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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.

The Senate Judiciary Committee overwhelmingly rejected a GOP-sponsored proposal to strictly cap the number of legal immigrants and foreign workers over the next decade.

RI Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse took the floor of the U.S. Senate last 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.

The Internal Revenue Service is reeling from a scandal that will surely leave the agency even more impotent against the rise of anonymous political cash, campaign finance watchdogs say - and there's plenty of groups from both sides waiting to take advantage.

Last week a great theological debate broke out in the world's greatest deliberative body.

U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse issued the following statement about the reports that the Internal Revenue Service targeted conservative political groups: "Targeting groups ... based on their political views is disturbing and wrong.

In February 2012, seven Democratic Senators wrote a letter to the Internal Revenue Service commissioner requesting an investigation of "social welfare" organizations.

Sheldon Whitehouse took the floor of the U.S. 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.

This is Gus. As you can see, Gus really likes avocados. As in, really really likes avocados.

Sen. John Cornyn ranted Thursday that President Barack Obama hasn't put forward judicial nominees for vacancies in Texas, some open and without a nominee for more than 1,000 days.