Sarakshi Rai
@Sarakshi
Politics, Audience, Content Strategy & Social Media @TheHill | MA @cityjournalism, MA Strategic Comms @UDelaware | DC via Dubai, Mumbai, London | 🇮🇳 in 🇺🇸
As the U.S. marks one year since pulling out of Afghanistan 🇦🇫, I spoke with Afghan women who shared their experiences of life under Taliban rule, their extreme anguish at losing their sense of self and their ability to work. thehill.com/policy/interna…
President Trump set to meet with the leader of America’s oldest ally in the Pacific, Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., at the White House. In Congress, the Jeffrey Epstein saga has ground the House to a halt. Follow along for live updates: trib.al/lRblvIL
SCOOP: Hegseth's texts about bombing Yemen derived from a classified email labeled "SECRET/NOFORN," per info provided to the DOD Inspector General for a forthcoming report, flying in the face of longstanding Trump administration claims that no classified info was shared: sources
Live updates: Tulsi Gabbard details Obama intel findings at White House press briefing thehill.com/homenews/admin…
A sky full of buzzing robots has changed everything about how the war in Ukraine is conducted wsj.com/world/ukraine-… via @WSJ
Trump-Murdoch story takes dramatic new turn with WSJ lawsuit via @NiallStanage thehill.com/homenews/admin…
On @NewsNation this Saturday from 7am -1pm with @HenaDoba and @KellieMeyerNews. Tune in!
Trump sues after Wall Street Journal’s Epstein story thehill.com/regulation/cou…
White House confirms 250+ Venezuelans detained in El Salvador have been swapped for 10 US nationals that were being held in Venezuela by the Maduro regime.
How will PBS/NPR cuts impact your local stations? thehill.com/homenews/house…
Live updates: Stuck in Epstein case, Trump calls release of some testimony thehill.com/homenews/admin…
Trump undergoes medical exam for swelling in legs, hand bruising thehill.com/homenews/admin…
THE IRON LADY OF THE HOUSE GOP From elevator-bound staffers to the top leaders in the House, no one is underestimating 82-year-old Rep. Virginia Foxx. I talked to Foxx about her life story, focus on timeliness, education, her political future, and more: thehill.com/homenews/house…
Kevin McCarthy when asked by @emilybrooksnews at the #HillNationSummit: "How have you been enjoying post-Speakership and post-Congressional life?" @SpeakerMcCarthy: "Fabulous. We don't have Matt Gaetz anymore."

David Hogg told @juliamanch at #HillNationSummit: his ouster as DNC vice chair was a “double standard that was selectively enforced”. “I would argue that what I’m doing is not that different from someone having a leadership PAC that gives against an incumbent,” he said.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) said at the #HillNationSummit that lawmakers at multiple levels of government need more security and that politicians should “decrease the rhetoric” in response to the shootings of two Minnesota state lawmakers and their spouses in June.

#BREAKING: Trump tells GOP lawmakers he will likely fire Jerome Powell "soon" trib.al/CXneTgo
Rep. John James, who is running for governor of Michigan, told @mychaelschnell at the #HillNationSummit: he was optimistic he would win Trump’s endorsement in the GOP primary. On replacement for Michigan’s 10th Congressional District: ‘you are not sent here to die’ in Congress

Rep Kevin Hern at the #HillNationSummit says he’s “been called a racist” by members of House Ways and Means Committee for backing work requirements for Medicaid. He said he’s more concerned about impact of Obamacare than about impacts of “big, beautiful bill” on rural hospitals

Live coverage: Navarro says Powell is 'worst Fed chair in history' at Hill Nation Summit thehill.com/homenews/admin…