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.

Senate Republicans Finally Muscle Through Their Reconciliation Bill

July 01, 2025 12:03 p.m.
Senate Dives Into a Long Day of Amendment Votes — and the Last Chance to Win Over Holdouts

June 30, 2025 11:41 a.m.
Senate Republicans Hit the Gas on Reconciliation Despite Doubts They Have the Votes

June 27, 2025 05:37 p.m.
The Senate’s Reconciliation Bill Runs Into the Parliamentarian and Some Harsh Political Realities

June 26, 2025 05:25 p.m.
‘Fig Leaf’: Democrats Attack the GOP’s Rural Hospital Fund for Reconciliation

June 25, 2025 08:39 p.m.
Josh Hawley Goes From ‘Don’t Cut Medicaid’ to Most Cuts Would ‘Be Fine’

June 24, 2025 08:05 p.m.
Senate Republicans Try to Solve Their Reconciliation Math Problem

June 23, 2025 05:22 a.m.
‘They Had Their Chance’: Senators Roll Their Eyes at House Republicans Who Want Reconciliation Changes

June 20, 2025 05:06 a.m.
Senate Republicans Draw Their Reconciliation Battle Lines Over Medicaid

June 17, 2025 06:07 p.m.
‘One Vote Away From Losing Our Lives’: Lawmakers Grapple With Rise of Political Violence

June 16, 2025 07:42 p.m.
Senate Republicans Look to Get Back on Track for Reconciliation

June 16, 2025 05:24 a.m.
Border Security Brawl: Senate Republicans Find New Ways to Fight Over Reconciliation

June 12, 2025 06:30 p.m.
The Future of U.S. Foreign Aid Is Looking Troubled

June 12, 2025 12:00 p.m.
The GOP’s Reconciliation Timeline Is Looking More Doubtful by the Minute

June 10, 2025 05:36 a.m.
Senate Republicans Seem Far Apart on Their Spending Cut Demands

June 06, 2025 05:12 a.m.
Ukraine’s Allies in the Senate Feel ‘More Encouraged Than Ever’

June 04, 2025 03:03 p.m.