Chowdah? Cabinets? Find it here!
![[CREDIT: CSPAN] After confirmation by the U.S. Senate in a tie breaking vote of 51-50, President Donald Trump's pick to serve as Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth, was sworn in by Vice President JD Vance Saturday, Jan. 25.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Hegseth-U.S.-Secretary-of-Defense-250x228.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WASHINGTON, DC — Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth faces a second report, by the New York Times, of his unsecure Signal App transmissions about fighter jet strikes in Yemen to […]
![[CREDIT: Jeni Luther] Thousands of people swelled the streets in Providence April 5 to tell the Musk -Trump Coup to take their hands off Americans' freedoms, security, voting rights, Medicare, Social Security and powers not granted in the U.S. Constitution during the national Hands Off protest.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Providence-Hands-Off-Protest-3-April-5-2025-250x228.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
PROVIDENCE, RI — Rhode Islanders in four Ocean State locations were among millions nationwide turning out for ‘Hands Off!’ protests against the Musk – Trump Coup seizing Congressional powers, defying […]
![[CREDIT: RI HHS] LIHEAP is a federally funded home heating assistance program. President Donald Trump's Department of Health and Human Services, run by RFK Jr. has fired all LIHEAP staff.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/LIHEAP-Staff-Fired-2025-250x228.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WASHINGTON, DC — Many Rhode Islanders rely on LIHEAP each winter to help them keep their homes warm, which will be difficult next winter now that President Donald Trump has […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The U.S. Court of Appeals upheld suspending 2020 RI mail vote witnesses on Aug. 7.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/US-Courthouse-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
PROVIDENCE, RI — A measles outbreak and mounting bird flu outbreak threaten the nation, challenges the Trump Administration’s Department of Health and Human Services are responding to by illegally cutting […]
![[CREDIT: RIDOT] Funding for the westbound Washington Bridge rebuild has been re-secured after President Donald Trump froze funding in January.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/RIDOT-Washington-Bridge-Rebuild-250x228.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
PROVIDENCE, RI — Thursday, Gov. Dan McKee announced that the State of Rhode Island and the federal government have formally signed the agreement for the $220.9 million Mega-INFRA grants to […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo announced $30 million of $220.9 million in federal funding for the westbound Washington Bridge […]
![[CREDIT: FTC] President Trump has illegally fired two Democratic FTC commissioners.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/FTC-250x228.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WASHINGTON, DC – President Donald Trump has fired the two Democratic commissioners on the five-member U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), an independent agency charged with enforcing consumer protection and antitrust […]
PROVIDENCE, RI – RI Attorney General Neronha today joined 20 other attorneys general suing the Trump Administration to stop the Trump Administration from continuing its Education Department dismantling plan, defying […]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha and 21 attorneys general have secured a nationwide preliminary injunction in Massachusetts v. NIH halting the Trump Coup attack on Congressionally appropriated […]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Neronha is co-leading 22 attorneys general filing a second motion for enforcement in their ongoing lawsuit against the Trump administration’s illegal Jan. 28 freeze […]
![[CREDIT: CFPB] President Trump has removed the CFPB's staff, funding and offices, leaving Americans and military families alone against predatory lenders and other cheats and scams.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/CFPB-250x228.png?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WASHINGTON, DC — As an officer in the 82nd Airborne Division, Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) was dismayed his troops were cheated by predatory lenders, so he knows Americans and military […]
![[CREDIT: U.S. Attorney's Office] Assistant United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha, chief of the civil division, has been nominated to serve as US Attorney in RI.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Zachary-A.-Cunha-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
PROVIDENCE, RI — U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Cunha informed President Donald Trump he planned to step down Friday, but the president directed him to leave Monday instead, which automatically moved First […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Congressman Seth Magaziner visited Coventry Senior Center June 18. In the photo above, Magaziner speaks with Germaine Calci, 90.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Seth-Magaziner-Coventry-Senior-Center-June-18-3.jpeg?strip=all&lossy=1&resize=250%2C188&ssl=1)
WASHINGTON, DC — As President Trump continues to advance his chaotic and potentially illegal agenda a Rep. Seth Magaziner town hall will be held Monday by telephone to provide an update […]
UPDATE: Jan. 29, 1:56 p.m.: NBC News reports President Donald Trump has rescinded the order. WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump has ordered a ‘temporary pause’ on on federal grants […]
WASHINGTON, DC — Monday, President Donald Trump granted more than 1,500 insurrection pardons and commutations for people convicted and charged in the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. […]
It’s painful to say this, but we have all seen the proof, the aging, the public appearances and interviews, the obvious inability to take the fight for democracy to Donald […]
![[CREDIT: DOJ] Bernard Joseph Sirr of North Kingstown, RI was charged for his part in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot insurrection in 2021.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Joseph-Sirr-Capitol-Riot-Charged-3-140x140.png?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WASHINGTON — Bernard Joseph Sirr, 47, of North Kingstown, RI, the second Rhode Islander arrested for his Capitol insurrection actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, […]
![[CREDIT: CSPAN] Sen. Jack Reed questioned federal law enforcement officials about the impact of Speaker McCarthy's proposed $4.5T budget cuts on the opioid epidemic and public safety.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Sen.-Reed-Debt-Ceiling-Budget-Cuts-Opioid-Epidemic-Impact-140x140.png?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WASHINGTON, DC — As Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA, Dist. 23) uses conservative lawmakers’ refusal to raise the $31.4 trillion debt ceiling to negotiate $4.5 trillion in GOP budget cuts, Sen. Jack […]
![[CREDIT: DOJ] Joseph Sirr of North Kingstown, RI was charged for his part in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot insurrection in 2021.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Joseph-Sirr-Capitol-Riot-Charged-1-140x140.png?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WASHINGTON, DC — The January 6 Committee ended its likely final hearing Thursday with a subpoena for former president Donald J. Trump to answer for orchestrating the Capitol riots, which […]
![[CREDIT: US Rep. David Cicilline] US Rep. David Cicilline sponsored an article of impeachment against President Donald J. Trump Jan. 11, 2021](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Rep-David-Cicilline-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
Congressman David N. Cicilline is one of three U.S. representatives to introduce an article of impeachment against President Donald Trump Monday morning. Cicilline joins California Congressman Ted Lieu and Maryland […]
![CREDIT: C-SPAN] U.S. Rep. James Langevin joined voices calling for the resignation or removal of President Donald J. Trump after the president incited an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6, 2021.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Langevin-116th-Congress-140x140.png?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman Jim Langevin (D-RI) urged President Donald J. Trump to resign, and failing that, for Vice President Mike Pence or Congress to remove him from office after […]
PROVIDENCE — The Rhode Island State Police increased police presence statewide as a joint session of Congress reconvened in the U.S. Capitol building to reject an objection to President Elect […]
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. House just passed the recession lifeline CASH Act increasing pandemic stimulus payments to Americans to $2,000 as President Donald J. Trump claims he wants, and […]
WASHINGTON, DC – A $2.3 trillion 2021 Omnibus Appropriations Bill including a $900 billion COVID-19 Relief Package has cleared Congress and waits President Donald J. Trump’s signature. The legislation cleared the […]
WARWICK, RI — RI Congressman James Langevin (D-Dist. 2) voiced support for Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller‘s memo requiring the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict […]
![[CREDIT: GSA.gov] GSA Administrator Emily Murphy](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Emily-Murphy-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WASHINGTON, DC — General Services Administration (GSA) Administrator Emily W. Murphy, President Donald Trump’s appointee,has relented in her weeks-long delay of acknowledging President-Elect Joe Biden’s Nov. 3 election win, signing […]
Thank you, veterans, for serving the United States and protecting it from all threats, foreign and domestic. Thank you, too, for putting your lives on the line to protect America’s […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) have joined Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and 31 other colleagues to prevent the Trump Administration’s suppression of […]
![[CREDIT: CSPAN] Congressman Jim Langevin spoke against Postmaster DeJoy's plans for the Post Office Saturday.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Langevin-Post-Office-Vote-140x140.png?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WASHINGTON, DC — Saturday, Congressman Jim Langevin (D-RI) called for a halt to U.S Postal Service changes announced by President Donald Trump’s appointed Postmaster General Louis DeJoy before his vote to […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and 27 Senate colleagues are urging U.S. Senate leadership to reject the Trump Administration’s push conditioning […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) have joined Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), and 23 other Senators pressing U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr and Acting […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Late last night, Congress unanimously voted to extend the U.S. Small Business Administration’s authority to approve Paycheck Protection Program, PPP, loans through Aug. 8, sending the measure […]
WASHINGTON, DC — The full CDC COVID-19 reopening plan guiding businesses and schools on reopening during the COVID-19 pandemic has been shelved by President Donald J. Trump, and U.S. Senator […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The RI State House. RIDOH warns COVID-19 masks are a must as spread is likely outside the home. Gov. Raimondo also announced new small business aid through a $10M loan program with Goldman Sachs.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/RI-State-House-3-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
PROVIDENCE — As President Donald Trump continues to refuse to use the Defense Production Act to protect the United States of America from the COVID-19 threat, Rhode Island has joined […]
![[CREDIT: White House] President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). Trump has been delaying using the DPA to provide supplies in the COVID-19 fight.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Trump-140x140.png?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
For the past 56 days, President Donald J. Trump has woken up, witnessed undeniable evidence that the country faces a deadly public health crisis in COVID-19, then decided to just let a lot of us die.
Editor’s note: This article and and most of our COVID-19 related news is free to the public to ensure people have access to life-saving information. If we’ve helped you, and […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — “The arc of history is indeed long, and it does bend toward justice – but not today,” said Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) following the U.S. Senate’s acquittal […]
![[CREDIT: C-SPAN] Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and the House Judiciary Committee introduced two articles of impeachment against President Donald J. Trump for Abuse of Power and Obstruction of Congress, on Dec. 10, 2019.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/U.S.-House-Judiciary-Articles-of-Impeachment-Trump-140x140.png?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
Washington, D.C. –Today the House Judiciary Committee introduced two articles of impeachment against President Donald J. Trump for Abuse of Power and Obstruction of Congress, with the support of both […]
![[CREDIT: US Sen. Jack Reed's office] US Sen. Jack Reed, D-RI, addresses Congress in July 2018 about the importance of securing elections from Russian interference and President Donald Trump's failure to stand up to Russian President Vladimir Putin.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Reed-speaks-on-need-for-election-security-140x140.png?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WASHINGTON, DC – Following disclosure of a call in which President Donald Trump responded to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s request for missiles with requests for investigation into his potential presidential […]
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, President Donald Trump released a record of a call between the president and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the subject of an intelligence whistleblower complaint withheld last […]
