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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.

DOJ sues Utah in wider push against in-state tuition for unauthorized immigrants 
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Advocates blast Trump campaign against in-state tuition for immigrants

Oct 07, 2026
Shauneen Miranda
WASHINGTON — Leading immigration advocates and experts sounded the alarm Wednesday on the Trump administration’s sweeping efforts to undo state laws allowing some immigrants to pay in-state college tuition in the states where they reside. The U.S. Department of Justice...
North Dakota Sen. Kevin Cramer is holding up Trump administration nominees over a rule affecting the state’s Prairie Pothole Region, seen here in Stutsman County, North Dakota. (Photo by Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)
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Outraged over 'illegal' wetlands rule, a GOP senator blocks dozens of Trump nominees

Oct 01, 2026
Shauneen Miranda
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate voted to confirm Keith Sonderling as secretary of Labor on Wednesday, marking one of the few Trump administration picks to get through the upper chamber recently after a North Dakota senator put a hold on...
Enjoy the wins, LSU fans, as college sports crumbles before our eyes
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Major bill to set standards for college athletes’ pay passes US Senate

Sep 28, 2026
Shauneen Miranda
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan measure to overhaul the college sports landscape got a step closer to becoming law Monday after passing the U.S. Senate. The bill — which sailed through on a 77-22 vote — would set a national framework...
U.S. Sen. Katie Britt introduces bill to end a state’s Medicaid funding if it blocks IVF
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US Senate Republicans spotlight trans athletes issue as midterms approach

Sep 23, 2026
Shauneen Miranda
WASHINGTON — Republicans on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee used a hearing Wednesday to continue voicing opposition to transgender athletes competing in women’s sports, which the top Democrat on the panel called a distraction from cost-of-living issues voters are more...
The first day of school at Bloomfield High School in Bloomfield, New Jersey, on Sept. 2, 2026. (Photo by Anne-Marie Caruso/New Jersey Monitor)
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Democrats, experts call for revocation of school voucher program under adoption by states

Sep 22, 2026
Shauneen Miranda
WASHINGTON — Education experts and advocates on Tuesday urged Congress to repeal an incoming national school voucher program over concerns that it will divert critical funds away from public schools to private institutions. U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono convened a Democratic-led...
Fans cheer on the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska. (Photo by Aaron Sanderford/Nebraska Examiner)
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Bipartisan push to set rules for college athletes’ pay continues to advance in US Senate

Sep 17, 2026
Shauneen Miranda
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate on Thursday took another step forward on a sweeping bipartisan bill to overhaul the college sports world. The measure, clearing its second procedural hurdle on a 77-22 vote, would set national standards for college athletes’...
WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 14: U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation Chairman Ted Cruz (R-TX) (L) and ranking member Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) welcome Gonzaga men's basketball Coach Mark Few and University of Houston men's basketball Coach Kelvin Sampson (R) before a news conference with NCAA athletes and coaches about the Protect College Sports Act on September 14, 2026 in Washington, DC. The bill will set rules for college athlete "Name Image and Likeness," revenue share cap, transf
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Bill to set rules for college sports clears first procedural vote in US Senate

Sep 15, 2026
Shauneen Miranda
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate on Tuesday moved forward on a sweeping bipartisan bill that would set national standards for college athletes’ compensation. The measure breezed through its first procedural vote that needed 60 senators to advance, 74-24. The legislation...
The U.S. Department of Education building in Washington, D.C. on Aug. 23, 2026. (Photo by Niki Kelly/Indiana Capital Chronicle)
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Past secretaries, union leader call for probe into Education Department slashing

Sep 15, 2026
Shauneen Miranda
WASHINGTON — Three former U.S. Education Department secretaries and the union representing agency workers on Tuesday urged the department’s top watchdog to investigate the cost and impact of mass firings last year. Former U.S. Education Secretaries Arne Duncan and John...
University of Oklahoma football coach helps players stretch during practice on Aug. 4, 2023. (Photo by Kyle Phillips/For Oklahoma Voice)
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US Senate could soon take up bill to set standards for college athlete compensation

Sep 14, 2026
Shauneen Miranda
WASHINGTON — With the U.S. Senate set to hold a procedural vote in the coming days on a sweeping bill to overhaul college sports, dueling press conferences Monday underscored the fierce debate over how to tackle the biggest issues plaguing...
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...
DALLAS, TEXAS - SEPTEMBER 10: U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks on stage on the second day of the 2026 Republican National Convention at the American Airlines Center on September 10, 2026 in Dallas, Texas. U.S. President Donald Trump is headlining the Republican National Committee's first-ever midterm convention as he aims to highlight his administration’s achievements and rally support for GOP candidates just two months before the upcoming elections being held on November 3. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Get
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Vance blasts Dem ‘crazies’ in convention speech seen as possible 2028 audition

Sep 10, 2026
Shauneen Miranda
Vice President JD Vance took to the GOP convention stage in Dallas on Thursday in what served as a re-introduction ahead of a widely anticipated run for the party’s presidential nomination in 2028. The former U.S. senator from Ohio sought...
U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, a Pennsylvania Democrat, addressed the Republican Midterm Convention in a video message. (Image via CSPAN livestream)
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Fetterman continues GOP flirtation, appears in surprise video to midterm convention

Sep 09, 2026
Shauneen Miranda
Democratic U.S. Sen. John Fetterman made a surprise video appearance Wednesday at the GOP convention in Dallas, praising Republican Sen. Dave McCormick while vowing the pair of Pennsylvanians would continue working with President Donald Trump to “defend the steel way...