Nolan D. McCaskill
Nolan D. McCaskill is a congressional reporter at The Messenger. He previously worked for the Los Angeles Times and Politico. He graduated from Florida A&M University with a broadcast journalism degree.
- By Nolan D. McCaskill|Two California Lawmakers Who Are Colleagues and Roommates in Washington
Sen. Alex Padilla and Rep. Tony Cárdenas share the story of their friendship from the ’90s in LA to today on Capitol Hill
By Nolan D. McCaskill| - By Nolan D. McCaskill|Schumer Says Senate Negotiators ‘Closer’ to Border Deal
‘I’m hopeful — hopeful — despite all the difficulties, that we can,’ the Senate majority leader said
By Nolan D. McCaskill| - By Nolan D. McCaskill|Congress’ New Year’s Resolution: Finishing What It Started
‘The aversion to some about end-of-year packages have now made those end-of-year packages beginning-of-year packages,’ Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-NC, said
By Nolan D. McCaskill| - By Lindsey McPherson|Senate Democrats Didn’t Produce Much This Year, and They Blame House Republicans
‘Compared to the previous two years, this has been a low productivity year,’ Sen. Chris Van Hollen told The Messenger
By Lindsey McPherson, Nolan D. McCaskill and Warren Rojas| - By Nolan D. McCaskill|Schumer, McConnell ‘Hope’ to Take Action on Ukraine, Border Security in the New Year
McConnell and Schumer seem confident a deal on border security and Ukraine and Israel aid could happen in January
By Nolan D. McCaskill| - By Stephen Neukam|Bipartisan Senate Disgust Over Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric: ‘I Guess His Children Are Poisoned’
‘That didn’t bother him when he appointed Elaine Chao as secretary of transportation,’ Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said
By Lindsey McPherson, Warren Rojas, Nolan D. McCaskill and Stephen Neukam| - By Nolan D. McCaskill|Border Negotiator Warns ‘We Cannot Fail’ as Talks Continue
‘The fate of the world is at stake,’ Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy says
By Nolan D. McCaskill and Lindsey McPherson| - By Warren Rojas|Border Negotiations Bear No Holiday Fruit: ‘No Way’ Will Senate Vote This Week
‘There is no text in front of us,’ Republican James Lankford said of the herky-jerky talks
By Warren Rojas and Nolan D. McCaskill| - By Nolan D. McCaskill|Schumer and McConnell Cite Progress on Border Talks, Say Work Is ‘Hard’ but ‘Must Succeed’
‘Both sides must accept that they will have to make concessions,’ Schumer said Monday
By Nolan D. McCaskill| - By Nolan D. McCaskill|Key Senators Cite More Progress in US Border and Ukraine Talks Ahead of Extended Session Monday
‘I’m not trying to sugarcoat it — it’s an aggressive schedule — but this is an emergency,’ Sen. Chris Murphy
By Nolan D. McCaskill| - By Warren Rojas|Schumer Buys Senate US Border Negotiators More Time as Holiday Adjournment Looms
Majority Leader Schumer says ‘no matter what’ the Senate ‘will vote’ on a foreign aid and US border package next week
By Warren Rojas, Nolan D. McCaskill and Lindsey McPherson| - By Nolan D. McCaskill|Senate Delays Year-End Recess, Staying in Session Next Week
‘If Republicans are serious about getting something done, they should not be so eager to go home,’ Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said
By Nolan D. McCaskill, Lindsey McPherson and Warren Rojas| - By Nolan D. McCaskill|McConnell: No Border Deal Until Biden Negotiates With Senate Republicans
The Senate minority leader said he told Biden ‘the only way we’ll get an agreement is for you to be involved’
By Nolan D. McCaskill| - By Warren Rojas|Zelenskyy Facing Bleak Reality on Capitol Hill as GOP Support for Ukraine Crumbles
‘Zelensky is here to badger … Senate Republicans into foregoing our negotiations on border security’ a GOP critic warned
By Nolan D. McCaskill and Warren Rojas| - By Nolan D. McCaskill|Senate GOP Urges ‘Asleep-at-the-Wheel’ Biden To Join Border Negotiations
Republicans say the White House must ‘stop this flood of illegal immigrants’ or ‘the answer is no’ on funding for Ukraine
By Nolan D. McCaskill and Lindsey McPherson|