Tag: White House
Higher gas and rents keep U.S. inflation elevated, likely delaying Fed...
WASHINGTON (AP) – Consumer inflation remained persistently high last month, boosted by gas, rents, auto insurance and other items, the government said Wednesday in...
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...
Biden administration announces $5B commitment for research and development of computer...
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Biden administration on Friday announced the investment of $5 billion in a newly established public-private consortium aimed at supporting research and...
CD1 candidates debate Israel, assault rifles, SCOTUS term limits
EAST PROVIDENCE – The conflict in Gaza, abortion, assault rifles and term limits on the U.S. Supreme Court were among the topics debated Friday...
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...
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...
Biden budget aims to cut deficits nearly $3T over 10 years
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden's upcoming budget proposal aims to cut deficits by nearly $3 trillion over the next decade, according to an...
Survey: R.I. residents trusted state, local governments more than federal in...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island residents had more faith in their state and local governments than they did in federal lawmakers in handling the COVID-19...
18% drop since 2020 in people with reported medical debt
WASHINGTON (AP) – The number of people with medical debt on their credit reports fell by 8.2 million – or 17.9% – between 2020...
Jha: Biden to end COVID-19 emergencies on May 11 because country...
WASHINGTON – Dr. Ashish K. Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health who is the White House COVID-19 Response coordinator, tweeted...
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