PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island’s all-Democratic congressional delegation has slammed Republican President Donald Trump’s plan to declare a national emergency to build a wall along the southern border.

U.S. Sen. Jack Reed called the move “extreme, illogical, and legally dubious” in an ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A bill by U.S. Rep. David Cicilline to revive the National Scenic Byways Program has advanced in Congress.

The Rhode Island Democrat says the bill is headed to the U.S. Senate, where it’s been introduced by Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins. It passed the House ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island’s all-Democratic congressional delegation says they are skeptical of Republican President Donald Trump’s calls for Democrats and Republicans to work together during his second State of the Union speech.

U.S. Sens. Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — U.S. Rep. David Cicilline (sihs-ihl-EE’-nee) has invited an air traffic controller who worked without pay during the partial government shutdown to the State of the Union address.

The Rhode Island Democrat said Monday that Jamie Green, of Middletown, worked for 35 ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island’s congressmen have announced their subcommittee appointments.

U.S. Rep. David Cicilline will chair the House Judiciary Committee subcommittee to perform oversight and enforce antitrust policies.

The Democratic congressman announced Wednesday he ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — U.S. Rep. David Cicilline is inviting Rhode Island residents to meet with him to discuss what Democrats are calling a “culture of corruption in Washington.”

The Rhode Island Democrat will host a “community conversation” at 11 a.m. Saturday at Hope High School in ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island’s congressional delegation is calling on President Donald Trump to reopen the federal government.

Democratic U.S. Reps. Jim Langevin (LAN’-jih-vin) and David Cicilline (sihs-ihl-EE’-nee) and U.S. Sens. Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse met with federal ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Democratic co-chair of a U.S. House committee says he will be part of a delegation investigating the death of a migrant child in U.S. custody.

Felipe Gomez Alonzo died while in the custody of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Rhode Island Rep. David ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:

ABC’s “This Week” — Reps. Adam Smith, D-Wash., and Liz Cheney, R-Wyo.; potential 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Julian Castro.

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Congressman David Cicilline (sihs-ihl-EE’-nee) says the U.S. House of Representatives has adopted his proposal to require ethics training for lawmakers.

The Rhode Island Democrat says the House adopted a rules package Thursday, which included three of his proposals, ...

NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — A community mental health center in Newport is getting $2 million in federal funding to expand its behavioral health services.

Members of the state’s congressional delegation say the Newport County Community Mental Health Center will use the money to meet the needs of ...

BOSTON (AP) — Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling has gone after Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter, drawing the ire of U.S. Rep. David Cicilline.

The Boston Globe

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — U.S. Rep. David Cicilline has been elected to a Democratic leadership position in the House of Representatives.

Cicilline’s office said Thursday the Rhode Island Democrat will lead messaging efforts for his party as chairman of the Democratic Policy and ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island’s two representatives in the U.S. House won re-election Tuesday, promising voters they’ll try to make health care and prescription drugs more affordable, rebuild the nation’s infrastructure and try to reduce gun violence.

U.S. Rep. James Langevin fended ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. David Cicilline has won re-election, fending off a challenge from Republican Patrick Donovan.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island voters are electing a governor, U.S. senator and a number of other officials, and they’re also deciding whether to approve the first phase of an ambitious plan to rebuild schools.

Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo is trying to fend off Republican Allan Fung ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island’s two representatives in the U.S. House say they’re asking voters for another term so they can continue to fight for the state.

Democratic Reps. James Langevin and David Cicilline said they feel they have unfinished business in Washington, whether ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A vigil is planned in Rhode Island to remember the victims of the deadly shooting in a Pittsburgh synagogue.

The Providence Journal reports that several groups including the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island will hold the interfaith prayer event and vigil on ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Former Vice President Joe Biden is scheduled to stump for Rhode Island Democrats.

The Rhode Island Democratic Party says Biden will headline a rally at the Rhode Island Convention Center in Providence on Sunday, beginning at 4:30 p.m.

Biden plans to talk about ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Former Vice President Joe Biden is scheduled to visit Providence to stump for Rhode Island Democrats.

State Democratic Party officials say Biden will headline a rally at the Rhode Island Convention Center on Sunday, Sept. 30. The event will be free and open to the ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island’s incumbent congressmen easily won the state’s Democratic primaries Wednesday.

U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, U.S. Rep. David Cicilline and U.S. Rep. James Langevin all handily won their primary contests.

Whitehouse beat back a primary challenge ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island politicians are offering their thoughts on the death of Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain.

Democratic Sen. Jack Reed, who served with McCain on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said that at a time when “divisiveness is too often deployed for ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:

ABC’s “This Week” — Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:

ABC’s “This Week” — Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif.

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A proposal Rhode Island Rep. David Cicilline has been working on for years to help manufacturers has been signed into law.

The U.S. congressman’s office says the proposal was included in the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2019. The ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island lawmakers have offered mixed reactions to the news of longtime FBI agent Peter Strzok’s firing Friday.

Democratic U.S. Rep. David Cicilline tells The Providence Journal he feels Strzok’s firing was “more than a little suspicious” and “very ...

WARWICK, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island police officer is receiving criticism from people who say he showed preferential treatment to the sister of a U.S. congressman.

Warwick Police Chief Stephen McCartney says an officer pulled over a woman driving erratically Friday night.

The ...

BOSTON (AP) — Two New England lawmakers are looking to ban the 3D printing of plastic firearms.

Democratic Reps. Seth Moulton of Massachusetts and David Cicilline of Rhode Island plan to introduce legislation during Tuesday’s U.S. House session that would prohibit the manufacture or ...

BRISTOL, R.I. (AP) — A U.S. Post Office in Bristol will be named after an Army Green Beret who was killed in Afghanistan.

U.S. Sens. Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Reps. David Cicilline and Jim Langevin introduced legislation to name the post office in honor of 1st Sgt. P. Andrew ...

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Sen. Edward Markey and Rep. Joe Kennedy are pushing a bill that would end the use of so-called “gay panic” and “trans panic” defenses in federal court.

The defenses refer to the argument in court that the revelation of a victim’s sexual orientation or gender ...

BRISTOL, R.I. (AP) — Roger Williams University says President Donald Farish has died at the age of 75.

The university says Farish died Thursday at Tufts Medical Center in Boston after a “sudden and serious illness.”

Farish served at the helm of the Bristol, Rhode Island, school for ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island officials and labor unions are blasting the Supreme Court’s decision that government workers can’t be forced to contribute to labor unions that represent them in collective bargaining.

Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo called Wednesday’s decision “part of a ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Democrats in Rhode Island expressed disappointment Tuesday with U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding President Donald Trump’s ban on travel from several mostly Muslim countries.

Gov. Gina Raimondo called the ban “immoral and unnecessary.” She said Rhode Island has ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Congressman David Cicilline (sihs-ihl-EE’-nee) has visited the border between the United States and Mexico as controversy grows over the Trump administration’s policy to separate children from their parents.

The Providence Journal

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island’s commercial health insurers want to increase rates by as much as 10 percent next year.

The state health insurance commissioner’s office is currently reviewing the rate requests and taking public comment.

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island’s congressional delegation has announced an influx of money will be sent to the state to help emergency responders and state agencies with security challenges and natural disasters.

Democratic U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, along with ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island’s delegation has announced another round of federal funding for the state’s opioid response.

U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse, and Jack Reed, along with Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline, all Democrats, say Rhode Island’s Department of ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island’s beloved hard-shelled clam is getting some time in the spotlight for the third annual quahog week.

The celebration intended to celebrate the local food economy and honor the state’s fishing heritage kicked off Monday.

Gov. Gina Raimondo said the ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. David Cicilline (sihs-ihl-EE’-nee) of Rhode Island says in a letter being circulated to members of Congress that he plans to re-introduce legislation for an assault weapons ban next week.

In a letter obtained by The Associated Press, Cicilline ...

NARRAGANSETT, R.I. (AP) — Several of the state’s top elected leaders are asking Rhode Islanders to voice their concerns about to the Trump administration’s plan to allow drilling off the coast.

Gov. Gina Raimondo (ray-MAHN’-doh), U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and Reps. David Cicilline ...

BRISTOL, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island’s congressional delegation wants to name a U.S. Post Office after an Army Green Beret who was killed in Afghanistan.

U.S. Sens. Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Reps. David Cicilline and Jim Langevin introduced legislation to name the Bristol post ...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Bipartisan members of New England’s congressional delegations have introduced a bill to prohibit oil and gas drilling off the New England coast.

The New England Coastline Protection Act would prohibit oil and gas extraction activities in New Hampshire, Connecticut, ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island congressman is pledging to donate his brain to research into a degenerative brain disease detected in former football players.

Democratic Rep. David Cicilline played Pop Warner football in his youth. Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy has been detected ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Congressmen from Rhode Island want to ban devices that can enable rifles to fire continuously, like automatic weapons can.

U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, a Rhode Island Democrat, said Wednesday he’s co-sponsoring a bill with U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a California Democrat, ...