Helen Huiskes

Former Reporter & AJI Fellow

Helen covered Congress, campaigns, and western states for NOTUS.

Helen received her bachelor’s degree in English from Wheaton College in Illinois, with a minor in international relations. She spent three years as editor in chief of The Wheaton Record, where she also covered breaking news, faculty cuts and campus debates over race. Helen has interned at the Portland-based alt-weekly Willamette Week and The Chronicle of Higher Education in D.C., and her work has appeared in Christianity Today.

Tribal Nations Are Struggling to Cover Food and Education Costs During the Shutdown

October 29, 2025 04:54 p.m.
The U.S. Forest Service Is Consolidating Oversight Amid Staffing Shortages

October 24, 2025 04:12 p.m.
Republicans Concede They Will Need to Extend Their Funding Patch Deadline — And Soon

October 21, 2025 06:57 p.m.
Some Republican Senators Entertain Nuking the Filibuster to End the Shutdown

October 20, 2025 09:22 p.m.
Interior Department Cuts Would Hit Major National Parks, Per New Court Filing

October 20, 2025 01:00 p.m.
The Senate Tries Another Approach to Fund the Government – and Fails

October 16, 2025 04:02 p.m.
Republicans Thought Democrats Would Cave on the Shutdown. Now They Expect Them to Drag It Out.

October 15, 2025 05:20 a.m.
How the Western Caucus Is Trying to Win Influence in Congress

October 14, 2025 06:07 p.m.
Missed Paychecks and Miserable Lawmakers: Welcome Back to Shutdown Hell

October 14, 2025 05:34 a.m.
A Democratic Senator Is Taking Shutdown Health Care Messaging to Deep-Red Idaho

October 08, 2025 06:20 p.m.
Republican Leaders Say Federal Workers Should Get Back Pay After Shutdown

October 07, 2025 11:50 a.m.
The Senate Is Starting to Feel a Lot Like ‘Groundhog Day’

October 06, 2025 09:08 p.m.
‘Friend Conversations’ in the Senate Spark Some Positivity but Shutdown Deal Is Far From Close

October 01, 2025 06:21 p.m.
Democrats Slam ‘Spectacle’ of Hegseth’s Military Meeting

September 30, 2025 07:44 p.m.
It’s Official: The Government Is Shut Down

September 30, 2025 07:22 p.m.
‘Every Day Is Like a Dog Year’: A Miserable Congress Sputters Toward a Shutdown

September 30, 2025 05:46 a.m.