I am so excited to announce I have joined the NBC News Capitol Hill team as an associate producer! I am grateful for the opportunity to continue growing as a journalist and honored to work in the halls of Congress.

In the wake of 9/11, hundreds of people recorded their stories. 20 years later, these same voices return. MSNBC_Films and @peacockTV present “Memory Box: Echoes of 9/11,” a Yard 44 & NBC News Studios production. Watch tonight at 10pET on @MSNBC and @peacockTV. #MemoryBox

Sen. Manchin doesn’t just want to spend much less that $3.5 trillion and ensure the bill is paid for, he also wants programs means tested and capped -> w Sahil Kapur and Frank Thorp V nbcnews.com/politics/congr… via @nbcnews

NEW: Archive: Rep. Abigail Spanberger toured Fort Pickett this afternoon to meet with some of the 5,000 Afghan men, women and children who recently evacuated. Bojangles fast food likely a first for many of the families 🍗 Pics 📷 Spanberger office

Democrats are nervously awaiting a ruling by the Senate's referee on whether they can include protections for Dreamers in the $3.5T reconciliation bill. nbcnews.to/3Aul9IV

NEWS: Biden has waived executive privilege on initial set of documents produced at request of Jan 6 Select Cmte. Trump legal team sought to block some, but Biden WH counsel says in letter to National Archives obtained by NBC: “These are unique and extraordinary circumstances.”

Some much needed support for Capitol Police who have had a tough year Via Garrett Haake

NEW: The widow of DC Metro Police officer Jeffrey Smith is fighting for his death to be recognized as a line of duty death. He died by suicide days after defending the Capitol on January 6 I sit down with Erin Smith tonight on Nightly News. Tune in nbcnews.com/politics/congr…

NEWS: Later today, the EPA will unveil new regulations on the PFAS family of chemicals, know as 'forever chemicals,' Michael S. Regan told Leigh Ann Caldwell in an exclusive interview for TODAY. MORE on the new EPA regulation roadmap is here: nbcnews.com/politics/polit…

First to ⁦NBC News⁩: ⁦⁦ Colorado Rep. Joe Neguse⁩ is introducing The Tim Hart Wildland Firefighter Classification and Pay Parity Act, named after smokejumper Tim Hart, 36, from Wyoming, who died earlier this year parachuting into a fire nbcnews.com/politics/congr…

.Kristen Welker joins Chuck Todd at the anchor desk next Tuesday as NBC News NOW tracks the consequential elections happening across the country, including the Va. gubernatorial race. This is the first of several specials in the lead up to the 2022 midterms. bit.ly/3b9TbqP

.Chuck Todd and Kristen Welker anchor special election night coverage. Watch NBC News NOW tonight, beginning at 9pm ET. nbcnews.to/3BC5Zky

NEW: Democratic heartburn grows over middle class tax provision in Build Back Better that also benefits the wealthy w/ @JulieNBCNews nbcnews.com/politics/congr… via @nbcnews

A boost to the SNAP program could mean healthier options for the 1 in 8 Americans using it, providing an average of $36 more per person each month. That alone won’t cover higher prices and the pandemic’s continued financial fallout. Ali Vitali has more. nbcnews.to/3p76vT9

“Call Senator Manchin. Tell him to keep his promise. Tell him to protect the Senate filibuster," a narrator says in the 30-second ad.

"January 6 is still present in the Capitol, in a meaningful way. It never stopped." Please don't miss this The Hollywood Reporter piece — with accounts from Garrett Haake and @haleytalbotnbc — about how journalists continue to grapple with the scars of the Capitol riot. hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-…

This from @haleytalbotnbc knocked the wind out of me. It's a reminder that she and so many others were so brave in the moment then. And so brave now, to keep imploring the rest of us not to look away from the scars.

Congrats to all these talented awardees, especially NBC's own Frank Thorp V for his fantastic work on the Hill in the wake of January 6. Check it out here: nbcnews.com/specials/after…

⁦NEW: Elizabeth Warren⁩ is working on a bill that has taken on new urgency as bipartisan concerns grow that members of Moscow’s elite might be able to sidestep sanctions by using digital currencies. nbcnews.com/politics/congr…

.Leigh Ann Caldwell is an absolute pro, a delightful colleague, and such an important mentor for so many on the Hill and beyond. She'll be sorely missed at NBC, but I can't wait to see everything she'll do at the (very lucky) The Washington Post