Claudia Grisales
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Survivors, their friends and family urge Congress to release the Epstein files. House set to vote next week.
“You have the ability to vote to release the Epstein files, and with it, deliver a promise the American people have awaited for far too long. We implore you to do so.”
“You have the ability to vote to release the Epstein files, and with it, deliver a promise the American people have awaited for far too long. We implore you to do so.”
November 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Survivors, their friends and family urge Congress to release the Epstein files. House set to vote next week.
“You have the ability to vote to release the Epstein files, and with it, deliver a promise the American people have awaited for far too long. We implore you to do so.”
“You have the ability to vote to release the Epstein files, and with it, deliver a promise the American people have awaited for far too long. We implore you to do so.”
First and only woman to be U.S. House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, announces her last term in office in a video message to San Francisco. @pelosi.house.gov ends with final, 20th term in Congress, capping off a historic mark on legislating after nearly 40 years on Capitol Hill. A clip of her announcement…
November 6, 2025 at 2:22 PM
First and only woman to be U.S. House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, announces her last term in office in a video message to San Francisco. @pelosi.house.gov ends with final, 20th term in Congress, capping off a historic mark on legislating after nearly 40 years on Capitol Hill. A clip of her announcement…
Source tells me Senate Dems lunch today will cover how they’ll vote tomorrow on Defense approps bill. Leader Thune tee’d up vote, marking 1st such test on approps since government shut down. But source made clear regular approps plan won’t change dynamics to reopen gov/address ACA.
October 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Source tells me Senate Dems lunch today will cover how they’ll vote tomorrow on Defense approps bill. Leader Thune tee’d up vote, marking 1st such test on approps since government shut down. But source made clear regular approps plan won’t change dynamics to reopen gov/address ACA.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune responds to OMB head Russ Vought’s post “the RIFs have begun,” telling @jordainc.bsky.social and I:
“Well… I think they held off for as long as they could.”
“Well… I think they held off for as long as they could.”
October 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Senate Majority Leader John Thune responds to OMB head Russ Vought’s post “the RIFs have begun,” telling @jordainc.bsky.social and I:
“Well… I think they held off for as long as they could.”
“Well… I think they held off for as long as they could.”
“If the news about our military must first be approved by the government, then the public is no longer getting independent reporting. It is getting only what officials want them to see. That should alarm every American.” More from ⬇️ @pressclubdc.bsky.social
September 20, 2025 at 1:58 AM
“If the news about our military must first be approved by the government, then the public is no longer getting independent reporting. It is getting only what officials want them to see. That should alarm every American.” More from ⬇️ @pressclubdc.bsky.social
Top congressional leaders apparently in the dark on today’s U.S. military strike:
Senate Majority Leader Thune: “I have not been briefed on that… let me find out.”
SASC Chair Wicker: “It’s something I intend to look into”
SASC Ranking D Reed: was told “nothing at all”
Senate Majority Leader Thune: “I have not been briefed on that… let me find out.”
SASC Chair Wicker: “It’s something I intend to look into”
SASC Ranking D Reed: was told “nothing at all”
President Trump ordered a second military strike on narco-traffickers today. The first already raised new questions of POTUS’s expanded war powers and fears Trump can order strikes “whenever he likes.” And Congress still knows very little. More here: www.npr.org/2025/09/14/n...
Congress worries U.S. strike on Venezuelan boat signals Trump's expanded war powers
We look at the U.S. strike on a Venezuelan boat earlier this month, which has riled lawmakers, even Republican ones, who say the strike did not follow standard practices and policies.
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September 16, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Top congressional leaders apparently in the dark on today’s U.S. military strike:
Senate Majority Leader Thune: “I have not been briefed on that… let me find out.”
SASC Chair Wicker: “It’s something I intend to look into”
SASC Ranking D Reed: was told “nothing at all”
Senate Majority Leader Thune: “I have not been briefed on that… let me find out.”
SASC Chair Wicker: “It’s something I intend to look into”
SASC Ranking D Reed: was told “nothing at all”
President Trump ordered a second military strike on narco-traffickers today. The first already raised new questions of POTUS’s expanded war powers and fears Trump can order strikes “whenever he likes.” And Congress still knows very little. More here: www.npr.org/2025/09/14/n...
Congress worries U.S. strike on Venezuelan boat signals Trump's expanded war powers
We look at the U.S. strike on a Venezuelan boat earlier this month, which has riled lawmakers, even Republican ones, who say the strike did not follow standard practices and policies.
www.npr.org
September 15, 2025 at 8:12 PM
President Trump ordered a second military strike on narco-traffickers today. The first already raised new questions of POTUS’s expanded war powers and fears Trump can order strikes “whenever he likes.” And Congress still knows very little. More here: www.npr.org/2025/09/14/n...
So… I won’t be washing my right hand for a while!! See the @npr.org Ed Sheeran Tiny Desk today here: www.youtube.com/live/Q2CW9TZ...
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So… I won’t be washing my right hand for a while!! See the @npr.org Ed Sheeran Tiny Desk today here: www.youtube.com/live/Q2CW9TZ...
What a day for U.S. Capitol Police: At midday, an extensive response and investigation into a bomb threat at DNC HQ that wasn’t credible. Tonight, they’re investigating a suspicious vehicle that’s got several streets by the Senate blocked off.
September 12, 2025 at 12:46 AM
What a day for U.S. Capitol Police: At midday, an extensive response and investigation into a bomb threat at DNC HQ that wasn’t credible. Tonight, they’re investigating a suspicious vehicle that’s got several streets by the Senate blocked off.
Asked Senate Majority Leader Thune if strike signals shift in U.S. rules of engagement:
"I wouldn't read too much into it ...It was a clear interpretation ...by the cartels: You... ship substances up here... killing Americans ...we are going to deal with it as a national security threat."
"I wouldn't read too much into it ...It was a clear interpretation ...by the cartels: You... ship substances up here... killing Americans ...we are going to deal with it as a national security threat."
A source tells me in a tense meeting this morning, Pentagon officials briefed Senate national security and leadership staff on last week’s U.S. strike on a Venezuelan boat. However, they provided little answers, and legal justification for the strike...
September 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Asked Senate Majority Leader Thune if strike signals shift in U.S. rules of engagement:
"I wouldn't read too much into it ...It was a clear interpretation ...by the cartels: You... ship substances up here... killing Americans ...we are going to deal with it as a national security threat."
"I wouldn't read too much into it ...It was a clear interpretation ...by the cartels: You... ship substances up here... killing Americans ...we are going to deal with it as a national security threat."
Some Rs disagree on justification:
Sen. Graham says U.S. posture on drug interdiction has shifted: "We're considering narco-terrorist states to be military threats not law enforcement threats."
Sen. Paul: "is ...the new Coast Guard policy to shoot without asking questions?"
Sen. Graham says U.S. posture on drug interdiction has shifted: "We're considering narco-terrorist states to be military threats not law enforcement threats."
Sen. Paul: "is ...the new Coast Guard policy to shoot without asking questions?"
A source tells me in a tense meeting this morning, Pentagon officials briefed Senate national security and leadership staff on last week’s U.S. strike on a Venezuelan boat. However, they provided little answers, and legal justification for the strike...
September 9, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Some Rs disagree on justification:
Sen. Graham says U.S. posture on drug interdiction has shifted: "We're considering narco-terrorist states to be military threats not law enforcement threats."
Sen. Paul: "is ...the new Coast Guard policy to shoot without asking questions?"
Sen. Graham says U.S. posture on drug interdiction has shifted: "We're considering narco-terrorist states to be military threats not law enforcement threats."
Sen. Paul: "is ...the new Coast Guard policy to shoot without asking questions?"
A source tells me in a tense meeting this morning, Pentagon officials briefed Senate national security and leadership staff on last week’s U.S. strike on a Venezuelan boat. However, they provided little answers, and legal justification for the strike...
September 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
A source tells me in a tense meeting this morning, Pentagon officials briefed Senate national security and leadership staff on last week’s U.S. strike on a Venezuelan boat. However, they provided little answers, and legal justification for the strike...
A House Oversight Committee aide says panel has received 1st set of docs from Epstein Estate in response to Chair Comer subpoena. The birthday book compiled by Ghislaine Maxwell for Epstein’s 50th birthday, Epstein's last will & testament among docs...
September 8, 2025 at 6:56 PM
A House Oversight Committee aide says panel has received 1st set of docs from Epstein Estate in response to Chair Comer subpoena. The birthday book compiled by Ghislaine Maxwell for Epstein’s 50th birthday, Epstein's last will & testament among docs...
I was sure I’d be fired as a 1st year radio journalist, lost after decades as a digital/print reporter. @ari-shapiro.bsky.social was a mentor who helped pull me out of that imposter syndrome hell. The biggest gut punch yet in an ongoing, brutal @npr.org exodus. variety.com/2025/digital...
NPR’s ‘All Things Considered’ Host Ari Shapiro Leaving Amid Trump Funding Cuts
Ari Shapiro, after 10 years co-hosting NPR's "All Things Considered" news program, is leaving the public broadcaster at the end of September.
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August 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I was sure I’d be fired as a 1st year radio journalist, lost after decades as a digital/print reporter. @ari-shapiro.bsky.social was a mentor who helped pull me out of that imposter syndrome hell. The biggest gut punch yet in an ongoing, brutal @npr.org exodus. variety.com/2025/digital...
Just caught Senate Majority Leader John Thune going back into the chamber, and when I asked if he had the votes, he gave me a thumbs up.
July 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Just caught Senate Majority Leader John Thune going back into the chamber, and when I asked if he had the votes, he gave me a thumbs up.
Whoever did this, I love you
July 1, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Whoever did this, I love you
Sen. @amyklobuchar.com
tells me she was with “good friend” state Rep. Hortman and her husband last night.
“We had a big political dinner,” in Minn., “she and her husband were right in the front.”
Klobuchar then traveled to Boston for an event, but rushed back amid tragic news.
tells me she was with “good friend” state Rep. Hortman and her husband last night.
“We had a big political dinner,” in Minn., “she and her husband were right in the front.”
Klobuchar then traveled to Boston for an event, but rushed back amid tragic news.
June 14, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Sen. @amyklobuchar.com
tells me she was with “good friend” state Rep. Hortman and her husband last night.
“We had a big political dinner,” in Minn., “she and her husband were right in the front.”
Klobuchar then traveled to Boston for an event, but rushed back amid tragic news.
tells me she was with “good friend” state Rep. Hortman and her husband last night.
“We had a big political dinner,” in Minn., “she and her husband were right in the front.”
Klobuchar then traveled to Boston for an event, but rushed back amid tragic news.
For more on the CPB/NPR/PBS of it all, read this deeply reported piece by my incredible colleagues @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social, @deirdrekwalsh.bsky.social
www.npr.org/2025/06/03/n...
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Trump asks Congress to wipe out funding for public broadcasting
President Trump is asking lawmakers to claw back the $1.1 billion in federal subsidies for public broadcasting that Congress approved earlier this year. His request also includes cuts to foreign aid.
www.npr.org
June 3, 2025 at 9:03 PM
For more on the CPB/NPR/PBS of it all, read this deeply reported piece by my incredible colleagues @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social, @deirdrekwalsh.bsky.social
www.npr.org/2025/06/03/n...
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New White House rescissions package officially released: www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
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June 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM
New White House rescissions package officially released: www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
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❓ What are your questions about the Republican budget bill?
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❓ What are your questions about the Republican budget bill?
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🎙️ ON AIR:
We're speaking with @cgrisales.bsky.social and @russellberman.bsky.social about what’s in President Trump's 1000-plus page budget bill and its political implications.
❓ What are your questions about the Republican budget bill?
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We're speaking with @cgrisales.bsky.social and @russellberman.bsky.social about what’s in President Trump's 1000-plus page budget bill and its political implications.
❓ What are your questions about the Republican budget bill?
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Earlier, House Freedom Caucus member Rep. Eric Burlison in remarkable exchange when asked if he's standing in way of Trump's agenda, told reporters:
"This town has got a lot of snakes in the grass who don't want to accomplish it, and anyway that they can, they're going to stop it..."
"This town has got a lot of snakes in the grass who don't want to accomplish it, and anyway that they can, they're going to stop it..."
April 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Earlier, House Freedom Caucus member Rep. Eric Burlison in remarkable exchange when asked if he's standing in way of Trump's agenda, told reporters:
"This town has got a lot of snakes in the grass who don't want to accomplish it, and anyway that they can, they're going to stop it..."
"This town has got a lot of snakes in the grass who don't want to accomplish it, and anyway that they can, they're going to stop it..."
Yes I asked:
@booker.senate.gov comms director Jeff Giertz told me during record-breaking speech "No, Booker is not" wearing a catheter or a diaper.
(Texans remember Wendy Davis, who went 13 hours with a catheter and Mizunos for a filibuster.)
@booker.senate.gov comms director Jeff Giertz told me during record-breaking speech "No, Booker is not" wearing a catheter or a diaper.
(Texans remember Wendy Davis, who went 13 hours with a catheter and Mizunos for a filibuster.)
April 2, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Yes I asked:
@booker.senate.gov comms director Jeff Giertz told me during record-breaking speech "No, Booker is not" wearing a catheter or a diaper.
(Texans remember Wendy Davis, who went 13 hours with a catheter and Mizunos for a filibuster.)
@booker.senate.gov comms director Jeff Giertz told me during record-breaking speech "No, Booker is not" wearing a catheter or a diaper.
(Texans remember Wendy Davis, who went 13 hours with a catheter and Mizunos for a filibuster.)
As he quickly left Capitol, Speaker Johnson told me he WILL TRY AGAIN to kill bipartisan proxy voting effort for new moms by Reps. Anna Paulina Luna, Brittany Pettersen. On cancelling House floor votes, sending members home:
“Because… the agenda’s just been taken off the table.”
“Because… the agenda’s just been taken off the table.”
April 1, 2025 at 7:27 PM
As he quickly left Capitol, Speaker Johnson told me he WILL TRY AGAIN to kill bipartisan proxy voting effort for new moms by Reps. Anna Paulina Luna, Brittany Pettersen. On cancelling House floor votes, sending members home:
“Because… the agenda’s just been taken off the table.”
“Because… the agenda’s just been taken off the table.”
Senate intel member Sen. Rounds expects Trump admin's @signal.org debacle to come up tomorrow in open intel hearing, AND a bipartisan closed briefing:
"I want to hear an explanation of it from the individuals involved in it in a classified setting."
Intel Chairman Tom Cotton declined comment.
"I want to hear an explanation of it from the individuals involved in it in a classified setting."
Intel Chairman Tom Cotton declined comment.
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman #RogerWicker and @reed.senate.gov, top Dem on panel, tell me they expect to hold a bipartisan hearing on Trump administration’s debacle on Signal documented in @theatlantic.com:
Wicker: “I think there will be, yes.”
Reed: “It is an egregious violation.”
Wicker: “I think there will be, yes.”
Reed: “It is an egregious violation.”
March 24, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Senate intel member Sen. Rounds expects Trump admin's @signal.org debacle to come up tomorrow in open intel hearing, AND a bipartisan closed briefing:
"I want to hear an explanation of it from the individuals involved in it in a classified setting."
Intel Chairman Tom Cotton declined comment.
"I want to hear an explanation of it from the individuals involved in it in a classified setting."
Intel Chairman Tom Cotton declined comment.