PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Democrats are increasingly concerned that U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, usually a staunch foe of President Trump’s policies, could break with the party and support one of the president’s most controversial cabinet picks.

Former New York Congressman Lee Zeldin sat for ... and was grilled by Democrats on his views of climate change. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee ranking ...

Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., during her confirmation hearing on Wednesday. "It would not be appropriate for a prosecutor to start with a name and look for a crime?" Whitehouse said during his line ...

WASHINGTON -- Former Long Island congressman Lee Zeldin denied that he will favor industry over the environment and declared he thinks climate change is real as he faced questions Thursday on his nomination to be the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

Whitehouse sat down this week with the POLITICO Energy podcast, where he predicted “there'll be some litigation” if Trump looks to stop offshore wind projects that “are already ongoing and which there's a vested defensible interest.

Brooke Rollins and Lee Zeldin are likely to lead the USDA and EPA respectively. Here’s what their confirmation hearings revealed.

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, the top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, says President Donald Trump’s blitz of executive orders to boost fossil fuels and stop the growth of ...

The New Jersey Devils’ 2-1 loss on Sunday to the Ottawa Senators was coach Sheldon Keefe’s breaking point. Amid a 2-6-3 stretch in which the Devils have scored 20 goals, Keefe has made drastic ...

More than 40 women claim they were drugged and sexually assaulted by Miami and New York real estate brokers Oren and Tal Alexander, along with their brother Alon. The defense denies the allegations.

After an emergency evacuation put them into limbo, tenants of a New York building are still awaiting a court decision that might help them recover their past lives. A couple briefly considered ...

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The Tesla chief executive has also received words of support from the Jewish World Congress and the Anti-Defamation League. A new senior official in Trump’s Justice Department warned universities allowing continued antisemitic behavior on campus to ...