Politics and housing reporter at the @washingtonsun
Washington D.C.
Joined September 2025
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Homelessness encampments in D.C. have largely disappeared a year after President Donald Trump pushed a crackdown. Homelessness is still, however, a major problem in the city.
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State officials have warned candidates for mid-to-upper level roles that they would assess their donor histories to ensure no Democratic donations.
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Trying to look and smell like Donald Trump? It's going to cost you more than it used to.
I explored how inflation is hitting Trump's merch machine for @washingtonsun
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren says that work on Road to Housing 2.0 has already started.
She's bringing her pitch on Democrats' plans to address affordability to voters in Maine, Nevada, and New Mexico.
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When Republicans passed their mega tax-cut bill, they timed ~$1 trillion in health care cuts to kick in after the midterms.
Nebraska decided to launch early, implementing some cuts in July. Now, the Senate and Gov races in NE are closer than expected.
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Last night was a fun one at @washingtonsun and campaign finance nerds will find a boatload of great reporting on our website this morning.
My contribution, alongside @manuelas957 : checking in with Ohio's Max Miller, who is $2M in debt ... to himself
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What to do with almost $7.4 million? If you're Mitch McConnell, nothing.
Here's how his campaign committee can spend its surplus money before his January retirement: washingtonsun.com/influence/…
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NEW☀️: Graham Platner paid $350k in severance to staffers when he dropped out. The largest amount, $20k, went to his wife.
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In another for @washingtonsun, an ethics watchdog organization has filed a lawsuit that challenges Jared Kushner's role as a top foreign negotiator for his father-in-law despite no Senate confirmation or public financial disclosures.
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In total, 3,188 employees left the department from December 2024 to December 2025, largely through deferred resignation programs. The report also states that more than half of the employees who left the department had worked at HUD for at least a decade, including many who had more than 20 years of service.
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The Trump admin says a new $15b steel complex planned for Iowa is a done deal.
But there are no property or land records for the company in the state yet.
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First for @TheWashingtonSun: Republican Paul LePage is months late disclosing his personal finances, violating the Ethics in Government Act.
His campaign says it's in the mail.
Read here: washingtonsun.com/money/paul…
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It’s not just vulnerable Republicans distancing themselves from Trump.
“The main reason for the resurgence in inflation is the Iran war,” Sen. John Kennedy, for one, told me.
Is it a sign red states are not sheltered from this year’s headwinds?
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Friday news: Judge slows down construction at Big Bend sector (550+ miles), says the Department of Homeland Security must follow the slew of historical and environmental protection laws that the department had waived earlier this year throughout the region.
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The federal agency responsible for coordinating the government’s response to homelessness has been unable to fulfill some of its statutory duties.
Council officials told the GAO “they could not confirm” who the chair or vice chair of the council were and that as of January 2026, they had not held an official meeting in over a year.
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We’re building the next great newsroom for the nation’s capital, and we cover Washington like we live here – because we do.
This is The Washington Sun Metro.
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SCOOP: The WH, led by Susies Wiles, has taken a heavy handed approach in directing AG Todd Blanche to slow walk any abortion matters ahead of the midterms - including in pending mifepristone litigation.
Blanche/admin has told pro-life groups to wait until after election
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SCOOP: White House officials, led by Susie Wiles, have told DOJ to delay any abortion-related action until after the midterms
Wiles suggested to Todd Blanche that an aggressive approach on abortion would be negative for the GOP in November
w/@EricM_Katz
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Candidates in both parties are slamming incumbents for stock trading while holding office.
Senate Rs hoped to make it a one party narrative by holding a messaging vote this week. But Dems aren't concerned about the potential fallout.
w/ @pkcapitol !!!
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The head of a watchdog warned that a cut of $35 million to FHFA's crimininal investigations arm would "eliminate" the agency's capacity to conduct "investigations of mortgage, bank, and other fraud schemes" and that up to 80% of its staff could be reduced.
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