Senior reporter, Washington bureau
Jennifer covers the nation’s capital as a senior reporter for States Newsroom. Her coverage areas include congressional policy, politics and legal challenges with a focus on health care, unemployment, housing and aid to families.Before joining States Newsroom, Jennifer covered Congress for CQ Roll Call for more than six years. As a budget and appropriations reporter, she tracked the annual federal funding process as well as disaster aid and COVID-19 spending. Jennifer is originally from northern Pennsylvania and holds degrees in journalism and political science from Penn State University. After graduating, she began her journalism career as a reporter for The Daily Times in Maryland where she covered local and state government. Jennifer then moved to Washington, D.C. to work as a web producer at Politico.
The U.S. House elected Kevin McCarthy speaker early Saturday after most of the chamber’s Republicans finally gathered behind him, ending a four-day stalemate that led to…
The U.S. House adjourned Thursday again without a speaker, racking up five more ballots throughout the day.
The U.S. House adjourned without a speaker for the second day in a row Wednesday as Republicans’ stalemate over who should lead the chamber…
Veterans’ groups applaud the roll-out of the program but say more outreach is needed.
Maryland-Virginia spat over new FBI headquarters comes into play as negotiations come down to the wire.
Several Maryland political leaders were present at the White House for the historic bill signing.
Maryland Democrats, whose primary is scheduled for late April, had hoped to be assigned an earlier date.
Dates set for Brown and Lierman’s inaugurations.
Hoyer, stepping out of leadership, offers praise for the new Democratic leader.
Hoyer signals he’ll return to the Appropriations Committee.