Robin Bravender was the States Newsroom Washington Bureau Chief from January 2019 until June 2020. She coordinated the network’s national coverage and reported on states’ congressional delegations, federal agencies, the White House and the federal courts. Prior to that, Robin was an editor and reporter at E&E News, a reporter at Politico, and a freelance producer for Reuters TV.
Florida’s GOP senators are frustrated by the ongoing government shutdown and the meltdown in political negotiations in Washington, D.C. In interviews with the Florida Phoenix today, Sens. Rick Scott and Marco Rubio both slammed the standoff between the White House and Congressional Democrats that led to the shutdown. Meanwhile, they’re both calling for beefed up […]