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U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, the Ocean State. linktr.ee/senwhitehouse

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 1h
Rogues gallery of corporate “super-emitter” scoundrels.
theguardian.com
US ‘super-emitters’ of planet heating methane identified by satellite analysis
Energy Transfer, whose CEO is a major Trump donor, named as biggest single methane producer in new rankings
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 1h
BAAJA is our best bet to lower people’s electricity costs and make sure data centers pay their fair share AND more.
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The Senate Permitting Deal Contains a Data Center Double Tap
The bill would let states and utilities discriminate against data centers and crypto miners, requiring them to pay higher rates to cover the full cost of any system upgrades.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 6h
The “reef effect” of offshore wind in action.
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Gone Fishing at the Offshore Wind Turbines - The National Wildlife Federation Blog
Recreational anglers and conservationists gathered for a weekend of fishing, community, & camaraderie at a series of offshore wind projects.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 6h
Gross. How much creepy behavior does Patel have to get caught in before he gets booted?
newrepublic.com
Kash Patel Caught With Suspected Double Agent at Alina Habba’s Wedding
The FBI director was spotted in a photo with an FBI informant suspected of being a double agent.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 01/10/2026
Joined Steve McBee to discuss the climate fight and the future of the clean energy industry. Clean energy is generally the most affordable option these days, and Democrats need to spread the word.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 01/10/2026
More important than the “structure of the Constitution” here is the structure of the Court — an institution captured years ago by fossil fuel billionaires. The fossil fuel billionaires are putting it to profitable use.
vox.com
Big Oil has an audacious request for the Supreme Court
What on Earth is the “structure of the Constitution”?
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Senate EPW Democrats @epw.senate.gov · 30/09/2026
The American people want lower energy bills, and they want more clean energy. Our permitting reform plan gets us a long way toward both of those goals.
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Heinrich, Lee, Capito and Whitehouse Press Conference to Discuss Bipartisan Permitting Reform Deal
YouTube video by Senate Energy Dems
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A phenomenal moment in the Senate. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta. Smith denies it. Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury. Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland. WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
Another fossil fuel con job. Any savings on the front end get eaten up and spat out by excess costs of fuel, which go to — oh, right — Trump’s big corrupt fossil fuel donors. Fuel economy standards have saved drivers hundreds of billions of dollars. www.washingtonpost.com/transportati...
washingtonpost.com
Trump says new fuel economy rules will cut car prices. Analysts are doubtful.
In rolling back fuel efficiency standards, the administration said the average new vehicle price in 2031 should be reduced by $1,300.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 28/09/2026
Think, think, think. Why would you want to make Bailey a witness to the search? Or Gabbard? Terrible procedure; really weird. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
washingtonpost.com
Andrew Bailey, No. 2 at FBI, resigns in latest shake-up at bureau
Bailey, the former Missouri attorney general, was hired for the leadership role about a year ago.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 28/09/2026
When the massive Pentagon and its immense Defense Industrial Base are incapable of predicting this (even with Ukraine’s Patriot demand signal), something is very badly wrong. This is a system failure. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 28/09/2026
Looks like closing for physical work was to cover the fact that they drove finances into the ground with reckless re-naming adventure. www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
washingtonpost.com
Trump now says the Kennedy Center could be deadly. Months ago, it was ‘great.’
The president’s assessment of the Kennedy Center’s physical condition grew increasingly dire after his name went up on the building and revenue began to plunge.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 27/09/2026
Meanwhile it appears DOJ some time ago leaked the 37 pages to a Trump-friendly reporter. I wonder if they disclosed that to the judge. “So secret we can’t show you but we leaked them” is not a good look. meidasnews.com/news/trump-d...
meidasnews.com
Trump DOJ Claims It Complied With Latest Epstein Order in Katie Phang Case
Judge Emmet Sullivan ordered Attorney General Todd Blanche to submit unredacted FBI notes and support disputed victim redactions, while a temporary appellate pause now blocks foreign-language file rev...
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 26/09/2026
Sunset stripes before the storm.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 26/09/2026
Remember the 37 pages? The woman interviewed by the FBI about Trump allegedly assaulting her as a 15-year-old received a settlement from these people. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
wsj.com
Exclusive | Federal Prosecutors Open Probe Into Jeffrey Epstein’s Executors
Prosecutors have questioned potential witnesses about his longtime accountant and lawyer. Both of them have denied wrongdoing.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 25/09/2026
Every American should have the choice to buy in to Medicare as a low-cost “public option.” www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
reuters.com
Americans navigate 'wild West' of health insurance options after dropping Obamacare plans
When Stacy Cox, a self-employed photographer in Kanab, Utah, dropped her Obamacare health insurance plan this year, routine preventive care became a financial dilemma. Now she finds herself weighing $...
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 25/09/2026
Our Graham/Blumenthal Russia sanctions bill has provisions on the “shadow fleet” problem. It’s good that the Europeans are cracking down on this illicit menace; we need to step up too. kyivindependent.com/europes-crac...
kyivindependent.com
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Senate EPW Democrats @epw.senate.gov · 25/09/2026
There’s a deliberate scheme to raise your energy costs. Who’s responsible? Trump and Big Oil.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 25/09/2026
Trump palling around with the world’s biggest Communist and billionaire tech bros behind the data center plague has to be awkward for “anti-communist” Republicans trying to get well on their data center problem.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 25/09/2026
Transit costs get charged to consumers (more inflation) and low water (yup, climate change) is part of what’s backing up the Canal. www.wsj.com/business/log...
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 24/09/2026
My Budget reform proposal got rid of the debt ceiling, and instead required regular reporting of Debt-to-GDP ratios. The information is more useful, and it’s not a dangerous “bear trap in the bedroom” ready to go off and cause harm. time.com/article/2026...
time.com
A Debt Ceiling Fight Looms in 2027. Could a Democratic Congress Make it the Last One?
Trump wants to scrap the debt ceiling. Rep. Brendan Boyle sees a rare chance for bipartisan reform if Democrats win the House.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 23/09/2026
Senator Rick Scott objected.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 23/09/2026
I’m headed to the Senate Floor to ask my colleagues if we can all agree on this one, simple truth: climate change is making wildfires more frequent, more intense, and more destructive.
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Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 22/09/2026
As health care costs skyrocket and millions of Americans go uninsured, what is JD Vance and Donald Trump’s solution? Kick hundreds of thousands more people off their health insurance. Senate Democrats will expand coverage and lower costs for millions of Americans when we take back the majority.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 23/09/2026
More lawbreaking by captured EPA. Fossil fuel thugs lurking in background are cool with their stooges’ lawbreaking, so long as it helps them. apnews.com/article/clim...
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 23/09/2026
Twenty-five losses and counting. news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/w...
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Washington State Voter Rolls Off-Limits to DOJ, Judge Rules
Washington state officials don’t have to give the Justice Department the state’s unredacted voter rolls, a federal judge ruled Tuesday in handing the Trump administration its 25th consecutive loss on ...
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 22/09/2026
Trump’s mental incapacity is a serious problem for the world. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/o...
nytimes.com
Opinion | Trump Has Untethered Himself From Reality
The president’s distortions have an impact on much more than belief in his claims about what he was doing on Sept. 11.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 20/09/2026
Paying the Russian back answers zero questions about this. abcnews.com/Politics/tru...
abcnews.com
Trump says Donald Trump Jr. repaid Russian oligarch for wedding party
The president and the Trump Organization haven't provided evidence that he did.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 19/09/2026
We made the mistake of accepting “ambitions” instead of actions (like making polluters pay as they should) and we’re now paying the price for that. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/u...
nytimes.com
Why States Are Cutting Back on Their Climate Goals
Ambitious aims have given way to political anxiety over prices as many states’ 2030 emissions targets appear increasingly out of reach.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 19/09/2026
Basic truths as we head into Climate Week: 1. Trumpsters lie and fossil fuel corrupts. 2. Free-to-pollute is lethal to climate safety. 3. The CBAM is vital to safety.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 18/09/2026
Big Orange Crybaby only wants “Natalie News”?
theguardian.com
Trump bans CNN, MS Now and Politico from the White House
US president has overseen an unprecedented restriction of access for major traditional news media since start of second term
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 17/09/2026
I have a different view. Fossil fuel funded Trump’s campaign. They’re on his team. Blocking low-cost clean energy drives grids to their expensive power plants, sending billions in ratepayer dollars to big Trump donors. It’s a massive scam pumping money from ratepayers to donors.
theguardian.com
Trump’s love of fossil fuels is about more than money | Moira Donegan
The US decision to remove limits on coal and gas plant emissions is rooted in a perception of manliness in these industries
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 17/09/2026
Poodle Patel is a walking embarrassment.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 17/09/2026
Two ways we can fight corruption: 💰Rein in dark money in politics 👨‍⚖️Establish enforceable ethics rules at SCOTUS I’ve introduced bills to do both. Glad to see my SCERT and DISCLOSE Acts featured in @democracydefendersaction.org's anti-corruption scorecard.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 17/09/2026
As debt hits 40 trillion and bond rate hits 5% will Republicans let big corporations and billionaires be taxed like normal people?
wsj.com
Wall Street Confronts Prospect of a New Era After Treasury Yield Hits 5%
Investors weigh whether the 10-year note’s yield will decisively break through the threshold, creating borrowing environments like in the past.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 16/09/2026
@brown.edu research shows that on top of the $38 billion Trump’s madcap war has cost us as taxpayers, Americans have already paid another $107 billion extra for gasoline and diesel. Both numbers will go up, up, up. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
politico.com
Iran war has cost taxpayers $38B — and counting
The Congressional Budget Office said the prolonged military campaign will hit $2 billion to $3 billion a month.
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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 15/09/2026
Unsurprising that Republicans are giving corporations (most of whom donated to their campaigns) the greenlight to pollute our air.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/09/2026
Whitehouse grills Patel on Epstein 👇 WHITEHOUSE: Am I accurate in suggesting the missing 37 pages likely include FBI contemporaneous notes from interviews w/woman who said she was assaulted by Trump? PATEL: I don't know what you're referencing. We've produced 3.5m pages W: But not these 37
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 15/09/2026
The Victory of the Tax Cheats.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 14/09/2026
European cities look to Phoenix to deal with heat. ALL these extra costs should be in the price of fossil fuel. Free-to-pollute must end.
theguardian.com
We’re the mayors of Paris, Milan and Phoenix. The heat crisis has us all facing the same question | Emmanuel Grégoire, Giuseppe Sala and Kate Gallego
Our three cities are learning from each other about how to protect residents. These climate policies are also public health measures
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 14/09/2026
Can we NOW wake up to the reality of Trump/Russia?
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 14/09/2026
Illegally making electric consumers pay off Trump’s corrupt fossil fuel donors is now standard practice for Trump scoundrels. apnews.com/article/mich...
apnews.com
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 13/09/2026
Climate issues raising family costs: the cost of insurance for the typical homeowner jumped by 24 percent between 2021 and 2024, according to research by the Consumer Federation of America. Free-to-pollute isn’t free to you.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 12/09/2026
As diesel breaks through $6 a gallon for farmers, Trump wings off in his Qatari “Grift Force One” 747 to Ireland, and: “The real point of Trump’s visit is to showcase his Irish resort.”
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 12/09/2026
"Trumpism is the lowest stage of imperialism." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
Trump’s clash with Canada is his latest imperialistic embarrassment | Sidney Blumenthal
The president’s chaotic schemes of aggrandizement, from Venezuela to Iran, have no larger rationale
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 12/09/2026
Trump’s psychology drives him to tear down his party so he doesn’t fail alone. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
theatlantic.com
Does Trump Want Republicans to Win the Midterms?
Traditionally, candidates try to distance themselves from unpopular presidents. But this year, that’s impossible.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 12/09/2026
You mean the Court that indicted war criminal Putin? More Trump/Russia? subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026...
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POLITICO Pro: US pressures NATO allies to destroy International Criminal Court
Washington said it "would be watching closely" to see which allies help in its campaign against the court during a closed-door meeting this summer.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 11/09/2026
Only every major university teaches climate science, but fossil fuel thugs wanted West Point to stop?
washingtonpost.com
Judge rules West Point policy restricting professors’ speech is unconstitutional
A ruling in a free speech case against West Point permits professors at the academy to speak and write without prior approval.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 11/09/2026
Climate dangers: In the Rockies it’s impossible to miss the grey belts of what were green forest, killed by pine beetles. Wildfire fodder now.
popularmechanics.com
A Monster Threat Is Coming for America’s Trees—and Scientists Are Racing to Stop It
A surge in insect attacks is already underway, and mild winters are the culprit.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 11/09/2026
It’s been 25 years since the September 11 attacks, but we will never forget the victims, the families forever changed, and the brave heroes who ran toward danger. I am eternally grateful to the first responders who risked their lives to save others. They are the best of humanity.
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