President Donald Trump has named an acting secretary of defense until his nominee, Pete Hegseth, gets confirmed by the U.S.

Rhode Island’s life science agency has its first, full-time CEO after a legislative confirmation Tuesday. The Rhode Island Senate’s unanimous vote — the chamber’s first appointment of the 2025 session ...

In a geographically diverse and dynamic country like the US, natural disasters occur with varying levels of frequency and ...

A hearing at the General Assembly will discuss homelessness in Rhode Island on Tuesday. The Joint hearing of the Senate Committee on Housing and Municipal Government and the Senate Committee on Rules, ...

President Donald Trump has taken office for a second non-consecutive term, sworn in on Monday, January 20, 2025. Rhode Island ...

Two new senators were sworn in on Tuesday to replace new Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance.

Senate Republicans hit their full 53-member majority on Tuesday as Sens. John Husted (R-Ohio) and Ashley Moody (R-Fla.) were ...

Overall, 139 of today’s senators and representatives identify as Black, Hispanic, Asian American or Native American.

Some Republicans on Capitol Hill were particularly critical of the pardons for those convicted of assaulting police officers, ...

Hours after Trump was sworn in as president, senators confirmed his first Cabinet pick and advanced the nominations of ...

The median age of voting members of the House of Representatives is now 57.5 years, while the Senate's median age is 64.7 ...

Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina said he was surprised by the scope of President Trump's pardon of Jan. 6 rioters. Lisa Desjardins reports on that reaction and a Republican strategy ...