President Biden, 81, is the oldest person ever to hold the office, and voters have expressed concern that he is too old for a second four-year term in the job.
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What you need to know to vote in the Massachusetts presidential primary
On March 5, Super Tuesday, voters in Massachusetts and 14 other states will decide on the presidential candidates for the November general election, as well as a handful of other offices that will appear on the ballot. Here’s what you need to know to vote in the Massachusetts presidential primary election. Important dates: How do […]
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AI fakes raise election risks as lawmakers and tech companies scramble to catch up
As AI-generated deepfakes are being used to spread false information in elections in the U.S. and around the world, policymakers, tech platforms and governments are trying to catch up.
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Democrat Robert Ferri joins Cranston mayoral race
As expected, Citywide Councilor Robert Ferri has joined what is expected to be a hard-fought mayoral race in Cranston. In a campaign announcement on Tuesday, the second-term councilor said he is running “because Cranston needs a leader who will make our city work for its residents.” “For too long, our city’s chief executive has been […]
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Legislative Democrats unveil progressive ‘Working Families’ agenda
About two-dozen Democratic state representatives rallied Tuesday behind what they call the Working Families Agenda – which includes proposals to lower prescription drug costs, build more affordable housing, and expand free meals for students – and they want to pay for it by hiking taxes on affluent Rhode Islanders. The agenda has the backing of […]
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Former RI Rep. Claudine Schneider on Trump getting knocked off the Colorado ballot, what’s next for the GOP, and women in politics
Claudine Schneider made history in 1980 when she became the first woman elected to Congress from Rhode Island. Forty-three years later, Ocean State voters still have not sent another woman to the U.S. House or Senate. But Schneider is still making news. She is one of six plaintiffs behind a lawsuit that knocked Donald Trump off the Colorado ballot last month. The top state court there ruled Trump engaged in insurrection by trying to overturn the 2020 election.
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Vocal anti-Trump candidate Chris Christie exits presidential race with hot mic moment
The former governor of New Jersey — and onetime Trump ally — announced the end of his campaign Wednesday, just days before the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses.
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Biden nominates DuBose for judicial post in RI
DuBose, who was nominated as a state district court judge by then-Gov. Gina Raimondo in 2018, would be the first person of color and the first LGBT person to serve as a U.S. District Court judge in Rhode Island. “We commend President Biden for nominating Judge DuBose for this seat on the U.S. District Court […]
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R.I. GOP backs new effort to create an inspector general
State GOP leaders say the Democrats’ supermajority in the legislature has prevented the issue from moving forward.
