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The latest court ruling against deportations ignores precedent and won’t hold up

The Supreme Court has held that a deported alien "is not being punished" for his conduct but "is merely being held to the terms under which he was admitted."

2026-09-15

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Rubi Flores: Policy director, Congressional Hispanic Caucus

Rubi Flores, 30, is a concert pianist turned policy director who has landed at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) as it positions itself to fight the Trump administration on its mass deportation ...

2026-09-15

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Wyndee Parker: National security adviser, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY)

No two days are the same for Wyndee Parker. As national security adviser to House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.), Parker is responsible for overseeing the activities of all of the lower cham...

2026-09-15

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Kamela White: Democratic clerk, Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security

Kamela White sees that numbers can tell a story — or be used to hide one. As a clerk for Democrats on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, White plays a role in shaping federal...

2026-09-15

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Nelly Decker: Communications director, House Judiciary Committee Democrats

Nelly Decker is a quintessential under-the-radar staffer who prizes being nearly un-Googleable. But she has nonetheless been a pivotal player in some of Congress’s biggest battles — and will be centra...

2026-09-15

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Raphaël Schreiber: Legislative director, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.)

July 15, 2025, was “the most stressful day” of Raphaël Schreiber’s career in Congress. The legislative director for Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) had a “very brief” conversation with the congressman abou...

2026-09-15

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McKinley Lewis: Staff director, Senate Special Committee on Aging; deputy chief of staff for strategic initiatives, Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.)

McKinley Lewis is a long-serving aide and trusted adviser to Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), who has become an influential conservative voice in the Senate Republican Conference. Scott has made a national n...

2026-09-15

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John Chapuis: Deputy staff director, Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)

John Chapuis has become one of the Senate’s leading experts on rules and floor procedure — a skillset that allowed him to play a key role helping the Senate GOP leadership team navigate tough situatio...

2026-09-15

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Raymond O’Mara: Policy director, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (NY)

Few Capitol Hill staffers can match Raymond O’Mara and say they’ve worked at the leadership level in the Senate and the House, and even fewer can say they have worked in Congress from as many vantage ...

2026-09-15

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Alison MacDonald: Chief of staff, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)

Alison MacDonald is preparing to sunset a long career supporting the work of Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), who is retiring from Congress at the end of the term.  MacDonald, a New Hampshire native, was...

2026-09-15

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AJ Swinson: Coalitions and outreach director, House Judiciary Committee

On the surface, AJ Swinson’s job as the coalitions and outreach director for the House Judiciary Committee seems simple: She is the point person to make sure outside allies and those with a stake in t...

2026-09-15

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Chris Land: Staff director, Senate Banking subcommittee on digital assets

Chris Land’s journey to becoming the lead negotiator on a major Senate cryptocurrency bill started far from the halls of Congress.  Land, who serves as the staff director for the Senate Banking, Housi...

2026-09-15

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Tom Rust: Chief counsel and staff director, House Ethics Committee

For nearly two decades, Tom Rust has worked behind the scenes to help police the conduct of lawmakers. Rust joined the House Ethics Committee in 2009 after nearly a decade in private legal practice. H...

2026-09-15

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Carrie Hughes: Health and human services director, House Education and the Workforce Committee

Carrie Hughes knows she is somewhat of a rarity on Capitol Hill.  Her first job as a congressional aide was in the office of Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.). Eighteen years later, he’s the only member she ha...

2026-09-15

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Carly Rush: Chief counsel, Senate Appropriations Committee Democrats

Carly Rush is, literally, an expert on the letter of the law.  While working through a dual degree in public policy and law at Harvard University in 2013, Rush spent a summer as a law clerk for the Se...

2026-09-15

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Omar Hossino: Chief counsel and national security adviser, House Republican Policy Committee

For many in Washington, being sanctioned by America’s adversaries is a badge of honor. Omar Hossino, the national security lead for the House Republican Policy Committee, is viewed as the staffer who ...

2026-09-15

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Chris Bien: Deputy chief of staff, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.)

Managing the House floor is a big job in any Speaker’s office. That challenge is turned up to the max in the current House Republican majority, where super-slim margins and a culture of rebellion make...

2026-09-15

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Alyssa Erdel: Deputy chief of staff, House Republican Conference

Heading up member services is a “chameleon position,” Alyssa Erdel says — highly adaptable depending on the vision of the lawmaker in charge, whether for the House’s Republican Conference or in a comm...

2026-09-15

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Zach Barnes: Executive director, House Freedom Caucus

Zach Barnes says that working with members of the House Freedom Caucus — the hard-line conservative group famous for confronting Republican leadership and instigating procedural and floor fights — mak...

2026-09-15

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Andrew Bower: Deputy staff director, House Oversight Committee Democrats

Andrew Bower followed Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) from his personal office to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee as Democrats elevated a fresh face, and with him, a fresh new approa...

2026-09-15