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Haley formerly covered politics and Congress for NOTUS.

Her reporting focuses on the Republican Party, foreign policy, human rights and domestic legislation. Previously, Haley covered Congress for The Dispatch, CNN and The Weekly Standard. Her work has also appeared in The New York Times, Foreign Policy magazine and Christianity Today. Haley took an unconventional path into journalism, beginning with an internship out of high school.

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