Tag: Joe Biden
McCarthy’s last-ditch plan to keep the government open collapses, making a...
WASHINGTON (AP) – House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's last-ditch plan to keep the federal government temporarily open collapsed in dramatic fashion Friday as a robust...
R.I. prepares for Hurricane Lee
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island is now preparing for Hurricane Lee, just days after a tornado moved through the state.
Although the Category 1 hurricane is...
Confusion reigns over status of student loans
Jennifer Magaw graduated from law school in 2012, but she continued comparing notes with her peers for several years afterward.
Her notes weren’t about classes....
Ranked-choice voting advocates empowered after CD1 primary results
Calls for voting reform grew to a roar in the days heading into Rhode Island’s competitive and crowded Democratic congressional primary.
Now on the other...
U.S., China agree to discuss export controls as Raimondo visits to...
BEIJING (AP) – Commerce Secretary Gina M. Raimondo said she and her Chinese counterpart agreed Monday to exchange information on U.S. export controls that frustrate...
Fitch downgrades U.S. credit rating, citing mounting debt and political divisions
WASHINGTON (AP) – Fitch Ratings has downgraded the United States government's credit rating, citing rising debt at the federal, state, and local levels and...
U.S. inflation falls to 3%, lowest level in more than 2...
WASHINGTON (AP) – After two years of painfully high prices, inflation in the United States has reached its lowest point in more than two...
R.I. to receive $108.7M in federal funds for high-speed internet improvements
PROVIDENCE – The state will be getting a nine-figure boost from the federal government to improve its high-speed internet infrastructure.
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s...
What Cheer Flower Farm gets $500K in federal funding for brownfields...
PROVIDENCE – What Cheer Flower Farm has been awarded $500,000 in Environmental Protection Agency funding to expedite the cleanup of a brownfields site in...
Impact of U.S. defaulting on its debt will be felt globally
WASHINGTON (AP) – If the debt crisis roiling Washington were eventually to send the United States crashing into recession, America's economy would hardly sink alone.
The repercussions...
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