Annie Grayer
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Senior Reporter covering Congress @CNN [email protected]
Joined July 2017
New: Joni Ernst, Kelly Loeffler & Lee Zeldin pitched a rosy picture for the future of small businesses under Trump admin . That optimism didn’t reflect the reality for many there. Story from Iowa (also includes a trip to the State Fair w/Scalise & Nunn).
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When Small Business Administrator Kelly Loeffler touted that her agency guarantees approximately 2,000 small business loans every week, Laura Pager, a small business contractor who says she has lost...
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As Trump formally declared a public safety emergency in DC & federalized local police, one significant budget issue facing the city went without mention--House GOP still has not restored $1 billion in funding for DC . w/@jeffzeleny .
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President Donald Trump announced he is placing the Washington, DC, police department “under direct federal control” and deploying National Guard troops to the nation’s capital, saying the move is...
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New: House Oversight Committee has officially subpoenaed the DOJ for the Epstein files plus 10 depositions with high-profile Democratic and Republican figures.
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The House Oversight Committee has issued nearly a dozen subpoenas to the Justice Department and high-profile Democratic and Republican figures for files and information related to the late convicted...
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RT @kaitlancollins: After Comer said last week, “I don’t think there are many Republicans that want to give immunity to someone that may ha….
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RT @sarahnferris: New look at Senate map with @ericbradner . Dem chances look MUCH better with Cooper but still dealing with Mich headache.….
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Democrats landed the biggest recruiting win of the 2026 midterm elections to date when former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper launched his Senate run Monday, boosting party hopes of winning the seat...
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New: I spoke with another whistleblower who made claims to the DOJ watchdog about Emil Bove. “I think it would be incredibly dangerous for someone like that to have a lifetime appointment as a federal appellate judge” the whistleblower said
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Another whistleblower has made claims to the Justice Department’s watchdog that Emil Bove — a top agency official who is now nominated for a judgeship — suggested others in the department could...
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RT @kaitlancollins: “In early June, Loudermilk said, the president summoned him to the White House to understand why Republicans had not st….
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President Donald Trump is not done re-litigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. And neither are his allies on Capitol Hill.
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RT @PaulaReidCNN: As Trump Admin struggles to confirm it’s US Attorney picks, Alina Habba tries a novel legal maneuver to remain as US Atty….
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President Donald Trump’s fraught effort to install political appointees in permanent roles as US attorneys across the country gained momentum this week, as Republicans work to jumpstart a stalled...
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New: Launching another GOP-led Jan 6 committee had been stalled for months. Then in June, Trump got involved and broke the stalemate. Now, Loudermilk (who leads probe) has subpoena power and a broad mandate to investigate essentially whatever he wants
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President Donald Trump is not done re-litigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. And neither are his allies on Capitol Hill.
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New: a novel legal maneuver and an offer to compromise from Senate Republicans . How Trump’s fraught effort to install political appointees in permanent roles as US attorneys across the country gained momentum this week. W/@PaulaReidCNN
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President Donald Trump’s fraught effort to install political appointees in permanent roles as US attorneys across the country gained momentum this week, as Republicans work to jumpstart a stalled...
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New: House Oversight Chair James Comer warned Speaker Johnson last week that tensions could escalate over Epstein with subpoenas . Johnson is now stuck in a crisis of Trump’s own making . w/@sarahnferris @FoxReports @mkraju .
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President Donald Trump has helped Speaker Mike Johnson survive every political storm of his speakership. Now, Johnson is stuck in a crisis of Trump’s own making over Jeffrey Epstein — and there’s no...
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RT @sarahnferris: New: Johnson needed to quell GOP furor over Epstein . Instead he and Trump got the outcome they'd tried to avoid: A GOP s….
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President Donald Trump has helped Speaker Mike Johnson survive every political storm of his speakership. Now, Johnson is stuck in a crisis of Trump’s own making over Jeffrey Epstein — and there’s no...
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New: The House Oversight Committee is expected to subpoena Ghislaine Maxwell “as expeditiously as possible” after GOP Rep. Tim Burchett forced a vote on the issue that passed, source tells CNN.
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RT @IsaacDovere: NEW from me - inside what Mamdani told House Democrats yesterday, and what Bernie Sanders told him—including what not to a….
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Days after Eric Adams won the New York City mayoral primary four years ago, he was invited to Washington by then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi to speak to the House Democratic caucus, touted by the chair of...
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RT @jmhansler: Among the people fired from the State Department: the entire staff of the office assisting families of employees who die ove….
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The mass firing of State Department employees could significantly impact the Trump administration’s ability to address the priorities it has said it values, multiple former and current department...
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New: the renewables industry thought they had an ironclad argument to present to pro-business Republicans about protecting energy tax credits in the Big Beautiful Bill . Their big problem? Underestimating President Trump . “They shouldn’t have”
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President Trump’s sweeping tax and spending bill cut clean energy tax credits despite a big push from the solar and wind industries.
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NEW: the impact & chaos of the State Dept RIFs. “The loss of so much experience will make it harder for the United States to stop terrorists from successfully launching a major terrorist attack on American soil” . W/���@jmhansler @kylieatwood
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The mass firing of State Department employees could significantly impact the Trump administration’s ability to address the priorities it has said it values, multiple former and current department...
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New: House Freedom Caucus members say their strategy works . But many in the GOP now view them as likely to put on a show over red lines – then cave:. “I don’t think anybody takes them seriously. They don’t know how to negotiate”. W/@KristenhCNN
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Crowded around a white board Monday night, members of the far-right House Freedom Caucus plotted over burgers their next big battle.
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New: Suspected Chinese hackers have broken into the email accounts of attorneys and advisers at a powerful DC law firm in an apparent intelligence-gathering operation, the firm, Wiley Rein, told clients in a memo reviewed by CNN. W/@snlyngaas
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Suspected Chinese hackers have broken into the email accounts of attorneys and advisers at a powerful Washington, DC, law firm in an apparent intelligence-gathering operation, the firm, Wiley Rein,...
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New: Durbin has obtained docs backing up a former federal prosecutor’s claim that Emil Bove – a top Justice Department official – crudely told others to ignore court orders before a controversial immigration enforcement situation in March. W/@kpolantz .
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The whistleblower said the official “stated that DOJ would need to consider telling the courts ‘f**k you’” and ignore any orders to stop the hasty deportation of migrants.
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