O’Donnell ran in the crowded Republican primary for Congressional District 3 seat in 2024 but came in fourth with 21 percent of the vote.

On March 7, the Nevada Clean Energy Fund (NCEF) — the lead applicant on the grant — discovered it could no longer access the $20 million fund. Three days later on March 10, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced he was cancelling more than $1.7 billion worth of “DEI and Environmental Justice” grants, as part of the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) efforts to cut government spending and compliance with Trump’s executive order to eliminate DEI across the government.

Members had different strategies for tackling their recess week, from town halls to roundtables to a massive Las Vegas rally with the two most famous people in left-wing politics: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).

The division was evident even among Nevada’s usually harmonious Senate delegation — Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) announced Friday afternoon that she would vote against both the bill and cloture, the 60-vote threshold to end debate on the bill. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), meanwhile, announced she would support it.

Several voting rights groups warn the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act will pose a barrier for millions of American women and others who have changed their legal name.

Congress is barreling towards another government shutdown deadline — and with Democratic votes necessary to move any spending bill over the finish line, Nevada’s congressional delegation appears wary of embracing a GOP spending plan.

As the only Republican in Nevada’s congressional delegation, Amodei is keenly aware that he might be the only Nevadan in Washington (sorry, Kash Patel) that the new administration is willing to hear out. In an interview Tuesday, he described how he is tackling the responsibility.

Approximately 12 people based in Las Vegas and Reno were fired, according to the office of Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV). Cortez Masto first raised the issue in a series of X posts Monday night, saying the agency’s entire Nevada workforce had been let go.

Democrats will spend the next two years in the political wilderness — locked out of power in the White House and both chambers of Congress, lacking a clear party leader and, at the moment, navigating terrible approval ratings, including by their own voters.

The attorneys general said the court should bar Musk from issuing orders to anyone in the executive branch outside DOGE and declare that his actions have no legal effect.

State agencies and groups have diligently applied for their share of various federal pots for renewable energy and energy efficiency improvement goals, from electric school buses to solar installations to electric appliance rebates.

Nevada Democrats are arguing that the best way for the DNC to move forward is to further elevate the Silver State. 

In this week's D.C. Download, many of Trump's orders are intentionally vague, but they’ve certainly spooked many of the Democrats in Nevada’s congressional delegation.

Each Cabinet-level nominee must go through a public hearing in the relevant Senate committee and then be confirmed by the Senate as part of the upper chamber’s “advise and consent” duty.

Policy changes pertaining to undocumented immigrants — be they congressional or executive — have the potential to upend Nevada, which has the highest percentage of undocumented workers in its workforce of any state.

"I recognized that having grandchildren would give me a last opportunity to experience some of the joys that I had missed with my own children."

Democrats and Republicans in Nevada don’t agree on much, but they do agree that more housing is needed across the state — and that the state’s vast swaths of federal land should be a part of the solution.

Several bills bearing Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto’s (D-NV), Sen. Jacky Rosen’s (D-NV) and Rep. Susie Lee’s (D-NV) name passed through Congress at the buzzer this week, either already signed into law by the president or in the queue for his signature.

What promises did Trump make to Nevadans across his many campaign visits to the Silver State? Some — such as his pledge to conduct a mass deportation campaign — would affect the entire country but be particularly consequential in Nevada, which has the highest share of undocumented immigrants of any state’s workforce.

Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) will be part of the minority next year, and as such, likely won’t swing any decisions — President-elect Donald Trump can afford to lose three Republican votes on any nominee. But it’s their first opportunity to take stances on Trump policy via his personnel and question them on Nevada-specific issues.