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.

The House Passes Bill to Release the Epstein Files After Months of Objections From Trump and Mike Johnson

November 18, 2025 02:45 p.m.
The DOJ Took Down a Report on Indigenous People — Mandated by a Law Trump Signed — to Comply With an Anti-DEI Order

November 13, 2025 03:31 p.m.
Congress Votes to End the Longest Shutdown in U.S. History

November 12, 2025 08:26 p.m.
Mike Johnson Finally Swears In Arizona Congresswoman After Seven-Week Delay

November 12, 2025 04:32 p.m.
Senate Passes Funding Deal to End the Longest Government Shutdown in History

November 10, 2025 09:27 p.m.
More Republicans Are Open to Nuking the Filibuster After Trump’s Push

November 05, 2025 05:33 p.m.
Democrats’ Election Night Sweep Has Emboldened Them in the Shutdown Fight

November 05, 2025 01:30 p.m.
The Government Shutdown Just Became the Longest Ever, With No End in Sight

November 05, 2025 05:32 a.m.
Senate Republicans Are Dug In Against Nuking Filibuster Despite Trump

November 04, 2025 01:50 p.m.
Court-Ordered SNAP Funds Give Democrats New Runway in Shutdown Fight

November 03, 2025 08:15 p.m.
Longtime Lawmakers Yearn for a Time When Political Violence Was Rare

November 03, 2025 05:30 a.m.
Republican Leadership Rejects Trump Push to Nuke the Filibuster

October 31, 2025 11:01 a.m.
Some House Republicans Are Ready to Come Back. Mike Johnson Says Not Yet.

October 30, 2025 01:37 p.m.
Democrats Signal They’ll Hold the Line Even as SNAP Benefits Are Set to Expire

October 28, 2025 05:39 p.m.
Senators Push U.S. Marshals to Address Crisis Of Missing and Murdered Indigenous People

October 23, 2025 09:00 a.m.
Republicans Concede They Will Need to Extend Their Funding Patch Deadline — And Soon

October 21, 2025 06:57 p.m.