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Ashley Murray

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Ashley Murray is a journalist based in Washington, D.C. Her coverage areas include domestic policy and appropriations.

She has roots in Pittsburgh, Pa., where she began her first paid journalism gig in 2010 as a contributor to the local public radio show The Allegheny Front. Her bylines include Pittsburgh City Paper, Trib Total Media, Pittsburgh Quarterly and Salon.com.

Most recently, Ashley worked as the D.C. Bureau Chief for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, where she was also a member of the investigations team and the newspaper's city hall reporter for three years. Ashley was part of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize winning team for breaking news coverage of the mass shooting at Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue, where 11 worshippers were killed.

NYPD officers walk down a street in downtown Manhattan as part of the 25th anniversary of 9/11 memorial on Sept. 11, 2026. (Photo by Shalina Chatlani/ Stateline)
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Frustrations, remorse and pain surface on 25th anniversary of Sept. 11 attacks

Sep 11, 2026
Ashley Murray Shalina Chatlani Shauneen Miranda Ariana Figueroa
Powerful U.S. officials past and present faced families, survivors and first responders Friday at ceremonies to honor the 25th anniversary of the day 2,977 Americans died in terrorist attacks in Virginia, New York and Pennsylvania. At the Pentagon, Condoleezza Rice...
President Donald Trump on Sept. 9, 2026, promised every U.S. adult a check for $5,000 if Republicans take control of Congress. In this photo he speaks during an event at the White House on Aug. 6, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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Trump plan to send $5K to every adult projected to cost $1.2T and 'explode' the deficit

Sep 10, 2026
Ashley Murray
WASHINGTON — A proposal by President Donald Trump to give $5,000 to each American adult if Republicans retain control of the U.S. House and Senate in November would “explode” the national deficit and worsen inflation, according to an analysis issued...
President Donald Trump speaks on the first day of the 2026 Republican National Convention at the American Airlines Center on Sept. 9, 2026 in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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At midterm convention, Trump pledges cash to voters if Republicans hold Congress

Sep 09, 2026
Ashley Murray
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump headlined the first night of the first Republican midterm convention Wednesday, seeking to rally his base ahead of the November elections and dangling a “Trump dividend” to voters if his party retains control of both...
President Donald Trump has targeted Canadian airline manufacturer Bombardier in his trade war with Canada. In this photo, an Air Canada Express Bombardier CRJ900 aircraft departs Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. (Photo by Getty Images/Yassine Bahammou)
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Trump’s trade war with Canada escalates as new tariffs launch

Sep 08, 2026
Ashley Murray
WASHINGTON — Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on American goods kicked in Tuesday, escalating a trade war with one of the largest U.S. trading partners that President Donald Trump continued to antagonize over the holiday weekend. Trump posted an AI-generated cartoon image...
The U.S. Supreme Court on April 9, 2026. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)
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9 justices on the Supreme Court or 13? Numbers battle revived in Congress

Sep 01, 2026
Ashley Murray
WASHINGTON — As public opinion of the U.S. Supreme Court flags amid decisions that have roiled the nation, Democrats renewed calls ahead of the midterms to expand the high court, while House Republicans attempted but failed to pass a constitutional...
Demolition work continued where the East Wing once stood at the White House on Dec. 8, 2025 in Washington, D.C. President Donald Trump ordered the 123-year-old East Wing and Jacqueline Kennedy Garden leveled to make way for a ballroom. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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US Supreme Court lets Trump move ahead with his White House ballroom project

Aug 31, 2026
Ashley Murray
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump does not have to follow a lower court order to stop aboveground construction on his $400 million East Wing ballroom, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday in a 5-4 decision, all but guaranteeing work on...
Demonstrators gathered at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool for an event in Washington, D.C., on Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, marking the 63rd anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom where the late civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)
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Voting rights struggle continues, advocates say at March on Washington anniversary

Aug 28, 2026
Ashley Murray
WASHINGTON — Just over two months from midterm elections and four months removed from a U.S. Supreme Court decision that gutted Voting Rights Act protections for majority Black U.S. House districts, and 63 years after Martin Luther King Jr. delivered...
Minnesota’s exports are down 8%, driven by decline in exports of fossil fuel products to Canada
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Canadian tariffs to further raise prices, a top concern for voters

Aug 27, 2026
Ashley Murray
WASHINGTON — A developing trade war with Canada could bite Republicans ahead of the upcoming midterm elections as voters worry about rising prices and industries in states with competitive races could suffer. Maine’s lobster industry dodged what officials had warned...
First vote-by-mail ballots for 2026 Florida primaries have already been returned
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U.S. Supreme Court lifts pause on Trump mail-ballot order

Aug 24, 2026
Ashley Murray
WASHINGTON — With just over two months until the November midterms, the U.S. Supreme Court gave way Monday for President Donald Trump to have a hand in regulating mail-in ballots nationwide, a voting method he has falsely claimed is rife...
IndyCar drivers turned left on Pennsylvania Avenue, with the U.S. Capitol in the background, during the Freedom250 Grand Prix in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)
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Race cars speed through DC in finale of Trump-backed Freedom 250 series

Aug 23, 2026
Ashley Murray
WASHINGTON — IndyCar took over the streets of the nation’s capital for the Freedom 250 Grand Prix, the last in a series of events coordinated and promoted by President Donald Trump to mark the 250th anniversary of the United States...
President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the Oval Office of the White House on August 06, 2026 in Washington, DC. President Trump is expected to sign two executive orders on bringing computer chip manufacturing to the U.S. and denying birthright citizenship to children of foreign diplomats. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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Trump’s court workarounds push limits but are within legal bounds, experts say

Aug 21, 2026
Ashley Murray
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has not slowed his pursuit of central policy goals and personal passions, even after major setbacks at the U.S. Supreme Court and other federal courts. The high court in its 2026 term delivered blows to...
A crane on the construction site of President Donald Trump’s ballroom, where the White House East Wing used to be located, during the early morning of Thursday, June 11, 2026. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)
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Trump’s ballroom ‘illegal’ without congressional approval, high court told

Aug 18, 2026
Ashley Murray
WASHINGTON — Historic preservationists asked the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday to deny President Donald Trump’s appeal to continue construction on his $400 million White House ballroom on the grounds of the demolished East Wing. In response to Trump’s application to...