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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.

Two senators have reached a bipartisan deal on legislation dealing with college athletes' name, image and likeness compensation. (Photo by Getty Images)
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Bipartisan deal floated on college athletes’ name, image and likeness legislation

May 28, 2026
Shauneen Miranda
WASHINGTON — A pair of U.S. senators reached a bipartisan agreement on a sweeping bill aimed at tackling many of the biggest issues surrounding how to compensate players in college sports. GOP Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and Democratic Sen...
Vice President JD Vance, center, arrives at a roundtable anti-fraud meeting with Republican attorneys general in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus on May 26, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
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Democratic state AGs say their staff excluded from Vance anti-fraud meeting

May 26, 2026
Shauneen Miranda
WASHINGTON — A handful of Democratic state attorneys general said Tuesday that expert officials from their offices were denied access to a major White House anti-fraud meeting convened by Vice President JD Vance and attended by Republican AGs. Two dozen...
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche appears at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on May 21, 2026. (Photo by Shauneen Miranda/States Newsroom)
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US Senate GOP punts immigration bill amid big split with Trump over settlement fund

May 21, 2026
Ashley Murray Shauneen Miranda
WASHINGTON — A multibillion-dollar package to fund immigration enforcement for the rest of President Donald Trump’s term faced new delays Thursday as Senate Republicans showed a rare split with the president over his new “anti-weaponization” fund. The administration dispatched Acting...
A classroom at Woodrow Wilson Elementary School in South Salt Lake City, Utah, on March 12, 2024. (Photo by Spenser Heaps/Utah News Dispatch)
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US House passes sweeping ‘gender ideology’ bill aimed at trans kids in schools

May 20, 2026
Shauneen Miranda
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House passed a bill Wednesday that would require parental consent before a public elementary or middle school can update a student’s pronouns, gender markers or preferred name on records in order to receive federal funding. The...
Amare Thomas #0 of the Houston Cougars gives a stiff arm to Tamarcus Cooley #0 of the Louisiana State Tigers in the second half during the Kinder's Texas Bowl at NRG Stadium on Dec. 27, 2025 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images)
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NAACP, Congressional Black Caucus urge college sports boycott in South over voting rights

May 19, 2026
Shauneen Miranda
WASHINGTON — The Congressional Black Caucus and NAACP on Tuesday urged pushback against GOP-led redistricting efforts in Southern states via college sports, including a boycott of public universities by athletes and supporters. U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and fellow...
A lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland challenges a portion of the incoming federal student loan system overhaul that establishes stricter loan caps for students partaking in postbaccalaureate degree programs that do not fall under the department’s “professional” classification. (Photo by Courtney K/Getty Images)
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New student loan limits challenged by Democratic attorneys general, governors in lawsuit

May 19, 2026
Shauneen Miranda
WASHINGTON — A coalition of Democratic attorneys general and governors sued the U.S. Department of Education on Tuesday over forthcoming regulations that will impose new borrowing limits for students pursuing certain advanced degree programs. The lawsuit — filed in the...
U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon testifies before the House Committee on Education and Workforce at the Rayburn House Office Building on May 14, 2026 in Washington, DC. The hearing examined the policies and priorities of the Department of Education. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)
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US House members scrutinize ‘big, beautiful’ law’s loan limits for nursing degrees

May 14, 2026
Shauneen Miranda
WASHINGTON — U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon took heat Thursday over forthcoming changes to the federal student loan system that will impose new borrowing limits for professional and graduate students. Lawmakers took specific aim at stricter loan caps set to...
The U.S. Department of Education on Feb. 20, 2026. (Photo by Shauneen Miranda/States Newsroom)
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Big changes arrive July 1 for student borrowers, including in loan repayments

May 08, 2026
Shauneen Miranda
WASHINGTON — The federal student loan system is set to see a dramatic overhaul beginning this summer, and critics warn it likely will make loans more expensive and difficult to obtain for borrowers — driving them to private lenders or...
Ohio GOP lawmakers to formally pledge support for dismantling of U.S. Department of Education
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US Senate spending panel hails Education programs Trump has targeted for cuts

Apr 28, 2026
Shauneen Miranda
WASHINGTON — U.S. senators across the aisle pushed back Tuesday against President Donald Trump’s proposal to eliminate funding for programs serving disadvantaged students. Education Secretary Linda McMahon defended those and other proposed cuts to her agency outlined in Trump’s fiscal...
President Donald Trump's budget for the coming fiscal year proposes to end federal funding for libraries. (Getty Images)
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Trump’s budget would gut local libraries and museums. Congress is not on board.

Apr 24, 2026
Shauneen Miranda
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is looking to eliminate funding in fiscal 2027 for the agency that serves as the primary federal funding source for libraries and museums nationwide. But congressional appropriators — who rebuffed similar efforts to gut the...
U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono, a Hawaii Democrat, holds a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on April 22, 2026. (Photo by Shauneen Miranda/States Newsroom)
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Trump proposal to halt funding for minority-serving colleges criticized by Dems, advocates

Apr 22, 2026
Shauneen Miranda
WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats, advocates, students and leaders on Wednesday blasted attempts by President Donald Trump’s administration to do away with funding for minority-serving institutions in higher education. U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono led a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol...
Massachusetts Democratic U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley speaks at a press conference April 15, 2026, outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. From left to right are House Minority Whip Katherine Clark, New York Democratic Rep. Laura Gillen, GOP Rep. Mike Lawler and Congressional Black Caucus Chair Yvette Clarke. (Photo by Shauneen Miranda/States Newsroom)
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With GOP defections, US House passes bill extending legal status for 350,000 Haitians

Apr 16, 2026
Shauneen Miranda
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House on Thursday passed a measure that would extend Temporary Protected Status for Haiti for three years, in a rare rebuke by the GOP-led Congress to President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign. Ten Republicans defected, including...