Tag: Donald Trump
Raimondo signs executive order reaffirming R.I.’s commitment to Paris Climate Accord
PROVIDENCE - Gov. Gina M. Raimondo signed an executive order that reaffirmed Rhode Island’s commitment to the Paris Climate Accord on Monday, according to...
Trump administration to call for modest changes to banking rules
NEW YORK - The Treasury Department’s much anticipated report on banking regulations is set to include measured proposals for revising post-crisis rules, indicating the Trump...
Should President Donald Trump have pulled the United States out of...
When President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the Paris climate accord on June 1, he joined two other nations on the...
What a bipartisan plan for U.S. paid leave might look like
NEW YORK - Two Washington research organizations that often lean in opposing political directions are teaming up to advocate for more generous paid parental...
Key elements of Trump’s tax reform recommendations
Proposals the Trump Administration released recently could lead to the most sweeping reform of the tax code in history. It all depends, of course,...
No renegotiation: Everyone but Donald Trump is sticking by Paris climate...
LONDON – Global leaders vowed to press ahead with the Paris climate accord after Donald Trump pulled the world’s biggest economy out of the...
Trump’s exit from Paris climate accord won’t revive coal jobs
NEW YORK – President Donald Trump is making good on his campaign promise to exit the Paris climate accord, but fulfilling his vow to...
Trump said to still be mulling whether to leave Paris Accord
NEW YORK - President Donald Trump hasn’t yet decided whether to keep the U.S. in the landmark Paris agreement on climate change but is...
Whitehouse, Reed challenge Trump’s proposed cuts to agency fighting opioid crisis
PROVIDENCE – Members of the Rhode Island congressional delegation weighed in on the Trump administration’s proposed funding cuts to the Office of National Drug...
Providence unlikely to fit Trump administration’s sanctuary-city definition
PROVIDENCE – The state’s capital does not appear to fit the definition of “sanctuary city” recently released by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, WPRI-TV...


















