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 Social Security Administration will get a new commissioner after the U.S. Senate voted Monday to confirm former Maryland Democratic Gov. Martin O’Malley for…
The chair of the House Oversight Committee is calling on a government watchdog to investigate any “political interference” in the site selection process for…
Virginia lawmakers are asking the Biden administration to “pause” work on a new headquarters for the Federal Bureau of Investigation until a government watchdog…
The watchdog for the General Services Administration will investigate the process that led the federal agency to choose a Maryland site over two others…
Democrats in Congress are divided on whether to set guardrails on additional military aid to Israel as that country responds to the Oct. 7…
Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) moved one step closer Tuesday to becoming the next Social Security commissioner, a role that would become increasingly…
U.S. senators voted 87-11 to approve legislation Wednesday that would fund the government into next year, clearing the measure for President Joe Biden’s signature….
The U.S. House took a broadly bipartisan vote Tuesday to fund the government into the new year, though the measure must pass the Senate…
Congress on Monday appeared to be on the edge of approving another short-term government funding bill this week, though several hurdles remain if lawmakers…
U.S. Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin III announced Thursday he does not plan to run for reelection come 2024, giving Republicans an opportunity to pick up a…