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.

Shutdown Appears Inevitable After White House Meeting Ends Without a Deal

September 29, 2025 07:07 p.m.
Congress Is Speeding Toward a Government Shutdown

September 29, 2025 05:42 a.m.
Bill Cassidy Pushes Back on the Trump Administration Linking Tylenol to Autism

September 23, 2025 11:58 a.m.
Congress Is Sprinting Toward a Shutdown After Senate Democrats Block Republican Funding Bill

September 19, 2025 10:49 a.m.
Lawmakers on Both Sides Want to Cure Social Media ‘Cancer’

September 18, 2025 12:26 p.m.
Senate Democrats Insist They’ll Stand Their Ground This Time on Government Funding

September 16, 2025 06:23 p.m.
‘A Real Problem:’ Congress Is Running Out of Days to Avoid a Shutdown

September 15, 2025 05:35 a.m.
Senate Republicans Change the Rules to Speed Up Trump Nominees

September 11, 2025 05:26 p.m.
House and Senate Democrats Say They Are ‘Unified’ on Funding Fight Demands

September 11, 2025 05:23 p.m.
Senate Republicans Block a Democrat-Led Effort to Release the Epstein Files

September 10, 2025 06:23 p.m.
‘We Need to Move’: Lawmakers Call for More Russia Sanctions After Drones Enter Poland Airspace

September 10, 2025 12:46 p.m.
Appropriators Are Planning a Stopgap to Handle ‘Broken’ Appropriations Process

September 09, 2025 05:41 p.m.
Thom Tillis Says He Doesn’t Want a White House Crackdown on Charlotte

September 09, 2025 03:28 p.m.
The New MAHA Report on Childhood Disease Calls for a ‘Vaccine Injury Research Program’

September 09, 2025 02:00 p.m.
‘Hope Is Not a Plan’: Lawmakers Are Starting to Rally Around a Short-Term Funding Plan to Avoid a Shutdown

September 09, 2025 05:30 a.m.
Republicans Plead Ignorance When Asked About Trump’s Letter to Epstein

September 08, 2025 09:28 p.m.