Tag: President Donald Trump
Senate confirms Powell for 2nd term as Fed fights inflation
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate on Thursday confirmed Jerome Powell for a second four-year term as Federal Reserve chairman, giving bipartisan backing to Powell's...
Trump’s $2,000 checks all but dead as GOP Senate refuses aid
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump's push for $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks was all but dead Wednesday as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell proposed an alternative...
Brown virus expert ‘frustrated’ by slow vaccine rollout
PROVIDENCE (AP) – Dr. Ashish K. Jha, the world-renowned expert on the coronavirus pandemic, said he is frustrated by the slow rollout of COVID-19...
Cutting mic won’t stop next train-wreck debate
In the wake of the chaotic first presidential debate, commentators have called for rule changes in hopes of making the remaining debates more useful...
AP survey: States uncommitted to Trump’s unemployment boost
President Donald Trump’s plan to offer a stripped-down boost in unemployment benefits to millions of Americans amid the coronavirus outbreak has found little traction...
Financial losses mount at colleges, universities
Colleges across the nation are scrambling to close deep budget holes and some have been pushed to the brink of collapse after the coronavirus...
U.S. lobster industry hopes trade deal revives exports to China
Members of the American lobster industry are hopeful the thawing of trade relations between the U.S. and China will reopen one of the biggest...
HSRI: Health insurance enrollees up 10.5% in 2018
PROVIDENCE — The number of health insurance enrollees through the state’s Affordable Care Act exchange, Health Source RI, climbed to 33,021 in the final...
CVS, eight pharmacy companies pledge partnership fighting opioid abuse in letter...
WOONSOCKET — CVS Health CEO Larry J. Merlo joined eight other pharmacy industry CEOs in signing a letter to President Trump Wednesday pledging their...
Trump declares opioid addiction a public health emergency
NEW YORK - President Donald Trump on Thursday declared widespread opioid abuse a public health emergency, even as he resisted a controversial move that...
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