Tag: Donald Trump
U.S. economy grew just 1.3% January through March, but consumers kept...
WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. economy grew at a sluggish 1.3% annual pace from January through March, the government said Thursday in a downgrade...
Yellen says threats to democracy risk U.S. economic growth
WASHINGTON (AP) – Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is arguing that a fractured democracy can have destructive effects on the economy – an indirect jab...
Turnout cracks 5% as R.I. primary voters back Biden and Trump
Rhode Island’s lackluster presidential contest fizzled to a close Tuesday, with President Joe Biden and Donald Trump declared winners by the Associated Press 10 minutes after...
Trump and Biden aren’t the only names on R.I.’s primary ballot
It’s hardly going to be a nail-biter.
President Joe Biden and Donald Trump have already clinched the nominations for Democrat and Republican parties, respectively, having won enough...
Supreme Court again confronts the issue of abortion, this time over...
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court will again wade into the fractious issue of abortion this week when it hears arguments over a medication used...
Federal Reserve minutes: Officials worried that progress on inflation could stall...
WASHINGTON (AP) – Federal Reserve officials acknowledged at their most recent meeting in January that there had been "significant progress" in reducing U.S. inflation....
Despite FCC ban, AI-powered deep fakes loom over elections
The Federal Communications Commission this month outlawed robocalls that use voices generated by artificial intelligence.
The 1991 Telephone Consumer Protection Act bans artificial voices in...
Federal judge dismisses lawsuit seeking to keep Trump off R.I.’s 2024...
Rhode Island is the latest state where a federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit that would have prevented former president Donald Trump from...
Tax code must be changed to spur innovation
Here in New England, we are proud of our region’s reputation as a global innovation hub. Our region is home to some of the...
In fight for influence in Pacific, U.S. is losing to China
American influence is waning in Asia and the Pacific, and the way to reverse the trend is to reenter the trade agreement that was...
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