MEG KINNARD

National politics reporter

Kinnard covers national politics for The Associated Press. She lives in South Carolina.

Ground Game: Veterans become the face of Trump’s cuts and AOC aims to broaden appeal

March 24

Demonstrators gather outside of the Edward A. Garmatz United States District Courthouse in Baltimore, on Friday, March 14, 2025, before a hearing regarding the Department of Government Efficiency's access to Social Security data. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

A list of the Social Security offices across the US expected to close this year

March 19

Chloe Kienzle of Arlington, Va., holds a sign as she stands outside the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Eduction, which were ordered closed for the day for what officials described as security reasons amid large-scale layoffs, Wednesday, March 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Reductions in force: A look at which agencies are affected by DOGE-led job cuts

March 12

Elon Musk leaves after meeting with Senate Republicans, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Some Republican lawmakers have concerns about Elon Musk and DOGE. Here’s what they’ve said

March 11

Ground Game: Trump’s tariff uncertainty, transactional diplomacy and Bernie Sanders leadership

March 10

A Social Security card is displayed Oct. 12, 2021, in Tigard, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

What to know about Social Security office closures driven by Musk’s DOGE

March 7

President Donald Trump gestures towards Democrats while addressing a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Feb. 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Why Trump’s joint remarks to Congress won’t be a ‘State of the Union’ address

March 4

Ground Game: Trump’s big speech and Zelenskyy faces ire of Trump allies over Oval Office exchange

March 3

President Donald Trump walks across the South Lawn of the White House, Sunday, March 2, 2025, in Washington, after returning from a trip to Florida. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

How to watch the first joint address to Congress of Trump’s second term

March 3

In this file photo provided by Los Alamos National Laboratory, barrels of radioactive waste are loaded for transport to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) at the Radioactive Assay Nondestructive Testing (RANT) facility in Los Alamos, N.M., April 2019. (Nestor Trujillo/Los Alamos National Laboratory via AP, File)

Where are federal jobs affected by DOGE cuts? A look at congressional districts across the US

February 27

Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's new director of the FBI, is pictured during his ceremonial swearing-in, Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in the Indian Treaty Room at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump’s Cabinet members have already backtracked on some promises made before being confirmed

February 24

Ground Game: AP’s lawsuit over White House access, Musk’s email to federal workers, Trump to meet Macron

February 24

Kelly Loeffler, President Donald Trump's choice to be the administrator of the Small Business Administration, appears before the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee for her confirmation hearing at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

Senate confirms Kelly Loeffler, former Georgia senator, to lead Small Business Administration

February 19

President Donald Trump listens as Elon Musk speaks in the Oval Office at the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, in Washington. (Photo/Alex Brandon)

A comprehensive look at DOGE’s firings and layoffs so far

February 22

Ground Game: AP style dispute, federal workers rehired, and Trump’s Gaza plan

February 17

President Donald Trump meets with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Trump Tower, Sept. 27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

Ukraine and Europe worry about being sidelined as Trump pushes direct talks with Russia on war’s end

February 17

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio tours Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, in Jerusalem, Israel, Sunday Feb. 16, 2025. (Evelyn Hockstein, Pool Photo via AP)

Rubio leading US delegation to Saudi Arabia for talks with Russia on Ukraine, according to AP source

February 16

Rep. Nancy Mace, R-SC., speaks during the Republican National Convention July 17, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Rep. Nancy Mace accuses ex-fiancé and associates of assaulting her and raping others in House speech

February 11

Ground Game: Trump’s executive orders and Musk’s DOGE uncertainty

February 10

Former Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Ore., President-elect Donald Trump's pick for Secretary of Labor, left, arrives to meet with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

More of Trump’s Cabinet picks are set for Senate hearings. Here’s the schedule

February 6

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump, left, claps as Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk prepares to depart after speaking at a campaign event at the Butler Farm Show, on Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Trump and Musk demand termination of federal office leases through General Services Administration

February 4

Senate Budget Committee Chair Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., arrives for a hearing on the nomination of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's choice for Director of the Office of Management and Budget, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Sen. Tim Scott and South Carolina’s governor will chair Lindsey Graham’s reelection bid

February 4

The U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, is pictured Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

What USAID does, and why Trump and Musk want to get rid of it

February 4

Ground Game: Trump’s tariffs, USAID leaders on leave, and Rubio says Panama must cut Chinese canal influence

February 3

Jaime Harrison, chair of the Democratic National Committee, speaks at a meeting of the Democratic Committee of North Carolina at the Word of Tabernacle Church in Rocky Mount, N.C., May 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Karl B. DeBlaker, File)

The DNC’s outgoing chair says Democrats should have stuck with Joe Biden in 2024

January 31

President Donald Trump speaks at the 2025 House Republican Members Conference Dinner at Trump National Doral Miami in Doral, Fla., Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Firings, freezes and layoffs: A look at Trump’s moves against federal employees and programs

January 28

Ground Game: RFK Jr., Colombia tariff clash, and Ramaswamy’s governor bid

January 27

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, listens at the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee confirmation hearing for South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Homeland Security, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

How key Republican senators are responding to Trump allies’ primary threats

January 25

Rep. Nancy Mace, R-SC., speaks during the Republican National Convention July 17, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Rep. Nancy Mace says she is considering a run for South Carolina governor

January 22

Ground Game: Inauguration day, Biden’s preemptive pardons, and TikTok

January 20

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