--- description: Abby Vesoulis is a political reporter in TIME's Washington bureau. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production ---  # Abby Vesoulis  ## Abby Vesoulis Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Abby Vesoulis is a political reporter in TIME's Washington bureau.  ## Abby Vesoulis Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Jun 3, 2022 ### [Gun Rights Groups Work to Defeat Gun Control Proposals](https://time.com/6184098/gun-rights-groups-congress-courts/) Gun rights groups are likely to take legal action if needed. [POLITICS](/section/politics/) *  May 25, 2022 ### [Democrats Vent as Congress Remains Gridlocked on Guns After Uvalde](https://time.com/6181462/congress-response-uvalde-shooting-democrats/) The sense of frustration and impotence among Democrats in the Capitol was palpable. [POLITICS](/section/politics/) *  May 18, 2022 ### [Why Madison Cawthorn Lost His Race](https://time.com/6178176/madison-cawthorn-lost-north-carolina/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) *  May 17, 2022 ### [Politicians Created the Formula Shortage. Can They Fix It?](https://time.com/6177128/baby-formula-congress-monopoly-abbott/) A 1989 law led to intense consolidation in the baby formula industry. [POLITICS](/section/politics/) *  May 11, 2022 ### [Why Utah Democrats Decided to Back Evan McMullin Over One of Their Own](https://time.com/6174574/evan-mcmullin-mike-lee-utah-democrats/) "We've never seen anything like this in Utah,” says a Republican state senator. [POLITICS](/section/politics/) *  May 10, 2022 ### [How a Digital Abortion Footprint Could Lead to Criminal Charges](https://time.com/6175194/digital-data-abortion-congress/) Lawmakers are trying to generate new energy behind digital privacy bills in case Roe v. Wade is over... [POLITICS](/section/politics/) *  May 3, 2022 ### [Democrats Can't Do Much to Protect Abortion](https://time.com/6173091/democrats-roe-v-wade-codify-abortion-unlikely/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) *  Apr 28, 2022 ### [Congress Takes on the 'Big Beef' Monopoly](https://time.com/6171326/meat-beef-industry-congress/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) *  Apr 25, 2022 ### [Why Double Digit Rent Hikes Are Here to Stay](https://time.com/6169844/rental-prices-going-up/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) *  Apr 15, 2022 ### [Happy Tax Day! Your Refund Could Take Months](https://time.com/6167200/tax-day-irs-paper-identity-theft/) Identity theft and complicated pandemic-era benefits have created an IRS backlog on processing paper... [POLITICS](/section/politics/) *  Apr 8, 2022 ### [Congress Has Limited Means to Punish Russia](https://time.com/6165552/congress-russia-sanctions-bills/) [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Apr 7, 2022 ### [Democrats Push Biden to Fix Childcare Crisis](https://time.com/6164873/letter-biden-childcare-crisis/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) *  Apr 6, 2022 ### [Inside the Fight to Extend the Free School Meal Program](https://time.com/6164685/national-school-lunch-program-covid-19-pandemic-extension/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) *  Mar 26, 2022 ### [Inside Capitol Hill Aides' Unionizing Effort](https://time.com/6160944/capitol-hill-staff-union-congress/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) *  Mar 25, 2022 ### [Biden Likely to Extend Loan Repayment Pause](https://time.com/6160275/student-loan-moratorium-expiration-may/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/abby-vesoulis/","name":"Abby Vesoulis"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/abby-vesoulis/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/abby-vesoulis/"},"name":"Abby Vesoulis","jobTitle":null,"description":"Abby Vesoulis is a political reporter in TIME's Washington bureau.","image":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt694f12b91842acfe/698a1386b3fce3cdb90c74ef/abby-vesoulis-headshot-2020.jpg?branch=production","url":"https://time.com/author/abby-vesoulis/","sameAs":["https://x.com/abbyvesoulis"],"worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```