Category Archives: Politics
President Trump kicks off 2020 re-election bid
Pool photo via CNN Newsource Listen to “President Trump kicks off 2020 re-election bid” on Spreaker. By JILL COLVIN, JONATHAN LEMIRE and MICHAEL SCHNEIDER, The Associated Press ORLANDO, Fl...
Jun 19, 2019
Rhode Island House Speaker Mattiello explains budget plan to lawmakers
photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News Listen to “Rhode Island House Speaker Mattiello explains budget plan to lawmakers” on Spreaker. By JENNIFER McDERMOTT, The Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I...
Jun 19, 2019
Rhode Island lawmakers advance education revamp bills
The Rhode Island State House. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Rhode Island lawmakers have advanced legislation aimed at reforming the state’s education system and ...
Jun 14, 2019
Abortion rights protection bill passes committee, advances to Senate floor
Photo of the Senate Health & Human Services Committee by Steve Klamkin WPRO News Listen to “Abortion rights protection bill passes committee, advances to Senate floor” on Spreaker. WPR...
Jun 13, 2019
Sarah Sanders leaving White House post, Trump says
By Jeremy Diamond and Kaitlan Collins, CNN (CNN) — White House press secretary Sarah Sanders will leave her position at the end of the month, capping a tumultuous tenure as the President’s...
Jun 13, 2019
Day after Jon Stewart plea, House panel advances bill to boost 9/11 Victims Fund
A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit that tried to prevent construction of the Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park on Chicago’s South Side, saying that construction should begin ...
Jun 13, 2019
Maine becomes 8th state to legalize assisted suicide
By MARINA VILLENEUVE, The Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - Maine legalized medically assisted suicide on Wednesday, becoming the eighth state to allow terminally ill people to end their lives wi...
Jun 13, 2019
Trump says he’d ‘want to hear’ foreign dirt on his rivals
(AP Photo/Evan Vucci) By ZEKE MILLER and JILL COLVIN, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump says that if a foreign power offered dirt on his 2020 opponent he'd be open to accep...
Jun 13, 2019
White House asserts executive privilege in census fight
By MICHAEL BALSAMO and MATTHEW DALY, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump has asserted executive privilege over documents that were subpoenaed by Congress related to the Trump...
Jun 12, 2019
Democrats say Justice Dept. has agreed to provide key Mueller docs
By MARY CLARE JALONICK, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department has agreed to turn over some of the underlying evidence from special counsel Robert Mueller's report, including fi...
Jun 10, 2019
