Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

Aneeta Mathur-Ashton is a congressional reporter and author of the “Mid-Day Must-Reads” newsletter for U.S. News & World Report. Mathur-Ashton joined in 2024 after reporting on Donald Trump’s legal cases, the 2024 election, and the Biden administration for The Messenger, Yahoo News, and MSNBC. Her reporting on Jan. 6 litigation as a graduate student reporter at The Washington Post earned her two citations in the outlet’s 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.