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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The House Jan. 6 committee will hold its eighth hearing Thursday night, focused on former President Trump's activities when he was out of public view for three hours during the attack on the Capitol.
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With the Jan. 6 committee wrapping up its summer hearings this week, here's a look at the next steps in its investigation.
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A Secret Service spokesman disputes the Department of Homeland Security inspector general's account, saying its request came after a mobile phone migration had started, but no messages were lost. -
The U.S. Secret Service deleted many text messages sent over two days about the Jan. 6 attack after they were requested, according to the inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security.
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The Jan. 6 committee revealed how Trump supporters' anger built into the violence during the riot, and showed how Trump and some of his closest allies used conspiracy theories to stoke their rage.
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Democratic leaders are hoping Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas holds onto his seat in November's midterm elections, even though he opposes abortion rights, a position at odds with his party brethren.
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Teacher Arnulfo "Arnie" Reyes was inside a Robb Elementary classroom when the Uvalde shooting began. He was repeatedly shot and spent a month in the hospital. Now, he's trying to heal. -
The House panel heard bombshell testimony from the former Trump White House aide who detailed the former president's knowledge of the potential for violence on Jan. 6, and his outbursts of anger.
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A former White House aide told the House Jan. 6 committee that President Trump knew the crowd was armed and tried overpowering a secret service agent to go to the Capitol.
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The House Jan. 6 committee released testimony alleging that some Republican members of Congress sought pardons from then-President Donald Trump for their roles in trying to subvert the 2020 elections.
