Tag: Donald Trump
Business needs the U.S. Department of Education to survive
President Donald Trump has been clear that he wants to abolish the U.S. Department of Education. Trump and other critics argue that this federal...
A costly trade war still looms over us
U.S. President Donald Trump announced a plan on Feb. 1 to slap steep tariffs on imports from key American trading partners – 25% on...
Alviti defends RIDOT, dismisses concerns over undisbursed federal funds for Washington...
PROVIDENCE – R.I. Department of Transportation Director Peter Alviti Jr. on Thursday dismissed anxieties over the undisbursed $220 million in federal funds that had...
U.S. wholesale prices up a hotter-than-expected 0.4% in December
WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. wholesale prices came in hotter than expected last month at a time when progress against inflation appears to have stalled, undercutting...
U.S. inflation worsened last month as the cost of groceries and...
WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. inflation accelerated last month as the cost of groceries, gas, and used cars rose, a disappointment for families and businesses...
McKee: R.I. small-business owners need to stay the course amid federal...
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Monday urged Rhode Island's small-business owners to stay the course and strategize amid the current federal funding...
Is President Donald Trump right to aggressively move to shrink the...
An estimated 50,000 federal employees had accepted a deferred-resignation package offered by the Trump administration before a judge paused a Feb. 6 deadline after...
U.S. employers added just 143K jobs last month, jobless rate slips...
WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. employers added just 143,000 jobs last month, but the jobless rate slipped to 4% to start 2025 and the government revised...
Trump agrees to pause tariffs on Mexico and Canada for 30...
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump on Monday agreed to a 30-day pause on his tariff threats against Mexico and Canada as America's two...
Federal judge in R.I. agrees to temporarily block federal funding freeze
The prospect of a federal funding freeze was put on ice by a federal judge in Rhode Island Friday afternoon.
“The states have put forth...
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