that the threat of higher inflation was a greater concern than the potential for job...
Neronha co-leads lawsuit fighting Trump restrictions on crime victim grants
PROVIDENCE – R.I. Attorney General Peter F. Neronha on Monday joined 20 other attorneys general in suing the Trump administration, accusing it of threatening...
Retail sales rise a solid 0.5% in July as shoppers appear...
NEW YORK (AP) – Shoppers spent at a healthy pace in July, particularly at the nation’s auto dealerships, as they shrug off President Donald...
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