Federal judge strikes down Trump order eliminating NPR and PBS funds The order is unlikely to restart funding for public media after the Corporation of Public Broadcasting was defunded by Congress last year.

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Native Americans detained in Trump's Minnesota ICE raids — USA TODAY On Jan. 13, the Oglala Sioux Tribe said three men are still in detention after being transferred to an ICE detention center.

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Community Focus: RI House Speaker Joe Shekarchi This year is an election year and all eyes are on R.I. House Speaker Joe Shekarchi as voters wait to hear if he’ll run for governor.

This year is an election year and all eyes are on R.I. House Speaker Joe Shekarchi as voters wait to hear if he’ll run for governor.

Providence gift shop raises $12K for Brown University community A Providence business has raised thousands of dollars to help those impacted by the deadly Brown University shooting.

The owner of Frog & Toad said they raised $12,000 for a student emergency support fund to help those affected by the shooting.

Senator Whitehouse to roast DC elite at Gridiron dinner - The Boston Globe Rhode Island’s junior senator will be the Democratic speaker at the prestigious Gridiron Club’s winter dinner on Saturday.

@whitehouse.senate.gov to roast DC elite at Gridiron dinner -- Rhode Map by @danmcgowan.bsky.social
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A graphic from the front page of the WSJ, titled, "The Epstein Email Cache: 2,300 Messages, Many of Which Mention Trump." Using blue does it compares how many of the email threads released by Oversight are about various people. 1,670 are about Trump. 207 mention Michael Wolff. 155 Kathryn Ruemmler, 117 Larry Summers, and 512 Clinton.

Wild graphic on front page of WSJ.

House Democrats release new Epstein emails referencing Trump — ABC News One of the emails is a 2011 message between Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

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Judge orders Trump administration to fund full SNAP benefits, rebukes Trump — ABC News The judge told the administration to fully fund SNAP for the month of November.

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Democrats didn’t just rebound. They dominated. "This is a foreshadow of what we're going to see next year," said one strategist.

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Border Patrol agents under fire for allegedly disrupting children's Halloween parade in Chicago The U.S. Border Patrol is coming under criticism from Chicago residents who claim federal agents disrupted a children's Halloween parade over the weekend.

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Americans brace for food stamps to run out: ‘The greatest hunger catastrophe since the Great Depression’ — Guardian US Nearly 42 million people in danger as federal government shutdown continues and Snap funding to end 1 November

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Can anyone stop Trump’s teardown of the East Wing? — The Washington Post Many preservationists fear the answer is no. A pro-Trump review board is expected to approve the president’s planned 90,000-square-foot ballroom, too.

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@reed.senate.gov, ranking Dem on Armed Services, blasts Hegseth for telling beat reporters to sign restrictive new rules: “This ongoing effort to censor the Pentagon press corps is affront to the US military’s proud tradition of accountability and to the freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment."

These are the agencies Trump is purging during the shutdown Thousands are being let go from agencies overseeing health care, the environment and education.

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King Tides are hitting New England’s coastline King Tides are the highest tides of the year, which happen when the sun, moon, and Earth align just right, causing an extra-strong gravitational pull.

King Tides are the highest tides of the year, which happen when the sun, moon, and Earth align just right, causing an extra-strong gravitational pull.

Monday at 5 p.m. - Remembering a legend: How Rhode Islanders are keeping John Pastore's legacy alive.

Can a sea of naked people on bikes change Trump's mind on Portland, Oregon? — USA TODAY In Portland, activists are planning a unique show of dissent: A naked bike ride to protest Trump's deployment of National Guard troops.

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R.I. Ethics Commission closes lobbyist ‘loophole’ while raising limit on gifts to public officials to $50 - The Boston Globe Common Cause RI is disappointed with the higher gift limit, but hails “important step” stemming from controversy over McKee administration contract with ILO Group.

RI Ethics Commission closes lobbyist ‘loophole’ while raising limit on gifts to public officials to $50. @commoncauseri.bsky.social is disappointed in higher gift limit but hails “important step” stemming from controversy over McKee admin contract with ILO Group
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TGIF: Ian Donnis’ Rhode Island politics roundup for Sept. 26, 2025 - TPR: The Public's Radio The real menace in baseball is less robot umpires and more the relentless stream of sports-betting ads between innings. You can follow me through the week on Bluesky, threads and X. Here we go.  *** W...

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Trump’s anti-media blitz that led to Kimmel’s suspension is straight from a European strongman’s playbook | CNN Business Weaponize the levers of government for partisan political gain. Pressure privately owned media companies to toe the party line. Punish the owners that resist and reward the ones that acquiesce.

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Donald Trump’s approval rating Follow our presidential approval rating poll tracker to see how favourably Americans view Mr Trump

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DOGE Targeted Him on Social Media. Then the Taliban Took His Family. — ProPublica Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland. Then DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U...

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Butler Hospital workers ratify new contract, ending strike  - TPR: The Public's Radio The three-month strike at Butler Hospital that forced the closure of roughly half of the psychiatric hospital’s beds ended as workers voted “overwhelmingly” on Monday to ratify a new contract. Butler ...

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AG UPDATE: Rep Robert Craven (D-North Kingstown) tells me he plans his campaign announcement for the week of Sept 22

The Brown & Sharpe strike, which began in 1981. The picket lines stayed up for years, and the strike didn't technically end until the mid to late 1990s. I believe by some measures it's considered the longest strike in U.S. history.

What's the longest strike in RI history?

Providence’s Bonded Vault robbery, 50 years later - The Boston Globe Today marks 50 years since a rogues’ gallery of New England criminals pulled off one of the largest heists in American history.

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