NORTH KINGSTOWN − The fate of $600 million in federal funding for Rhode Island highway projects, including the westbound Washington Bridge, is up in the air as President Donald Trump looks to halt spending on climate policies enacted by his predecessor Joe Biden.

NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (WLNE) — Senator Jack Reed will be in North Kingstown to break ground on a new manufacturing facility. The new 255,000 square-foot facility will support Regent Craft in producing its flagship 12-passenger sea-glider, the Viceroy.

Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Representatives Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo wrote a letter to the Trump administration following the president's recent executive orders.

Rhode Island Sen. Jack Reed, the top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said Hegseth lacks "the character and the competence" to lead the Pentagon. Reed he has voted to confirm the ...

Electric passenger vehicles created for regional travel over coastal waters are soon going to be built in Rhode Island.

Pete Hegseth has vowed to bring his “warrior” ethos to the Pentagon. Democrats had assailed him as unfit for the job, and his confirmation came down to Vice President JD Vance serving as tiebreaker.

The new defense secretary’s goals run counter to the military’s apolitical tradition and efforts to build a force that mirrors America.

Without an answer from the federal government, the status of federal funds allocated under the Biden Administration for rebuilding the Washington Bridge remains unclear.Over the weekend, a letter from Rhode Island's Congressional Delegation to the Federal Office of Management and Budget said,

It is a semiautomatic weapon. In a Jan. 15 Politics, Fred Kaplan misstated that Jack Reed is a senator from Delaware. Reed is from Rhode Island. In a Jan. 10 Industry, Alex Kirshner misstated that ...

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Jack Warner, the recently inaugurated president of Rhode Island College, joined 12 News at 4 to talk about the school's 2025 priorities, its Hope Scholarship, and trends in higher education.

Peltier is expected to be released from U.S. Penitentiary Federal Correctional Complex in Coleman, Florida, in mid-February.