Sarakshi Rai

@Sarakshi

Politics, Audience, Content Strategy & Social Media @TheHill | MA @cityjournalism, MA Strategic Comms @UDelaware | DC via Dubai, Mumbai, London | 🇮🇳 in 🇺🇸

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Joined October 2009

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Sarakshi Rai@Sarakshi · Aug 29, 2022

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…

Sarakshi's tweet card. Getty Images Fatima says the Taliban have been hunting her since the U.S. withdrew from the country a year ago. Speaking from an undisclosed location in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sh…

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The Hill@thehill · Jul 22

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

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John Hudson@John_Hudson · 16 h

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

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Sarakshi Rai@Sarakshi · 16 h

Live updates: Tulsi Gabbard details Obama intel findings at White House press briefing thehill.com/homenews/admin…

Sarakshi's tweet card. President Trump on Wednesday will focus on artificial intelligence (AI) in a keynote address at an AI summit. It comes as the administration is expected to release its “AI Action Plan,”…

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Sarakshi Rai@Sarakshi · Jul 22

A sky full of buzzing robots has changed everything about how the war in Ukraine is conducted wsj.com/world/ukraine-… via @WSJ

Sarakshi's tweet card. Drones are now so dominant that they have changed everything about how the war is conducted.

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Tom Rogan@TomRtweets · Jul 20

5 Senate seats most likely to flip thehill.com/homenews/senat…

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Sarakshi Rai@Sarakshi · Jul 19

Trump-Murdoch story takes dramatic new turn with WSJ lawsuit via @NiallStanage thehill.com/homenews/admin…

Sarakshi's tweet card. President Trump is suing media mogul Rupert Murdoch and his company News Corporation over a story published by the Wall Street Journal about Trump’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, with Tr…

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Sarakshi Rai@Sarakshi · Jul 19

On @NewsNation this Saturday from 7am -1pm with @HenaDoba and @KellieMeyerNews. Tune in!

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Sarakshi Rai@Sarakshi · Jul 18

Trump sues after Wall Street Journal’s Epstein story thehill.com/regulation/cou…

Sarakshi's tweet card. President Trump sued The Wall Street Journal for defamation on Friday after the newspaper published a story detailing an alleged letter Trump sent to Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday…

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Bernd Debusmann Jr@BernieDebusmann · Jul 18

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.

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Sarakshi Rai@Sarakshi · Jul 18

How will PBS/NPR cuts impact your local stations? thehill.com/homenews/house…

Sarakshi's tweet card. Congressional Republicans voted to strip more than $1 billion in funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) this week, a move that could force local radio and television stations to…

Sarakshi Rai@Sarakshi · Jul 18

Live updates: Stuck in Epstein case, Trump calls release of some testimony thehill.com/homenews/admin…

Sarakshi's tweet card. At the direction of President Trump, Attorney General Pam Bondi is expected to ask a federal court on Friday to unseal grand jury testimony in the case of disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffr…

Sarakshi Rai@Sarakshi · Jul 17

Trump undergoes medical exam for swelling in legs, hand bruising thehill.com/homenews/admin…

Sarakshi's tweet card. President Trump underwent medical testing for “mild swelling” in his legs and bruising on his hand, which revealed a vein condition that is common in people over the age of 70, the White House said…

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Emily Brooks@emilybrooksnews · Jul 16

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…

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Sarakshi Rai@Sarakshi · Jul 16

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."

Sarakshi's tweet image. 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."

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Sarakshi Rai@Sarakshi · Jul 16

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.

Sarakshi's tweet image. 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.

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Sarakshi Rai@Sarakshi · Jul 16

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.

Sarakshi's tweet image. 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.

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The Hill@thehill · Jul 16

#BREAKING: Trump tells GOP lawmakers he will likely fire Jerome Powell "soon" trib.al/CXneTgo

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Sarakshi Rai@Sarakshi · Jul 16

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

Sarakshi's tweet image. 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

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Sarakshi Rai@Sarakshi · Jul 16

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

Sarakshi's tweet image. 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

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Sarakshi Rai@Sarakshi · Jul 16

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