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Asta Hemenway

Former Politics Reporting Fellow

Asta Hemenway is a former politics reporting fellow who attended school at the University of Florida, where she previously worked as a reporter for Gainesville's local NPR affiliate WUFT, served in several reporting positions, and later served as managing editor for The Independent Florida Alligator and interned for the Miami Herald on breaking news.

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CLEAN

No More Classified Docs Found in Pence’s Office

Investigators scooped up just one binder “with approximately three previously redacted documents.”

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Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN) speaks during a news conference on the Protecting Access to Contraception Act of 2022 at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
ABHORRENT

Deranged Fox Viewers Blame Rep. Angie Craig for Her Assault

Her office released a sample of horrific, threatening messages she received after a Fox News bit.

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Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) walks to a classified meeting on the suspected Chinese spy balloon, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC
UNDER PRESSURE

Scott Quietly Tweaks His Controversial ‘Rescue America’ Plan

He’s dropped Medicare and Social Security from his sunset plan after fierce backlash.

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The sun sets behind grain elevators at the Bunge Grain facility along the Ohio River in Owensboro, Kentucky.
ON THE MOVE

Ohio Guv Warns Chemical Plume Is Heading for Town ‘Tomorrow’

The chemical is butyl acrylate, which DeWine says has been found at safe levels in the Ohio River after the unsettling train derailment.

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Ohio Governor Mike DeWine speaks during an event to tout the new Brent Spence Bridge over the Ohio River between Covington, Kentucky and Cincinnati, in Covington, Kentucky.
SAFETY FIRST?

Angry Residents Confront Officials Over Train Derailment

“Where’s Pete Buttigieg?” one man demanded to know.

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Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley meets with supporters as she announces her run for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination at a campaign event in Charleston, South Carolina.
STABLE GENUIS!

Nikki Haley Can’t Bring Herself to Offend Trump on Fox News

Trump’s former UN ambassador said she had “no reason to believe” her old boss would fail a mental competency test.

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People comfort each other amongst bouquets of flowers during a vigil at The Rock on the Michigan State University campus
CRACKING DOWN

Murphy Pushing Again to Get Gun Bill Passed After MSU Horror

The bill would require background checks for every commercial gun sale or transfer, along with sales at gun shows and online.

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Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Commerce, Georgia.
SEE YOU IN COURT

Special Counsel Waging ‘8 Secret Court Battles’ Over Trump

The court battles concern Trump’s classified documents scandal and his actions after losing the 2020 presidential election.

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President Joe Biden departs the White House en route to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for a routine medical checkup, in Washington, D.C.
’LIFTED UP’

Biden Addresses Racial Inequity With Executive Order

Biden’s order, his second on racial equity, requires agencies to put together a plan to help people of color succeed.

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President Joe Biden addresses the National Association of Counties (NACo) Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C.
TIME FLIES

Protections for U.S. Debt Default Will Run Out in Months

If Congress does nothing to raise the $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, the debt could default as soon as July.

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