Jennifer Shutt
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Senate votes 60-40 to approve the stopgap spending bill that will keep the government running through January, sending the bill to the House.
Package also includes 3 of the 12 full-year approps bills - Ag, LegBranch, MilCon-VA.
Package also includes 3 of the 12 full-year approps bills - Ag, LegBranch, MilCon-VA.
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Senate votes 60-40 to approve the stopgap spending bill that will keep the government running through January, sending the bill to the House.
Package also includes 3 of the 12 full-year approps bills - Ag, LegBranch, MilCon-VA.
Package also includes 3 of the 12 full-year approps bills - Ag, LegBranch, MilCon-VA.
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Here’s what happened in the SNAP court cases today. Via @statesnewsroom.com
Shutdown battle ebbs, but Trump won’t give up trying to withhold full SNAP benefits
Shutdown battle ebbs, but Trump won’t give up trying to withhold full SNAP benefits
Shutdown battle ebbs, but Trump won’t give up trying to withhold full SNAP benefits
The Trump administration continued Monday to press the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn lower court decisions requiring the federal government pay for full benefits for a major food program, even as Con...
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November 10, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Here’s what happened in the SNAP court cases today. Via @statesnewsroom.com
Shutdown battle ebbs, but Trump won’t give up trying to withhold full SNAP benefits
Shutdown battle ebbs, but Trump won’t give up trying to withhold full SNAP benefits
US Senate on verge of passing bill to end record-breaking shutdown, House up next
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US Senate on verge of passing bill to end record-breaking shutdown, House up next
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate was on track to approve a stopgap spending bill Monday that will end the longest government shutdown in American history once the measure becomes law later this week.Senat...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:39 PM
US Senate on verge of passing bill to end record-breaking shutdown, House up next
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Thune just lined up floor speeches, procedural votes, a couple motions to table and amendments votes that will end with a vote to approve the stopgap/minimus package later tonight.
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Thune just lined up floor speeches, procedural votes, a couple motions to table and amendments votes that will end with a vote to approve the stopgap/minimus package later tonight.
FDA to remove black box warning from hormone replacement therapy drugs
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FDA to remove black box warning from hormone replacement therapy drugs
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Monday it plans to remove warnings from hormone replacement therapy drugs that can be used to address symptoms of menopause, saying the sta...
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November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
FDA to remove black box warning from hormone replacement therapy drugs
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Speaker Johnson tells House lawmakers to start making their way back to Capitol Hill now to ensure they arrive in time to vote to reopen government given all of the flight delays and cancellations.
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Speaker Johnson tells House lawmakers to start making their way back to Capitol Hill now to ensure they arrive in time to vote to reopen government given all of the flight delays and cancellations.
icymi: US Senate advances bill to end record-breaking government shutdown
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US Senate advances bill to end record-breaking government shutdown
This report has been updated.WASHINGTON — Seven U.S. Senate Democrats and one independent joined Republicans on Sunday night in advancing legislation to reopen the government and temporarily keep it a...
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November 10, 2025 at 11:23 AM
icymi: US Senate advances bill to end record-breaking government shutdown
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NEWS FROM HERE: @statesnewsroom.com Washington, D.C., Bureau reporter wins award for coverage of Congress www.newsfromthestates.com/article/stat...
States Newsroom Washington, D.C., Bureau reporter wins award for coverage of Congress
WASHINGTON — Senior reporter Jennifer Shutt of the States Newsroom Washington, D.C., Bureau has been named the recipient of the 2025 Everett McKinley Dirksen Award for Distinguished Reporting of Congr...
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November 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
NEWS FROM HERE: @statesnewsroom.com Washington, D.C., Bureau reporter wins award for coverage of Congress www.newsfromthestates.com/article/stat...
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Congrats to jennifershutt.bsky.social of statesnewsroom.com for winning NPF's 2025 Everett McKinley Dirksen Award for Distinguished Reporting of Congress https://nationalpress.org/award-story/jennifer-shutt-of-states-newsroom-wins-2025-dirksen-award/
November 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Congrats to jennifershutt.bsky.social of statesnewsroom.com for winning NPF's 2025 Everett McKinley Dirksen Award for Distinguished Reporting of Congress https://nationalpress.org/award-story/jennifer-shutt-of-states-newsroom-wins-2025-dirksen-award/
Food assistance funding cliff approaching as shutdown persists
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Food assistance funding cliff approaching as shutdown persists
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Democrats urged Republican leaders Wednesday to pass a bill to extend critical food assistance for the most vulnerable Americans during the ongoing government shutdown.
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October 29, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Food assistance funding cliff approaching as shutdown persists
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NEW from @ashleymurray.bsky.social: Food security took center stage in the shutdown debate this week as thousands of furloughed government workers went unpaid and recipients of federal food assistance were told they will stop receiving benefits Saturday.
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Shutdown double whammy: SNAP food benefits ending and federal workers go unpaid
HYATTSVILLE, Maryland — Ginette Young lined up with hundreds of furloughed federal workers ahead of a special food bank distribution on Tuesday in a suburb just outside the District of Columbia.“I’m h...
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October 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
NEW from @ashleymurray.bsky.social: Food security took center stage in the shutdown debate this week as thousands of furloughed government workers went unpaid and recipients of federal food assistance were told they will stop receiving benefits Saturday.
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Speaker Johnson -- "I think Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries are irredeemable at this point."
October 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Speaker Johnson -- "I think Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries are irredeemable at this point."
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US Senate in bipartisan vote rejects Trump tariffs on Brazil as coffee prices spike, @ashleymurray.bsky.social reports for @statesnewsroom.com:
US Senate in bipartisan vote rejects Trump tariffs on Brazil as coffee prices spike
WASHINGTON — Five Republican U.S. senators joined Democrats Tuesday to terminate President Donald Trump’s national emergency that triggered steep tariffs on goods from Brazil.The vote came ahead of a ...
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October 28, 2025 at 11:57 PM
US Senate in bipartisan vote rejects Trump tariffs on Brazil as coffee prices spike, @ashleymurray.bsky.social reports for @statesnewsroom.com:
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Trump claims immunity, seeks to erase felon status with appeal in NY court.
Trump claims immunity, seeks to erase felon status with appeal in NY court
President Donald Trump sought to remove his status as the only felon to be elected president by appealing his conviction on 34 New York state charges just before midnight Tuesday, arguing, in part, th...
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October 28, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Trump claims immunity, seeks to erase felon status with appeal in NY court.
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At the U.S. Capitol, Vice President JD Vance tells reporters that the Trump administration plans to pay military members on Friday, but it’s unclear where those funds will come from along with any legal implications.
“We believe that we can continue to pay the troops on Friday,” he said.
“We believe that we can continue to pay the troops on Friday,” he said.
October 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
At the U.S. Capitol, Vice President JD Vance tells reporters that the Trump administration plans to pay military members on Friday, but it’s unclear where those funds will come from along with any legal implications.
“We believe that we can continue to pay the troops on Friday,” he said.
“We believe that we can continue to pay the troops on Friday,” he said.
District Judge Susan Illston starts hearing saying she expects to grant labor unions a preliminary injunction that would block the Trump administration from implementing layoffs during the shutdown.
October 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
District Judge Susan Illston starts hearing saying she expects to grant labor unions a preliminary injunction that would block the Trump administration from implementing layoffs during the shutdown.
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US Senate again rejects bill ending shutdown, as air traffic controllers miss paychecks www.newsfromthestates.com/article/us-s...
US Senate again rejects bill ending shutdown, as air traffic controllers miss paychecks
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate Tuesday failed for the 13th time to advance a stopgap spending bill that would fund the government until Nov. 21 and end the nearly one-month government shutdown.
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October 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
US Senate again rejects bill ending shutdown, as air traffic controllers miss paychecks www.newsfromthestates.com/article/us-s...
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Furloughed federal workers are lining up in Hyattsville, Maryland, this morning ahead of a special distribution by No Limits Outreach Ministries and the Capital Area Food Bank.
October 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Furloughed federal workers are lining up in Hyattsville, Maryland, this morning ahead of a special distribution by No Limits Outreach Ministries and the Capital Area Food Bank.
Upcoming federal food assistance pause intensifies shutdown fight
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Upcoming federal food assistance pause intensifies shutdown fight
WASHINGTON — The stakes of the ongoing government shutdown rose Monday as the U.S. Department of Agriculture doubled down on its position that food benefits for November could not be paid and a union ...
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October 27, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Upcoming federal food assistance pause intensifies shutdown fight
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Congressional Dems, Alaska’s Murkowski tell high court to nix emergency tariffs. Story by @ashleymurray.bsky.social for @statesnewsroom.com:
Congressional Dems, Alaska’s Murkowski tell high court to nix emergency tariffs
WASHINGTON — More than 200 Democratic lawmakers and one Republican are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down President Donald Trump’s sweeping global emergency tariffs.
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October 27, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Congressional Dems, Alaska’s Murkowski tell high court to nix emergency tariffs. Story by @ashleymurray.bsky.social for @statesnewsroom.com:
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Indiana governor summons lawmakers for redistricting session amid national GOP pressure
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Gov. Mike Braun announced a special legislative session to redraw Indiana’s maps ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
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October 27, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Indiana governor summons lawmakers for redistricting session amid national GOP pressure
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Pay for Trump and Congress continues in shutdown, unless they ask it be held
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Pay for Trump and Congress continues in shutdown, unless they ask it be held
WASHINGTON — Some members of Congress are asking for their salaries to be withheld during the government shutdown, while federal workers on Friday missed their first full paycheck since many operation...
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October 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Pay for Trump and Congress continues in shutdown, unless they ask it be held
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USDA says it can’t shuffle funds to extend food assistance during shutdown, reports Shauneen Miranda
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USDA says it can’t shuffle funds to extend food assistance during shutdown
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture said in a memo Friday the agency’s contingency fund cannot legally be used to provide food assistance benefits for more than 42 million people in Novemb...
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October 24, 2025 at 7:59 PM
USDA says it can’t shuffle funds to extend food assistance during shutdown, reports Shauneen Miranda
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia would be deported to Liberia under Trump administration plan www.newsfromthestates.com/article/kilm...
Kilmar Abrego Garcia would be deported to Liberia under Trump administration plan
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration Friday identified the West African nation of Liberia as the location for the removal of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, noting his deportation could come as soon as Oct. 31...
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October 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Kilmar Abrego Garcia would be deported to Liberia under Trump administration plan www.newsfromthestates.com/article/kilm...
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Social Security payments to rise 2.8%, a tick below inflation rate -- @fischler.bsky.social for @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/soci...
Social Security payments to rise 2.8%, a tick below inflation rate
The 75 million Americans who receive Social Security benefits will see a 2.8% increase in payments next year, the Social Security Administration said Friday. The cost-of-living adjustment is just belo...
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October 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Social Security payments to rise 2.8%, a tick below inflation rate -- @fischler.bsky.social for @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/soci...