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Supreme Court should disbar senator from Rhode Island

By Mike Davis

Associate Justice Clarence Thomas joins other members of the Supreme Court as they pose for a new group portrait, at the Supreme Court building in Washington, Oct. 7, 2022. All or most of a $267,000 loan obtained by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to buy a high-end motorcoach appears to have been forgiven, raising tax and ethics questions, according to a new report by Senate Democrats. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Justices issue ethics code in answer to liberal critics; rules put on record to allay public

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Associate Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. joins other members of the Supreme Court as they pose for a new group portrait, Oct. 7, 2022, at the Supreme Court building in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Sen. Whitehouse claims Supreme Court Justice Alito violated ethics, launches complaint

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Democrats Gas (Energy) Tax Idea Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Desperate Democrats start pressing for energy taxes

By Michael McKenna

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., speaks at a rally in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, June 9, 2021, to support the Senate's upcoming election bill. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Beach club linked to Sheldon Whitehouse refutes ‘all-White’ claims

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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., speaks during a confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Kevin Dietsch/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, R.I. Dem, defends continued membership in all-White social club

By James Varney - The Washington Times

President Trump's then-Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh, speaks before the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2018. (Associated Press)

Sheldon Whitehouse: FBI probe of Brett Kavanaugh was ‘fake’

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., speaks during a Senate Budget Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, examining wages at large profitable corporations. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)

Conservative watchdog attacks Sheldon Whitehouse over alleged dark money hypocrisy

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 16, 2019, file photo, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., asks questions in a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Democratic senators press Treasury to investigate ‘dark money’ ties to Capitol rioters

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., right, accompanied by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, questions Andrew Wheeler as he testifies at a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing to be the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Sheldon Whitehouse calls Trump-appointed Judge Neomi Rao ‘a cartoon,’ sparks pushback

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

US Sens. Reed and Whitehouse support articles of impeachment

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The U.S. Supreme Court building at dusk on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) **FILE**

GOP senators say they’ll block Democratic efforts to expand Supreme Court

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 16, 2019, file photo, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., asks questions in a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Sheldon Whitehouse practicing law on an inactive license: Watchdog

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., right, accompanied by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, questions Andrew Wheeler as he testifies at a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing to be the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Sheldon Whitehouse warns Supreme Court not to hear gun case

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 16, 2019, file photo, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., asks questions in a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Sen. Whitehouse targets dark money to address climate change

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT - Associated Press

Sen. Whitehouse, a Democrat, is re-elected in Rhode Island

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT - Associated Press

This combination of photos shows Republican Bob Flanders, left, on Oct. 9, 2018, in Warwick, R.I., and Democrat Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, right, on Oct. 17, 2017, in Washington. Flanders is challenging Whitehouse in the Nov. 6, 2018 general election (AP Photos)

US Sen. Whitehouse faces GOP’s Flanders in bid for 3rd term

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT - Associated Press

Senator says what he expects from Kavanaugh investigation

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President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018, for the third day of his confirmation hearing to replace retired Justice Anthony Kennedy. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Brett Kavanaugh asked about gambling debt, Nationals attendance

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times