Ashley Murray

Ashley Murray

Ashley Murray covers the nation’s capital as a senior reporter for States Newsroom. Her coverage areas include domestic policy and appropriations.
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Airport chaos: TSA agents skip work, security lines expand, Trump sends in ICE to assist

The Trump administration sent ICE officers to some airports “to help TSA agents.” DHS refused to provide the press with…

Trump Could Soon Ask Congress For $200 Billion to Continue Iran War

This story first appeared on News From the States President Donald Trump on Thursday didn’t rule out asking Congress for…

Trump Threatens to Use Insurrection Act and Deploy Military into Minnesota

In response to the protests against ICE in Minnesota following the shooting of Renee Nicole Good, Trump threatened to invoke…

Lawmakers pushing for briefing on Epstein files after Dems release island photos

Lawmakers are requesting a briefing on the Epstein files from Pam Bondi ahead of the deadline for the DOJ to…

Hegseth denies being present for double-tap on Caribbean boat

The Secretary of Defense claims he wasn't present for the second strike on the Caribbean boat that killed two survivors.…

Armed Services Committees investigate Hegseth war crime

Both the Senate and House Armed Services Committees opened an investigation into multiple strikes on a boat after the order…

Alleged gunman drove across US to ambush troops in attack on West Virginia National Guard

West Virginia National Guard member U.S. Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, 20, one of the victims of a shooting near the…

Trump praises NYC Mayor-elect Mamdani in warm White House meeting

The mayor-elect described the meeting as “a productive meeting focused on a place of shared admiration and love, which is…

Trump accuses 6 Democratic lawmakers of sedition, ‘punishable by death’

But political violence is only coming from the Left… 🙄 And he pardoned people in prison who were found guilty…

Congress overwhelmingly votes to force release of Epstein files

The House voted 427-1 to force the DOJ to release the Epstein files. It passed in the Senate and is…

Judge cites ‘profound investigative missteps’ in court case against James Comey

Fitzpatrick delivered a scathing account of the government’s mishandling, and possibly illegal access to, evidence presented to grand jurors.

These Epstein Emails Show Trump Knew About Abuse

House Democrats released Epstein emails to the public containing comments that indicate Trump knew about the girls and the sex-trafficking.