Elon Musk, others say Sen. Whitehouse funneled money to benefit his wife. What we found.
A factually incorrect posting has been making the rounds, including being shared by Elon Musk. Here's what we found.
Critics again target Sen. Whitehouse over wife’s work for environmental groups
The Rhode Island Democrat’s office dismissed the idea that his support for ocean and climate legislation represents a ...
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Top Dem senator accused of unsavory nonprofit activity that enriched his wife, watchdog claims
Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT), an ethics watchdog, is asking for an investigation into a Democrat senator. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, is being accused […] ...
‘Bad episode of the Sopranos’: RI delegation reacts to Trump, Zelenskyy clash
Rhode Island’s congressional delegation expressed universal alarm over President Donald Trump’s treatment of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during his brief visit to the Oval ...
Staunch Trump critic under fire for alleged corruption
A government watchdog group has called for an ethics investigation into a Democratic senator who’s been a critic of President ...
Rhode Islanders didn’t just burn the Gaspee, they torched British tea weeks before the American Revolution began
Occurring on March 2, 1775 — 48 days before the first shots rang out at Lexington and Concord — Rhode Islanders set British ...
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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse talks USAID, ‘Muskrats,’ and bipartisanship
The Rhode Island Democrat discusses the looming government funding deadline and the importance of USAID.
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Rhode Island U.S. Attorney Zachary Cunha ’98 resigns at Trump’s behest
In a Feb. 17 press release, Zachary Cunha ’98, the United States Attorney for the District of Rhode Island, wrote that he had ...
Critics again target Whitehouse over wife’s work
An outside group is making a new attempt to get the Senate Ethics Committee to investigate work done for environmental organizations by the wife of U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, after a previous ...