Em Luetkemeyer

Former Reporter & AJI Fellow

Em formerly covered Congress, government funding and tribal affairs for NOTUS.

She previously covered the Oklahoma congressional delegation. She graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism and was a writer and editor at the nonprofit newspaper the Columbia Missourian for nearly two years.

Lawmakers Are Nowhere Near a Deal on DHS Funding

February 04, 2026 02:05 p.m.
House Ends Partial Government Shutdown, But New Fight Over DHS Begins

February 03, 2026 02:46 p.m.
Congress Is Set to Pass a Funding Deal After Trump Gets Holdouts in Line

February 02, 2026 08:41 p.m.
Senate Approves Spending Deal, but Brief Partial Government Funding Lapse Expected

January 30, 2026 06:43 p.m.
Senators Are Scrambling on a Deal to Avert a Shutdown After the Funding Package Fails Key Vote

January 29, 2026 02:18 p.m.
Democrats Outline DHS Funding Demands. Republicans’ Gameplan is TBD.

January 28, 2026 06:26 p.m.
Senate Republicans’ Confidence in Kristi Noem Is Fading Quickly

January 27, 2026 07:48 p.m.
Republicans Ignore Democrats’ Demands on DHS Funding

January 26, 2026 06:22 p.m.
The House Passed All 12 Spending Bills Asserting Their Control

January 22, 2026 07:15 p.m.
ICE Debate Won’t Tank Homeland Funding Bill, Republicans Say

January 21, 2026 06:04 p.m.
ICE Shooting In Minnesota Derails Homeland Security Spending Bill

January 15, 2026 05:06 p.m.
Earmarks Are Back. So Are Republican Fights About Them.

January 15, 2026 04:19 p.m.
Republicans Punt on a DHS Funding Fight with Democrats After Minnesota ICE Shooting

January 13, 2026 06:52 p.m.
The House Has Voted to Revive the ACA Tax Credits

January 08, 2026 07:03 p.m.
Dozens Of House Republicans Break With Trump, But Fail to Override Two Vetoes

January 08, 2026 04:46 p.m.
Republican Senators Don’t Believe Trump Would Use Military Force to Take Greenland

January 06, 2026 05:52 p.m.