Covering Congress and campaigns for @CNN
Washington, DC
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While this Midwest Princess could never really leave WI + MI, I am thrilled to announce I am back from the trail and covering Capitol Hill for @CNN
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Ali Main retweeted
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding at Madison Square Garden? $30 million.
The amount special interests have spent against @AbdulElSayed in the Michigan Senate race? $60 MILLION.
Twice as much to try and buy one Senate seat.
It’s the many vs. the money.
Vote for Abdul.
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NEW: Is Sen. Bernie Sanders hurting Democrats' chances of winning control of Congress? @mkraju's new reporting, with @sarahnferris & @alisonkmain, details how Sanders' primary endorsements have sparked a Democratic midterm war. cnn.com/2026/07/19/politics/… #InsidePolitics
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US senators on Tuesday unveiled their sweeping bipartisan Russia sanctions bill, which they have urged Congress to quickly pass to honor of one its main sponsors, the late Sen. Lindsey Graham.
w/ @morgan_rimmer, @mkraju & @alisonkmain
cnn.com/2026/07/14/politics/…
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Senate GOP will soon face a major test on Trump's DOJ fund
Thune powering ahead with immigration $ bill but multiple Rs still have issues with fund. If Tillis gets his formal vote to nix it, it may pass, possibly dooming bill
w/ @mkraju @alisonkmain
cnn.com/2026/06/03/politics/…
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In #MIsen, El-Sayed says Israeli government just as evil as Hamas: “Hamas evil, Israeli government evil.”
Stevens won’t say if she embraces AIPAC - but says “I don’t agree” it was genocide
McMorrow: “I do believe war crimes were committed”
@alisonkmain
cnn.com/2026/04/19/politics/…
Returned to Michigan to check in on the highly competitive Democratic Senate primary.
A newsy look from @mkraju and me on how the candidates are divided on key issues and why they each think they're the party's best chance to hold onto the must-win seat-
cnn.com/2026/04/19/politics/…
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New — Dive into tense #MIsen D primary and what Stevens, McMorrow, El-Sayed told me about Israel, ICE, Piker, Schumer — and electability
El-Sayed said on electability being “the least offensive” candidate: “If that were true, why would Donald Trump have won the presidency twice?”
“We are just getting started,” Cornyn told @mkraju in Houston. “By the time it’s over, Texans will know everything they need to know about the candidates, including Ken Paxton.”
Our report w @sarahnferris on the most expensive and vicious Senate primary-
cnn.com/2026/03/01/politics/…
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New from TX — Thought primary was vicious? Wait til runoff (if it’s Cornyn v Paxton)
$100M spent. Promises of another $200M in runoff
“We are just getting started,” Cornyn said, vowing to make Paxton “unelectable”
Rs fear impact on map
@alisonkmain
cnn.com/2026/03/01/politics/…
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Rep. Jason Crow on failed indictment:
“If these fuckers think that they're going to intimidate us and threaten and bully me into silence, and they're going to go after political opponents and get us to back down, they have another thing coming," he said, per @alisonkmain
“I have a long and clear record of bipartisanship,” Sen. Collins told @mkraju when asked last month whether Trump would be a problem for her in a general election.
Re-upping our report from Maine now that Collins is officially running for reelection-
cnn.com/2026/02/01/politics/…
Ali Main retweeted
No other Senate Democratic primary encapsulates the ideological, tactical and generational divides still gripping the Democratic Party than in Maine.
Reporting with @alisonkmain
cnn.com/2026/02/01/politics/…
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A critical group of 8+ Senate Dem centrists has reached a deal with Senate R leaders and WH to reopen the government in exchange for vote next month to extend enhanced ACA subsidies
Vote ongoing now to advance deal
@mkraju @tedbarrettcnn @alisonkmain
cnn.com/2025/11/09/politics/…
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Senator @LindseyGrahamSC said Sunday that Trump told him Congress would be briefed soon on "potential military operations" in Venezuela and Colombia, including land strikes- @alisonkmain
cnn.com/politics/live-news/t…
Top congressional leaders dug in this weekend on their opposing demands amid the government shutdown, signaling the standoff will likely drag on when the Senate returns this week.
More:
cnn.com/2025/10/05/politics/…
“Clearly, we’ve lost the argument” on the issues that delivered Trump a second term, Fetterman told @mkraju
He warns Democrats against being "reactive" and calling Trump an "autocrat," while also insisting he won't leave the party.
More:
cnn.com/2025/09/14/politics/…
“It’s gonna be a sh*tty fall,” one House member told @sarahnferris.
More from us on the fights ahead over government spending, the Epstein files and much more-
cnn.com/2025/09/02/politics/…
