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As Memorial Day approaches, several media outlets are ramping up their coverage of veterans and particularly the effects of two recent long-running wars.

On TV3 news last night, Turei alleged that the convention centre deal will give SkyCity "a monopoly on gambling". None of the reporters called her out on this arrant nonsense.

Global climate change and politics are linked to each other - for better or worse.

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has an official Republican challenger, but it's not one of the expected names.

Over the past several years, one of the knee-jerk reactions from political and media personalities following natural disasters has been to blame man-made global warming.

In the midst of a natural disaster, there's no place for politics. All of the victims of the Moore, Okla.

Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and David Cicciline along with Gov. Lincoln Chafee were among the guests at the homecoming party Sunday for Heather Abbott.

The nation's tax agency has admitted to inappropriately scrutinizing smaller tea-party organizations that applied for tax-exempt status, and senior Treasury Department officials were notified in the midst of the 2012 presidential election season that an internal investigation was under way.But the IRS largely maintained a hands-off policy with the ... (more)

An elderly driver plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a Saturday parade in a small Virginia mountain town and investigators were looking into whether he suffered a medical emergency before the accident.

The nation's tax agency has admitted to inappropriately scrutinizing smaller tea party organizations that applied for tax-exempt status.

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse took the floor of the US Senate Wednesday to rebut the remark of a fellow senator, whom, he said, told him God wouldn't allow humanity to ruin the planet with carbon pollution and climate change.

May 16, 2013 Verdi Productions and The Woodhaven Production Company announce that RI filmmaker Chad A. Verdi has added Oscar nominee Eric Roberts to the cast of A Bet's A Bet.

The Internal Revenue Service is under fire for giving extra scrutiny to conservative organizations that asked for tax-exempt status.

Opening the Blue Vision Summit 4 in Washington, D.C., on Monday, author and ocean advocate David Helvarg said of Congress, "A lot of them are hardwired like sharks, they respond to stimuli like money or votes" . The summit, which ends today, is "the biggest ocean day on the Hill," said Helvarg.

Senate Democratic leaders should consider using the "nuclear option" to blow up GOP filibusters of EPA nominee Gina McCarthy and several other administration hopefuls, several liberal senators told The Hill on Wednesday.

Senators fended off changes to the immigration bill in committee on Tuesday, but the first cracks emerged in the carefully crafted compromise between business groups and labor unions, leaving even some supporters frustrated at the defensive votes they had to cast.

The 18 senators redrafting the Senate immigration bill tried to outbid each other Tuesday in claiming to protect American workers - including executives - against increased competition.

The Senate Judiciary Committee finished working its way through amendments on the section of the Gang of Eight's immigration bill that covers visas for foreign high-skilled workers on Tuesday afternoon.

Chad Verdi's film project on the life of Rhode Island boxing great Vinnie Pazienza received a high-octane Hollywood boost a few days ago, when Oscar-winning director and producer Martin Scorsese signed on as an executive producer.

Rhode Island's senior U.S. Senator says Americans and the news media deserve to know the facts behind the Justice Department's seizure of telephone records from The Associated Press Sen.