Claudia Grisales
Claudia Grisales is a congressional reporter assigned to NPR's Washington Desk.
Before joining NPR in June 2019, she was a Capitol Hill reporter covering military affairs for Stars and Stripes. She also covered breaking news involving fallen service members and the Trump administration's relationship with the military. She also investigated service members who have undergone toxic exposures, such as the atomic veterans who participated nuclear bomb testing and subsequent cleanup operations.
Prior to Stars and Stripes, Grisales was an award-winning reporter at the daily newspaper in Central Texas, the Austin American-Statesman, for 16 years. There, she covered the intersection of business news and regulation, energy issues and public safety. She also conducted a years-long probe that uncovered systemic abuses and corruption at Pedernales Electric Cooperative, the largest member-owned utility in the country. The investigation led to the ousting of more than a dozen executives, state and U.S. congressional hearings and criminal convictions for two of the co-op's top leaders.
Grisales is originally from Chicago and is an alum of the University of Houston, the University of Texas and Syracuse University. At Syracuse, she attended the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, where she earned a master's degree in journalism.
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The Republican-led House passed a stopgap spending bill Tuesday. The bill now moves to the Senate, where it will need Democratic support for approval to avert a government shutdown Friday night.
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The bill puts significant pressure on Democrats in the Senate, whose votes will be needed in order to avoid a shutdown. The federal government runs out of money at the end of the day on Friday. -
President Trump heads to Capitol Hill Tuesday night to deliver an address to a joint session of Congress. He has an ambitious to-do list, but just a slim Republican majority in Congress to work with.
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Now that a GOP approved a framework, the party needs to fill in the blanks for a sweeping multitrillion plan to address defense, energy, immigration and tax policy. -
Biden's novel step of preemptive pardons is meant to protect people from the threat of "unjustified and politically motivated prosecutions."
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Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio faces confirmation hearings today for his nomination to be secretary of state in the Trump administration. He would be the country's first Latino in the role.
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A new session of Congress began Friday with Republicans to take full control in the Washington this month. But the new session was not without internal drama for the party.
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A new GOP-controlled Congress is set to be sworn in Friday, and then members will elect a speaker. Mike Johnson got a key endorsement for his reelection bid from President-elect Donald Trump.
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Congress is returning to full GOP control. President-elect Donald Trump is calling on his party to stay on the same page despite tight margins and threats of intraparty fighting.
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Congress has approved a short-term spending bill to fund the government until March 14. President Biden signed the legislation on Saturday.
