Whitehouse and Kennedy attended law school together at the University of Virginia where they hiked, hunted and rafted the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Donald Trump’s Justice Department cited an archaic statute in a legal filing Wednesday, arguing that the president’s executive order ending constitutionally guaranteed birthright citizenship should be totally kosher, since the children of Native Americans weren’t historically considered citizens, either.

US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, in RI to attend a groundbreaking for the REGENT' Seaglider factory, answers questions about the RFK hearing

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Democrats are increasingly concerned that U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, usually a staunch foe of President Trump’s policies, could break with the party and support one of the president’s most controversial cabinet picks.

Citing Robert Kennedy, Jr.’s previous statements on vaccines and the first measles case confirmed in his state since 2013, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., told Kennedy, “you frighten people.”