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Washington correspondent

Ariana covers the nation’s capital for States Newsroom. Her areas of coverage include politics and policy, lobbying, elections and campaign finance. Before joining States Newsroom, Ariana covered public health and chemical policy on Capitol Hill for E&E News. As a Florida native, she’s worked for the Miami Herald and her hometown paper, the Tampa Bay Times. Her work has also appeared in the Chicago Tribune and NPR. She is a graduate of the University of Florida.

A roll of U.S. bills wearing a mortarboard graduation cap

President warns against scam artists.

President’s executive actions will provide pardons for thousands of Americans serving federal drug sentences.

‘It’s again a scary time to be a DACA holder,’ a Maryland Dreamer says.

When an expanded child tax credit intended to provide relief during the pandemic ended, millions of children fell back into poverty. 

The U.S. House passed on Wednesday a bill updating a 19th-century law in an attempt to prevent the subversion of future presidential elections.

The CDC recommended boosters from Pfizer-BioNTech for those who are 12 years old and older and from Moderna for those who are 18 and older.

President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that he will cancel up to $20,000 in federal student loan debt for Pell Grant borrowers and up to…

The U.S. Senate, along party lines, passed a sweeping energy, health care, climate and tax package Sunday afternoon, following an overnight marathon of votes…

a monkeypox vaccine vial sits on a blue medical tray

As of Wednesday, there were 157 reported cases in Maryland, according to the CDC.

Lawmakers and legal experts at a U.S. Senate hearing on Wednesday outlined the need to pass legislation clarifying an archaic election law so that…