Patrick Kennedy is painting a different – albeit only mildly convincing – picture of his cousin, who is Trump’s nominee for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.

Conservatives on social media ripped Dem. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse on Wednesday after he questioned President Donald Trump's HHS secretary nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Capitol Hill.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-controlled Senate on Wednesday confirmed Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, a key role to help President Donald Trump fulfill his pledge to roll back major environmental regulations, including those aimed at slowing climate change and encouraging use of electric vehicles.

Former East End Congressman Lee Zeldin, who championed issues affecting Long Island's coastline as a congressman but has long been critical of federal policies on encouraging electric vehicles and a supporter of President Donald Trump,

A Trump administration order to pause federal spending on Tuesday led to bureaucratic bedlam in Rhode Island and across the country as state government officials tried to assess the local impact of suddenly turning off federal spigots.

Sheldon Whitehouse, the top Democrat on the Environment ... where the former attorney general of Rhode Island and vocal climate hawk predicted “there’ll be some litigation” if Trump looks ...

Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Representatives Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo wrote a letter to the Trump administration following the president's recent executive orders.

Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse says in remarks as the Senate considered the nomination of Pete Hegseth to serve as Defense Secretary in the second Trump administration post cloture that concerns about the nominee's potential for being drunk,

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was once a darling in Democratic circles thanks to his environmental work and famous family. But he shouldn't expect a warm welcome from Senate Democrats at his confirmation hearings.

and everything to do with the fact that Rhode Island Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse, while not “confirmed as voting for Kennedy” nevertheless “appears to be actively considering it.” Naturally, the reasons why, given the high stakes, are both ...

Kennedy Jr. was pressed to clarify his views on vaccines, abortion and public health priorities in the first of two senate hearings as he tries to make the case to become President Donald Trump's health secretary.