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.

Rhode Island has joined a coalition of states suing President Trump over his executive order to end birthright citizenship

In federal court filings on Tuesday, the attorney general representing Rhode Island and 17 other states sued President Donald Trump to halt the enforcement of a Jan. 20 executive order that would end birthright citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants.

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.

President Donald Trump launched his sweeping immigration crackdown on Monday which included an order reinterpreting birthright citizenship, a principle that has been recognized in the United States for more than 150 years.

"We think we have really good grounds," the president said of the order that is certain to prompt immediate legal challenges.

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

Immigration groups in Massachusetts and New Hampshire call Trump's executive order "unconstitutional" and "overtly racist."