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Shauneen Miranda

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Shauneen Miranda is a reporter for States Newsroom’s Washington bureau.

She previously covered breaking news for Axios, focusing on politics, business, health and technology.

Prior to Axios, Shauneen worked for CNN, where she facilitated live news coverage assignments for the Washington bureau reporters. Her enthusiasm for digital storytelling took off while interning for NPR’s NewsHub in the summer of 2022.

She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism.

The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 25, 2025. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)
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US Senate leaves town for recess after passing stopgap spending bill, blocking photo ID for voting

Aug 07, 2026
Shauneen Miranda
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate adjourned for its summer recess early Saturday after approving a stopgap spending bill but declining to advance legislation that would require photo ID for voting. In a rare overnight session that began on Friday, senators...
Erica Schwartz testifies during her confirmation hearing to become director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on July 15, 2026. (Photo by Finn Gomez/Getty Images)
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US Senate confirms Trump’s pick for CDC director

Aug 05, 2026
Shauneen Miranda
WASHINGTON — Dr. Erica Schwartz will be the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, after the U.S. Senate confirmed her nomination Wednesday. The Senate confirmed, 51-44, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the national public health...
President Donald Trump wants the U.S. Senate to agree with the House and pass a measure called the "Sunshine Protection Act" that would make daylight saving time permanent nationwide.  (Photo by Getty Images)
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Trump urges US Senate to pass bill making daylight saving time permanent

Aug 05, 2026
Shauneen Miranda
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is urging Republican senators to “release their holds” and pass a measure making daylight saving time permanent nationwide. A bipartisan bill passed the House in July but faces hurdles in the Senate, where members from...
Student protesters shout during a “Hands Off Our Schools” rally in front of the U.S. Department of Education building in Washington, D.C., in April. The same group held a virtual press conference Tuesday to protest President Donald Trump’s efforts to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)
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Dems continue to hammer Trump Education Department transfers

Aug 04, 2026
Shauneen Miranda
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Democrats on Tuesday rebuked the Department of Education’s efforts to transfer its special education programs and civil rights enforcement to other agencies. Sen. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii convened a panel of advocates and former department officials...
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee members Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) (L) and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) talk during the confirmation hearing for Lori Chavez-DeRemer, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Labor Department, in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on February 19, 2025 in Washington, DC. A former Republican member of Congress from Oregon, Chavez-DeRemer was questioned about her co-sponsorship for the pro-union Protecting the Right to Organize Act, which may
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US Senate panel advances bill to reject Education Department transfers

Jul 31, 2026
Shauneen Miranda
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan effort to rein in President Donald Trump’s efforts to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education has cleared its first major legislative hurdle in a bipartisan U.S. Senate committee vote. The measure, approved by the Senate Health...
Erica Schwartz attends her confirmation hearing to become director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Capitol Hill July 15, 2026 in Washington, DC. Schwartz, President Trump's pick to lead the CDC, would fill the position left vacant since August 2025 when Trump ousted former CDC Director Dr. Susan Monarez. (Photo by Finn Gomez/Getty Images)
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US Senate panel backs Trump’s CDC nominee after tense hearing

Jul 30, 2026
Shauneen Miranda
WASHINGTON — Dr. Erica Schwartz got a step closer in her bid to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after a key U.S. Senate panel propelled her nomination to the Senate floor Thursday. The Senate Committee on Health...
Keith Sonderling, acting U.S. secretary of Labor, appears at his confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Capitol Hill on July 16, 2026 in Washington, D.C. Sonderling has been acting secretary of Labor since April 20, 2026 after Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned. (Photo by Eric Lee/Getty Images)
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US Senate panel advances Trump Labor Department nominee

Jul 30, 2026
Shauneen Miranda
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. Department of Labor breezed through a key U.S. Senate committee vote Thursday to advance his nomination. The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions voted 12-11, along party lines...
U.S. Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA) speaks during a news conference about the Child Care Is Essential Act and the Child Care For Economic Recovery Act at the U.S. Capitol on July 29, 2020 in Washington, DC. The House is scheduled to vote later Wednesday afternoon on the two bills aimed at financially supporting child care providers and providing access to child care for American workers during the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
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Leading Dem on US House education panel, advocates blast student loan changes

Jul 22, 2026
Shauneen Miranda
WASHINGTON — Education experts and advocates warned Wednesday that the recent federal student loan system overhaul stemming from the GOP’s mega tax and spending cut law will drive borrowers to private lenders and could derail their higher education plans. U.S...
A school bus stops at the intersection of West Lake Street and South Lyndale Avenue on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Minneapolis, Minn. (Ellen Schmidt/Minnesota Reformer)
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US Education Department veterans blast Trump plan to transfer programs

Jul 20, 2026
Shauneen Miranda
WASHINGTON — Former U.S. Department of Education officials in Republican and Democratic administrations sounded the alarm Monday over the agency’s efforts to outsource its special education programs and civil rights enforcement to other agencies. U.S. Democratic Sen. Patty Murray of...
Keith Sonderling, acting U.S. secretary of Labor, appears at his confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Capitol Hill on July 16, 2026 in Washington, D.C. Sonderling has been acting secretary of Labor since April 20, 2026 after Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned. (Photo by Eric Lee/Getty Images)
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Labor nominee defends transfer of programs to agency from Education Department

Jul 16, 2026
Shauneen Miranda
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Labor Department on Thursday defended the agency’s major role in a broader drive by the administration to dismantle the Education Department. Grilled by U.S. Senate Democrats, acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling...
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US House Republicans take ‘first step’ toward dismantling Department of Education

Jul 15, 2026
Shauneen Miranda
WASHINGTON — A major legislative package that would put into law President Donald Trump’s push to greatly reduce the responsibilities of the U.S. Department of Education advanced out of a U.S. House panel on Wednesday. The U.S. House Committee on...
Darline Graham, left, South Carolina's interim U.S. senator, participates in a reenactment of her swearing-in at the U.S. Capitol on July 14, 2026, alongside her husband, Larry Nordone, and Iowa GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley, president pro tempore of the Senate. (Photo by Shauneen Miranda/States Newsroom
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Darline Graham, Lindsey’s sister, sworn in as his US Senate replacement

Jul 14, 2026
Shauneen Miranda
WASHINGTON — Sen. Darline Graham joined the U.S. Senate Tuesday, temporarily filling the seat of her late brother, Lindsey Graham. Darline Graham was sworn in just a day after South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster appointed her, as a Republican, to...