Will Trump's offshore wind executive order halt RI's projects? What to know.
News circulated last week that Trump had tapped New Jersey Congressman Jeff Van Drew, a Republican who’s frequently criticized projects proposed off the coast of his state, to draft an executive order on offshore wind. Industry observers said it may include a moratorium on all development.
RI joins 19 states in suing Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship
Rhode Island has joined a coalition of states suing President Trump over his executive order to end birthright citizenship
RI and Mass. join 22 other states opposing Trump birthright citizenship EO
Rhode Island and Massachusetts are joining 22 other states in challenging president Donald Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship.
RI, Mass. among states suing to stop Trump’s order blocking birthright citizenship
Attorneys general from 18 states sued Tuesday to block President Donald Trump's move to end a decades-old immigration policy known as birthright citizenship guaranteeing that U.S.-born children are citizens regardless of their parents’ status.
NY, 21 other states sue Trump over birthright citizenship, calling executive order unconstitutional
Until the order, which Trump signed the same day he was inaugurated as the 47th president, the U.S. government has, at least the late 1800s, considered the child of any immigrant born on U.S. soil an automatic citizen, even to a mother in the United States illegally.
California among the states suing Trump's executive order targeting birthright citizenship
The executive order restricts automatic citizenship for babies born to parents who aren't citizens or lawful, permanent residents.
What Is Birthright Citizenship, and Can Trump Take it Away?
President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship is prompting lawsuits alleging he lacks the legal ground to end the right enshrined in the Constitution.
‘Presidents are powerful, but they are not kings’: Dem AGs contest Trump’s birthright citizenship order
Immigration — an issue that Trump campaigned heavily on — will be one of the first legal battles the administration faces.
States sue to stop Trump's order blocking birthright citizenship
Attorneys general from 18 states sued to block President Donald Trump’s move to end a decades-old immigration policy known as birthright citizenship guaranteeing that U.S.-born children are citizens r
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RI U.S. Attorney Zachary Cunha reflects on his term, shares advice for his successor
Cunha gave a message for his inevitable successor from the Trump administration, as well as insight into what may come next for him.
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Several Rhode Island groups protest presidential inauguration
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