Ashley Murray
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BREAKING--US Senate advances bill to end record-breaking government shutdown @ashleymurray.bsky.social for @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/us-s...
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 3:53 AM
BREAKING--US Senate advances bill to end record-breaking government shutdown @ashleymurray.bsky.social for @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/us-s...
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BREAKING Deal to end shutdown gains traction in US Senate as vote nears -- @ashleymurray.bsky.social for @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/deal...
Deal to end shutdown gains traction in US Senate as vote nears
WASHINGTON — A deal was within reach Sunday night to end the longest federal government shutdown in history, when it appeared enough U.S. Senate Democrats had agreed to join Republicans to temporarily...
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November 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
BREAKING Deal to end shutdown gains traction in US Senate as vote nears -- @ashleymurray.bsky.social for @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/deal...
NEW tonight from Capitol Hill:
Deal to end shutdown gains traction in US Senate as vote nears
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/deal...
Deal to end shutdown gains traction in US Senate as vote nears
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/deal...
Deal to end shutdown gains traction in US Senate as vote nears
WASHINGTON — A deal was within reach Sunday night to end the longest federal government shutdown in history, when it appeared enough U.S. Senate Democrats had agreed to join Republicans to temporarily...
www.newsfromthestates.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:20 AM
NEW tonight from Capitol Hill:
Deal to end shutdown gains traction in US Senate as vote nears
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/deal...
Deal to end shutdown gains traction in US Senate as vote nears
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/deal...
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Our fantastic reporter @ashleymurray.bsky.social has given up her Sunday to be on the Hill and will be reporting on the outcome of this and the vote.
November 9, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Our fantastic reporter @ashleymurray.bsky.social has given up her Sunday to be on the Hill and will be reporting on the outcome of this and the vote.
States that had authorized full SNAP payments in line with earlier Trump administration guidance should “immediately undo” that action, according to a Saturday memo.
@fischler.bsky.social reports:
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/stat...
@fischler.bsky.social reports:
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/stat...
States told by Trump administration to 'undo' full SNAP benefits paid for November
Following a late Friday emergency ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court, the Trump administration has instructed states that authorized full November nutrition assistance benefits to return a portion, an...
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November 9, 2025 at 7:42 PM
States that had authorized full SNAP payments in line with earlier Trump administration guidance should “immediately undo” that action, according to a Saturday memo.
@fischler.bsky.social reports:
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/stat...
@fischler.bsky.social reports:
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/stat...
NEW TONIGHT: Trump administration issues November SNAP benefits, then asks Supreme Court to intervene
@fischler.bsky.social is reporting on the developments:
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...
@fischler.bsky.social is reporting on the developments:
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...
Trump administration issues November SNAP benefits, then asks Supreme Court to intervene
This report has been updated.The U.S. Department of Agriculture told states Friday it was releasing full November funding for the nation’s major food assistance program that helps 42 million people af...
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November 8, 2025 at 1:15 AM
NEW TONIGHT: Trump administration issues November SNAP benefits, then asks Supreme Court to intervene
@fischler.bsky.social is reporting on the developments:
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...
@fischler.bsky.social is reporting on the developments:
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...
Struggle in US Senate over government shutdown likely to drag through the weekend
@arianalfigueroa.bsky.social reports from the US Capitol:
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/stru...
@arianalfigueroa.bsky.social reports from the US Capitol:
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Struggle in US Senate over government shutdown likely to drag through the weekend
WASHINGTON — Senators on Friday said they plan to remain in town for the weekend, a sign negotiations may be picking up to approve a stopgap spending measure and end the government shutdown, now at da...
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November 7, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Struggle in US Senate over government shutdown likely to drag through the weekend
@arianalfigueroa.bsky.social reports from the US Capitol:
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/stru...
@arianalfigueroa.bsky.social reports from the US Capitol:
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/stru...
NEW: Full November SNAP benefits to be issued by Trump administration despite shutdown
@fischler.bsky.social reports:
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/full...
@fischler.bsky.social reports:
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/full...
Full November SNAP benefits to be issued by Trump administration despite shutdown
The U.S. Department of Agriculture told states Friday it was releasing full November funding for the nation’s major food assistance program that helps 42 million people afford groceries, complying wit...
www.newsfromthestates.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
NEW: Full November SNAP benefits to be issued by Trump administration despite shutdown
@fischler.bsky.social reports:
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/full...
@fischler.bsky.social reports:
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/full...
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TONIGHT: US Senate fails to pass war powers resolution blocking Trump attacks on Venezuela -- by @ashleymurray.bsky.social for @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/us-s...
US Senate fails to pass war powers resolution blocking Trump attacks on Venezuela
WASHINGTON — A vote to stop President Donald Trump’s deadly strikes on alleged drug-running boats off the coast of Venezuela failed Thursday in the U.S. Senate, nearly mirroring the outcome of a simil...
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November 7, 2025 at 12:09 AM
TONIGHT: US Senate fails to pass war powers resolution blocking Trump attacks on Venezuela -- by @ashleymurray.bsky.social for @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/us-s...
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Federal judge in Rhode Island is ordering the Trump administration to pay full SNAP benefits for November, saying the USDA lost the discretion to pay partial benefits when it failed to get those funds to recipients fast enough.
"USDA arbitrarily and capriciously created this problem." Story TK
"USDA arbitrarily and capriciously created this problem." Story TK
November 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Federal judge in Rhode Island is ordering the Trump administration to pay full SNAP benefits for November, saying the USDA lost the discretion to pay partial benefits when it failed to get those funds to recipients fast enough.
"USDA arbitrarily and capriciously created this problem." Story TK
"USDA arbitrarily and capriciously created this problem." Story TK
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Trump tariffs undergo intense scrutiny from US Supreme Court justices. Story by @ashleymurray.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...
Trump tariffs undergo intense scrutiny from US Supreme Court justices
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court during lengthy arguments Wednesday weighed whether President Donald Trump violated the Constitution when he became the first U.S. president to impose sweeping globa...
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November 5, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Trump tariffs undergo intense scrutiny from US Supreme Court justices. Story by @ashleymurray.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...
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Via @ashleymurray.bsky.social: For nearly three hours the justices poked and prodded at the language of a 1970s-era sanctions law that Trump has invoked since January in a series of emergency declarations and proclamations triggering import taxes on goods from nearly every country.
Trump tariffs undergo intense scrutiny from US Supreme Court justices | Alabama Reflector
Justices in both the conservative 6-3 majority and liberal minority questioned the sweeping presidential power the administration is claiming.
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November 5, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Via @ashleymurray.bsky.social: For nearly three hours the justices poked and prodded at the language of a 1970s-era sanctions law that Trump has invoked since January in a series of emergency declarations and proclamations triggering import taxes on goods from nearly every country.
A defiant Trump vows no SNAP payments until Democrats cave on shutdown
@fischler.bsky.social reports w/ @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social:
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/defi...
@fischler.bsky.social reports w/ @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social:
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/defi...
A defiant Trump vows no SNAP payments until Democrats cave on shutdown
President Donald Trump backtracked Tuesday on a pledge by his administration in court filings to partially fund November food assistance during the government shutdown, posting on social media that be...
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November 4, 2025 at 6:52 PM
A defiant Trump vows no SNAP payments until Democrats cave on shutdown
@fischler.bsky.social reports w/ @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social:
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/defi...
@fischler.bsky.social reports w/ @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social:
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/defi...
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GET READY FOR ARGUMENTS COMING WEDNESDAY: It’s small businesses versus Trump in tariff case before the Supreme Court -- by @ashleymurray.bsky.social for @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/its-...
It’s small businesses versus Trump in tariff case before the Supreme Court
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court will hear one of the first major cases of President Donald Trump’s second term Wednesday, when the administration defends the president’s emergency tariffs that Ame...
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November 4, 2025 at 5:53 PM
GET READY FOR ARGUMENTS COMING WEDNESDAY: It’s small businesses versus Trump in tariff case before the Supreme Court -- by @ashleymurray.bsky.social for @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/its-...
US senators failed Tuesday for the 14th time to fund the government. The ongoing shutdown has hit day 35 and is now tied with the shutdown of 2018-2019 as the longest ever.
@arianalfigueroa.bsky.social & Shauneen Miranda report from Capitol Hill:
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/cong...
@arianalfigueroa.bsky.social & Shauneen Miranda report from Capitol Hill:
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/cong...
Congress remains deadlocked, with government shutdown now on day 35
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate Tuesday failed for the 14th time to advance a stopgap spending bill to fund the government, as the ongoing shutdown hit 35 days and is now tied with the shutdown of 2018-2...
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November 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
US senators failed Tuesday for the 14th time to fund the government. The ongoing shutdown has hit day 35 and is now tied with the shutdown of 2018-2019 as the longest ever.
@arianalfigueroa.bsky.social & Shauneen Miranda report from Capitol Hill:
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/cong...
@arianalfigueroa.bsky.social & Shauneen Miranda report from Capitol Hill:
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/cong...
Tomorrow at SCOTUS:
The justices will hear one of the first major cases of Trump’s second term Wednesday when the administration defends the president’s emergency tariffs that American small business owners say are upending their livelihoods.
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/its-...
The justices will hear one of the first major cases of Trump’s second term Wednesday when the administration defends the president’s emergency tariffs that American small business owners say are upending their livelihoods.
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/its-...
It’s small businesses versus Trump in tariff case before the Supreme Court
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court will hear one of the first major cases of President Donald Trump’s second term Wednesday, when the administration defends the president’s emergency tariffs that Ame...
www.newsfromthestates.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Tomorrow at SCOTUS:
The justices will hear one of the first major cases of Trump’s second term Wednesday when the administration defends the president’s emergency tariffs that American small business owners say are upending their livelihoods.
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/its-...
The justices will hear one of the first major cases of Trump’s second term Wednesday when the administration defends the president’s emergency tariffs that American small business owners say are upending their livelihoods.
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/its-...
Reposted by Ashley Murray
It’s small businesses versus Trump in tariff case before the Supreme Court. Story by @ashleymurray.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/its-...
It’s small businesses versus Trump in tariff case before the Supreme Court
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court will hear one of the first major cases of President Donald Trump’s second term Wednesday, when the administration defends the president’s emergency tariffs that Ame...
www.newsfromthestates.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
It’s small businesses versus Trump in tariff case before the Supreme Court. Story by @ashleymurray.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/its-...
Huge congrats @statesnewsroom.com's Washington, D.C., Bureau reporter @jennifershutt.bsky.social for winning the @nationalpress.bsky.social 2025 Everett McKinley Dirksen Award for Distinguished Reporting of Congress!
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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 4:38 PM
Huge congrats @statesnewsroom.com's Washington, D.C., Bureau reporter @jennifershutt.bsky.social for winning the @nationalpress.bsky.social 2025 Everett McKinley Dirksen Award for Distinguished Reporting of Congress!
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/stat...
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NEW: Trump administration to pay partial November SNAP benefits by Wednesday
States Newsroom's @fischler.bsky.social and Shauneen Miranda are covering today's developments:
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...
States Newsroom's @fischler.bsky.social and Shauneen Miranda are covering today's developments:
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...
Trump administration to pay partial November SNAP benefits by Wednesday
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will pay for a portion of November benefits for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, the department said Monday in a brief to a federal court in R...
www.newsfromthestates.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
NEW: Trump administration to pay partial November SNAP benefits by Wednesday
States Newsroom's @fischler.bsky.social and Shauneen Miranda are covering today's developments:
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...
States Newsroom's @fischler.bsky.social and Shauneen Miranda are covering today's developments:
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...
Reposted by Ashley Murray
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.
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/shut...
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/shut...
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.
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/shut...
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/shut...
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Shutdown double whammy: SNAP food benefits ending and federal workers go unpaid. Story by @ashleymurray.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/shut...
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...
www.newsfromthestates.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Shutdown double whammy: SNAP food benefits ending and federal workers go unpaid. Story by @ashleymurray.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/shut...
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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:
NEW: Judge blocks Trump shutdown layoffs, citing political retribution
@jennifershutt.bsky.social reports:
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/judg...
@jennifershutt.bsky.social reports:
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/judg...
Judge blocks Trump shutdown layoffs, citing political retribution
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration cannot carry out layoffs that it announced after the government shutdown began Oct. 1 and is barred from issuing any new layoff notices under a court order issue...
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October 28, 2025 at 8:10 PM
NEW: Judge blocks Trump shutdown layoffs, citing political retribution
@jennifershutt.bsky.social reports:
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/judg...
@jennifershutt.bsky.social reports:
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/judg...
Democratic AGs, governors sue Trump over SNAP benefits as shutdown hits day 28
by @fischler.bsky.social
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/demo...
by @fischler.bsky.social
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/demo...
Democratic AGs, governors sue Trump over SNAP benefits as shutdown hits day 28
A coalition of Democratic state officials sued the Trump administration Tuesday, asking a federal judge to force the release of food assistance funds for 42 million people that the U.S. Department of ...
www.newsfromthestates.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Democratic AGs, governors sue Trump over SNAP benefits as shutdown hits day 28
by @fischler.bsky.social
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/demo...
by @fischler.bsky.social
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/demo...
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.