When it comes to Senate bloviating, Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse is among the worst of a bad company. A political party that has lost its hold on the White House and its Senate majority has been reduced to what amounts to catcalling from the sidelines as the second Trump administration forms,

During a confirmation hearing Wednesday, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse questioned Pam Bondi, Donald Trump's pick for attorney general, about how she will work with political appointees in the White House: SEN.

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) questioned U.S. attorney general nominee Pam Bondi in a confirmation hearing Wednesday held by the Senate Judiciary Committee. SEN. WHITEHOUSE: You have said that Department of Justice prosecutors will be prosecuted in the Trump administration.

President-elect Trump's attorney general nominee Pam Bondi was praised by conservatives for her response in a hearing to Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., on Wednesday.

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) said statements in President Biden’s farewell speech came much too late in a Thursday statement, raising question with the commander in chief’s parting

Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse rebuked Biden for giving the speech four years too late, adding he would've been reelected if he ran on it.

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), a member of the Judiciary Committee, joins MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss his questioning of Donald Trump’s Attorney General pick Pam Bondi during her first day of confirmation hearings.

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.

Rhode Island Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, the ranking member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, warns the effects of climate change are making the risk of home ownership unpredictable and could potentially lead to another U.

GOP former House member Lee Zeldin, picked to be EPA administrator, pledged strict interpretation of the country's environmental laws.

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From the hearing's outset, Democratic senators' questions reflected valid and critical concerns but often in a poorly framed manner.