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ICE Is Urged to Show It's Not “Infiltrated by Violent Extremists”
Spurred by The Intercept's reporting, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse calls out DHS for ICE recruiting materials celebrated by white nationalists. Read More
Dem senator bankrolling Platner's campaign ripped for downplaying abuse allegations in bombshell report
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse's Ocean PAC donated $10,000 to controversial Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner, calling him "wonderfully appealing." Read More
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse donated $10,000 to controversial Maine candidate
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse's PAC donated $10,000 to Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner, according to FEC records, despite controversies over Platner's past online remarks. Read More
Blanche Nomination 'So Disgusting' It Will Put GOP 'over a Barrel'
Wednesday on MS NOW's "The Last Word," Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) made the jaw-dropping statement that if President Donald Trump nominates Todd Blanche as Attorney General, it will be "so disgusting" that it will put Republican Senators "over a barrel." | Clips Read More
Taylor Swift wedding mystery grows but a Senator says one state is out
Taylor Swift if continuing to keep people guessing about where her wedding to Travis Kelce will be. However, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse thinks RI is out. Read More
U.S. politician suspiciously dumps Nvidia stock after 10 years
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse has disclosed the sale of up to $500,000 of Nvidia stock after holding the chipmaker's shares for roughly a decade. Read More
Taylor Swift Passed on Rhode Island Wedding, Senator Says
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse says Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce gave Rhode Island a 'pass' for their wedding ahead of summer nuptials Read More
Taylor Swift Isn't Getting Married In Rhode Island, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse Says
Taylor Swift wedding rumors are sweeping Rhode Island, but Senator Sheldon Whitehouse says not so fast. Read More
The Senator Who Won’t Shut Up about Climate Change
Rhode Island Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse is pushing back on the “climate hushing” trend. Read More
The Donald Trump that I See Is 'Downright Evil'
Wednesday on MS NOW's "The Briefing," Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) said he saw President Donald Trump as "downright evil." | Clips Read More
I'm Not Taking Morality Lessons from People Joining 'All White Country Clubs'
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin zinged Democrat Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) during a tense exchange at a Senate committee hearing this week. Read More
Zeldin attacks Whitehouse over country club membership in EPA budget clash
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin sparred on Tuesday over coal plant costs and consumer health expenses as lawmakers weigh Trump's proposed 52% EPA budget cut. Read More
Senator rips election-denying lawyer protecting Trump: 'You assert privilege willy-nilly'
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) called out former DOJ official Jeffrey Clark after Clark insisted that details surrounding a letter aimed at overturning the 2020 presidential election were legally privileged.During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday, Whitehouse questioned Clark about the... Read More
Trump Turning U.S. Into a 'Gas Station Run by Gangsters that has an Army'
Tuesday on MS NOW's "The Last Word," Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) said President Donald Trump was turning the United States into "a gas station run by gangsters that have an army." | Clips Read More
At Des Moines roundtable, farmers link climate to insurance pain
Hosted by Josh Turek with Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, a Des Moines roundtable spotlighted climate impacts on rising insurance costs. Read More
Josh Hawley makes bipartisan bid to curb large corporate mergers
Hawley, Missouri's senior GOP senator, has teamed with U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, on a bill to eliminate tax breaks for large mergers Read More
Trump 25th Amendment push called 'not realistic' by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I.
Trump 25th Amendment calls grow as Democrats demand Donald Trump's removal over his Iran threat, but Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., says the effort is not realistic right now. Read More
Kash Patel reignites Bailey's Beach Club controversy. What to know
Kash Patel accused Sheldon Whitehouse of belonging to an all-White beach club, reigniting an allegation that has long followed the senator around. Read More
'People who look like me': Kash Patel rages against Senator Whitehouse's 'White only' private club, says he will knock on the door
US News: FBI director Kash Patel clapped back at Democrat senator Sheldon Whitehouse as the senator insinuated that as Patel will soon face the music as lawsui. Read More