The man arrested Monday after admitting to carrying two Molotov cocktails and two knives onto the U.S. Capitol grounds has been identified as 24-year-old Ryan M. English from Rhode Island.

The four members of Rhode Island's Congressional delegation are working to prevent a delay in receiving federal grants awarded for the Washington Bridge.A recen

A contingent of 23 troopers helped officers with the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, staffing a detail that kept them on Pennsylvania Avenue for 15 hours on inauguration day, according to Rhode Island State Police Maj. John Allen, who commands the organization's uniformed division.

President Biden previously ordered that flags fly at half-staff until Jan. 28 to honor former President Jimmy Carter.

A judge in Washington, D.C., sided with plaintiffs who claimed the White House’s freezing of billions of dollars in congressionally-approved funding violated the law.

A Trump administration order to pause federal spending on Tuesday led to bureaucratic bedlam in Rhode Island and across the country as state government officials tried to assess the local impact of suddenly turning off federal spigots.

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Monday night, a White House budget office memo called for the spending freeze on federal assistance to begin by 5 p.m. Tuesday.

Fresh of her high-profile role as U.S. commerce secretary, Raimondo will join the Council on Foreign Relations.

Just a week after leaving former President Joe Biden's cabinet, ex-Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo secures her next gig.

The Council on Foreign Relations, an influential research organization founded in 1922, announced Monday that Raimondo will join the group as a distinguished fellow. While the organization is headquartered in New York City, Raimondo will be based at its office in Washington, D.C.

A new era in American politics started with the return of Donald Trump to the White House this week. The effect is already being felt across the country due to a volley of executive orders signed by Trump.