Claudia Grisales
Claudia Grisales is a congressional reporter assigned to NPR's Washington Desk.
Before joining NPR in June 2019, she was a Capitol Hill reporter covering military affairs for Stars and Stripes. She also covered breaking news involving fallen service members and the Trump administration's relationship with the military. She also investigated service members who have undergone toxic exposures, such as the atomic veterans who participated nuclear bomb testing and subsequent cleanup operations.
Prior to Stars and Stripes, Grisales was an award-winning reporter at the daily newspaper in Central Texas, the Austin American-Statesman, for 16 years. There, she covered the intersection of business news and regulation, energy issues and public safety. She also conducted a years-long probe that uncovered systemic abuses and corruption at Pedernales Electric Cooperative, the largest member-owned utility in the country. The investigation led to the ousting of more than a dozen executives, state and U.S. congressional hearings and criminal convictions for two of the co-op's top leaders.
Grisales is originally from Chicago and is an alum of the University of Houston, the University of Texas and Syracuse University. At Syracuse, she attended the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, where she earned a master's degree in journalism.
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After Senate Republicans blocked a bill to create an outside independent commission to investigate the attacks on the U.S. Capitol, Pelosi said a special panel is needed to lead an investigation.
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The pandemic has laid bare many shortcoming in the U.S. — chief among them: food insecurity. A team of lawmakers is now hoping to address this issue, as the White House first did 50 years ago.
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House Democrats are uncovering evidence of ex-President Donald Trump's extensive pressure campaign to overturn 2020's election results. A House panel released 232 pages of emails and other documents.
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House Democrats are ramping up their probes into the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. They're also issuing new findings of a pressure campaign by former President Trump to overturn election results.
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A joint Senate committee probe released its report on the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. It detailed intelligence failures and new information about the warnings the Capitol Police got in December.
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., has enough bipartisan support to approve legislation to transform how major criminal cases are handled for servicemembers. But hurdles remain.
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Senate Republicans blocked a plan to move forward on legislation Friday to establish a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
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Senate Republicans are expected to filibuster a bipartisan bill to create an independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
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The House has passed a bipartisan plan to create a 9/11-style commission to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Senate Republicans are opposed to the measure.
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The measure's prospects in the Senate are dim after Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said he opposed the bipartisan, 9/11-style panel.
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Since the Capitol riot in January, threats against members of Congress have increased. Lawmakers from both parties are adjusting safety precautions.
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House lawmakers reached a deal on a bipartisan commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol by supporters of then-President Trump and to recommend changes to further protect the complex.