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Andrew Desiderio

Senior Congressional Reporter

Andrew has nearly a decade of experience covering Congress and national politics, chronicling every major legislative battle of the Trump and Biden administrations as well as two impeachments, classified congressional investigations, campaigns and foreign policy. Andrew covers the Senate, national security and foreign policy for Punchbowl News. He has traveled the country reporting on Senate and House races over five election cycles, in addition to several overseas trips covering congressional delegations to Germany, Lithuania, Spain, Canada and more. He previously reported on House investigations and oversight of the Trump administration for Politico.

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Defense policy bill pushes back on Trump

It’s also a strong rebuke of Pete Hegseth, whose management of the Pentagon has come under scrutiny from top Senate Republicans.

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The Leader Look: Judging Thune and Schumer

Now that the Senate is entering a somewhat calmer summer period, we thought it’d be a good time for a Leader Look at Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.

Trump and Thune talk Cornyn-Paxton race

Trump huddled Wednesday evening in the Oval Office with Thune and top Senate GOP campaign officials about the 2026 midterm elections

Collins presses Trump administration on rescissions

Collins’ presentation focused on PEPFAR, the George W. Bush-era HIV/AIDS prevention program that’s targeted in the $9 billion-plus rescissions package.

Clash over FBI relocation roils Senate Approps Cmte

The subcommittee markup comes as the full Senate Appropriations Committee is scheduled to take up the Commerce-Justice-Science bill on Thursday morning.