MEG KINNARD

National politics reporter

Kinnard covers national politics for The Associated Press. She lives in South Carolina.
A Social Security card is displayed Oct. 12, 2021, in Tigard, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
What to know about Social Security office closures driven by Musk’s DOGE
 
President Donald Trump gestures towards Democrats while addressing a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Feb. 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
Why Trump’s joint remarks to Congress won’t be a ‘State of the Union’ address
 
Ground Game: Trump’s big speech and Zelenskyy faces ire of Trump allies over Oval Office exchange
 
President Donald Trump walks across the South Lawn of the White House, Sunday, March 2, 2025, in Washington, after returning from a trip to Florida. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
How to watch the first joint address to Congress of Trump’s second term
 
In this file photo provided by Los Alamos National Laboratory, barrels of radioactive waste are loaded for transport to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) at the Radioactive Assay Nondestructive Testing (RANT) facility in Los Alamos, N.M., April 2019. (Nestor Trujillo/Los Alamos National Laboratory via AP, File)
Where are federal jobs affected by DOGE cuts? A look at congressional districts across the US
 
Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's new director of the FBI, is pictured during his ceremonial swearing-in, Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in the Indian Treaty Room at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Trump’s Cabinet members have already backtracked on some promises made before being confirmed
 
Ground Game: AP’s lawsuit over White House access, Musk’s email to federal workers, Trump to meet Macron
 
Kelly Loeffler, President Donald Trump's choice to be the administrator of the Small Business Administration, appears before the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee for her confirmation hearing at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)
Senate confirms Kelly Loeffler, former Georgia senator, to lead Small Business Administration
 
President Donald Trump listens as Elon Musk speaks in the Oval Office at the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, in Washington. (Photo/Alex Brandon)
A comprehensive look at DOGE’s firings and layoffs so far
 
Ground Game: AP style dispute, federal workers rehired, and Trump’s Gaza plan
 
President Donald Trump meets with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Trump Tower, Sept. 27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)
Ukraine and Europe worry about being sidelined as Trump pushes direct talks with Russia on war’s end
 
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio tours Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, in Jerusalem, Israel, Sunday Feb. 16, 2025. (Evelyn Hockstein, Pool Photo via AP)
Rubio leading US delegation to Saudi Arabia for talks with Russia on Ukraine, according to AP source
 
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-SC., speaks during the Republican National Convention July 17, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Rep. Nancy Mace accuses ex-fiancé and associates of assaulting her and raping others in House speech
 
Ground Game: Trump’s executive orders and Musk’s DOGE uncertainty
 
Former Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Ore., President-elect Donald Trump's pick for Secretary of Labor, left, arrives to meet with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
More of Trump’s Cabinet picks are set for Senate hearings. Here’s the schedule
 
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump, left, claps as Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk prepares to depart after speaking at a campaign event at the Butler Farm Show, on Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
Trump and Musk demand termination of federal office leases through General Services Administration
 
Senate Budget Committee Chair Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., arrives for a hearing on the nomination of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's choice for Director of the Office of Management and Budget, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Sen. Tim Scott and South Carolina’s governor will chair Lindsey Graham’s reelection bid
 
The U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, is pictured Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
What USAID does, and why Trump and Musk want to get rid of it
 
Ground Game: Trump’s tariffs, USAID leaders on leave, and Rubio says Panama must cut Chinese canal influence
 
Jaime Harrison, chair of the Democratic National Committee, speaks at a meeting of the Democratic Committee of North Carolina at the Word of Tabernacle Church in Rocky Mount, N.C., May 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Karl B. DeBlaker, File)
The DNC’s outgoing chair says Democrats should have stuck with Joe Biden in 2024
 
President Donald Trump speaks at the 2025 House Republican Members Conference Dinner at Trump National Doral Miami in Doral, Fla., Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Firings, freezes and layoffs: A look at Trump’s moves against federal employees and programs
 
Ground Game: RFK Jr., Colombia tariff clash, and Ramaswamy’s governor bid
 
Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, listens at the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee confirmation hearing for South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Homeland Security, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
How key Republican senators are responding to Trump allies’ primary threats
 
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-SC., speaks during the Republican National Convention July 17, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Rep. Nancy Mace says she is considering a run for South Carolina governor
 
Ground Game: Inauguration day, Biden’s preemptive pardons, and TikTok
 
Workers build a stage in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington Friday, Jan. 17, 2025, for the 60th Presidential Inauguration which was moved indoors because of cold temperatures expected on Jan 20. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
The inauguration is moving indoors. Here’s what to know about the changed plans
 
President Joe Biden attends the Department of Defense Commander in Chief farewell ceremony at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Biden says the Equal Rights Amendment is ‘the law of the land.’ What is it, and what happens next?
 
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump listens during an event on combating antisemitism at Trump National Golf Club, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024, in Bedminster, N.J. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
How Trump’s political and business interests will intersect in the White House
 
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson of Louisiana, speaks during a ceremony as the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter lies in state, at the Capitol, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in Washington. Carter died Dec. 29 at the age of 100. (Kent Nishimura/The New York Times via AP, Pool)
Speaker Johnson orders US Capitol flags raised to full height for Trump’s inauguration
 
Ground Game: Biden’s foreign policy legacy, Jack Smith resigns, and Pete Hegseth’s leadership
 
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