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

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 01/10/2026
Senators appear to have struck a deal aimed at tearing down regulatory roadblocks that can make building big things in the U.S. impossible. The proposal would rewrite project review rules and speed up legal challenges that stymie energy and transportation projects.
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Building big things in the U.S. is hard. A Senate deal aims to fix that.
A sweeping bipartisan plan takes aim at the bottlenecks scuttling new infrastructure.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 05/10/2026
Once again, Trump and Putin take the side of international corruption. Trump/Russia.
apnews.com
US withdraws from European anti-corruption panel in latest shift away from global groups
The Trump administration has withdrawn the United States from a top European anti-corruption watchdog.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 05/10/2026
With all the Republican-condoned methane leakage along the way, on top of the cost of transporting, liquefying, shipping, re-gassing, and more transport, yes, it starts to look more polluting than local coal. Polluters don’t care.
lemonde.fr
Worse than coal? Debate intensifies over carbon impact of US gas imported to Europe
With 60% of Europe's liquefied natural gas imports now coming from the United States, the carbon footprint of this energy source remains fiercely contested.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 05/10/2026
Turns out it was two bedrooms. My bad!
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 04/10/2026
Ah, so Trump’s DHS removed *one of two bedrooms* on the luxury private jet and kept the bar, marble bathrooms, and manta ray skin table — for deportations. Okay. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 04/10/2026
6. Last, but not least, FAFO for clean energy! If the administration is caught denying permits systematically to clean energy sources, the roof falls in on them, with massive damages payments they would do well to avoid :-).
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 04/10/2026
5. “Virtual power plants”? Yup, if you can aggregate lots of rooftop solar, for instance, you can bid that resource into your electric grid. Let a thousand flowers bloom.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 04/10/2026
4. First big bite at REAL data center accountability: data centers must pay for any network upgrades needed to serve their big demand, so ratepayers don’t bear the cost burden of added infrastructure.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 04/10/2026
3. At long last, a state block grant program to contribute revenue to coastal and ocean protection is in place. Next, let’s get it funded with a GOMESA-for-the-good-guys revenue stream. Lots of groups will benefit.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 04/10/2026
2. I hate “inter-agency process” where executive branch laziness, incompetence, and intramural quarrels hide. We put discipline and transparency into that mess, so agencies can’t hide their screwing around without accountability.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 04/10/2026
1. Developers have to file notice of stakeholder engagement up front, which will reduce dumb project starts like proposing turbines in a major harbor’s shipping lane. You’ll get busted fast if you haven’t done your stakeholder work, up front.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 04/10/2026
There are a bunch of specific things I like about our permitting bill, beyond the big important stuff — that it will lower electric costs and emissions, and lift wind, solar and battery power (BIG lift for battery), and add LOTS of good jobs.🧵
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 03/10/2026
This reflects the larger problem of Trump’s Costume Party Cabinet, unqualified oddballs and suck-ups who get to wear the costume of high office but can’t do the jobs, instead dress up and chant “WE ARE DOING GREAT!” Heckuva job, one might say.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 03/10/2026
In addition to infesting government with this creepy crew of flakes and grifters, real national security work is not getting done as they chase imaginary goblins. That’s the real cost of An Audience of One, and losers/grifters who take advantage.
reuters.com
How Trump’s obsession with ‘rigged’ voting machines spread across US government
The effort to prove the 2020 election "stolen" failed. Diehards remain undeterred.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 03/10/2026
Funny how their “originalism” dissipates when there’s a Republican/billionaire imperative at stake. I don’t think “originally” corporations were people, or presidents had immunity, or agencies couldn’t make “major” rules, or Congress couldn’t set terms of office. What a joke.
wsj.com
Opinion | Justice Samuel Alito: Even Originalists Make Mistakes
An interpretive method disciplines the decision-making process, but it doesn’t free judges of the need to exercise judgment.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 03/10/2026
Trump’s buddy. “Vladimir Putin instructed his generals to abandon the rules of war … in intensified Russian aerial strikes on Kyiv's civilian infrastructure, including schools, hospitals and key bridges.”
independent.co.uk
Putin tells generals to abandon rules of war as Russia targets Kyiv civilians
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 03/10/2026
Trump trashes U.S. auto competitiveness as yet another service to his corrupt fossil fuel donors.
gizmodo.com
Ford CEO Says Europe Is Lost To Chinese Electric Vehicles
Washington should take the "time to be considerate" before letting Chinese cars in, the Ford CEO warns.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 03/10/2026
Trumpster motto: “no conflict, no interest.”
nytimes.com
U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 03/10/2026
Ooof.
thehill.com
Smith’s game-day texts reviewed by Schmitt never referenced basketball team names
Text messages obtained by The Hill show former special counsel Jack Smith’s staff didn’t reference any basketball team names, adding to the confusion around why Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) erroneousl…
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 02/10/2026
First the wedding, now the ballroom — “Trump/Russia” gets smellier and smellier.
esquire.com
A Wealthy Russian Businessman Is Helping Fund Trump’s Stupid Ballroom. Nothing Sketchy About That, Right?
Surely, our president will face consequences for this insanity.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 02/10/2026
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 · 02/10/2026
BAAJA is our best bet to lower people’s electricity costs and make sure data centers pay their fair share AND more.
heatmap.news
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 · 02/10/2026
The “reef effect” of offshore wind in action.
blog.nwf.org
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 · 02/10/2026
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
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Straight-talk with Senator Whitehouse
‘We have a filthy adversary and a noble cause’ says the Rhode Island senator, ‘none of us should be confused about the fight we’re in.’
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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
The third method of governance if legislation and regulation fail is litigation. That’s the last target for the captured Court to give fossil fuel free-to-pollute immunity against governance. Which is why Suncor is so important to them.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 01/10/2026
Two, they killed off climate regulation by killing the Clean Power Plan (twice, for good measure) and erecting their “major questions doctrine” barrier to any future climate regulation efforts.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 01/10/2026
One, they killed off climate legislation via the Citizens United decision dropping infinite fossil fuel dark money into our politics. Bipartisanship on climate died the day of that decision, as dark money flowed.
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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.
youtube.com
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
In which case, what are you doing with a criminal search warrant? Was the whole thing a pretext to seize records they’d failed to get?
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 28/09/2026
Unless you never expected there to be a criminal case with a defendant to ask those witnesses awkward questions.
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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...
wsj.com
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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
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Conservative Journalist Shared Unredacted Trump Accuser FBI Notes That DOJ Hasn’t Released
He wrote about the missing files. He never mentioned the ones that he publicly posted – and shared with a random person.
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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
As a matter of law, executors have a fiduciary duty to not waste estate funds, so they must have found her credible enough to pay.
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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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