Kyle Stewart

Washington, D.C., United States

Field Producer and Reporter at NBC News

@NBCNews Producer covering Congress with historical context | @IthacaCollege alum | Former Tim Russert Fellow | Upstate NY native

Articles

Trump abruptly fires Librarian of Congress

5 days ago | nbcnews.com | Kyle Stewart |Nnamdi Egwuonwu

President Donald Trump fired on Thursday the Librarian of Congress Dr. Carla Hayden, according to a copy of her termination email obtained by NBC News. In the email sent to Hayden Thursday, Trent Morse, deputy director of presidential personnel, wrote: “On behalf of President Donald J. Trump, I am writing to inform you that your position as the Librarian of Congress is terminated effective immediately.” This email was shared with Congressional Democrats and obtained by NBC News.
House votes to codify Trump's Gulf of America executive order

6 days ago | nbcnews.com | Nnamdi Egwuonwu |Kyle Stewart |Alexandra Marquez

/ Updated WASHINGTON — The Republican-led House on Thursday passed a bill that seeks to codify President Donald Trump’s executive order that renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. Though all Democrats and one Republican —Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska — opposed the bill, Republicans narrowly passed the measure, 211-206, sending it to the Senate for a vote. Rep.
As GOP concerns grow about Medicaid cuts, hard-liners pressure Speaker Mike Johnson on lower deficits

1 week ago | nbcnews.com | Sahil Kapur |Scott Wong |Kyle Stewart |Syedah Asghar

WASHINGTON — Republicans on Capitol Hill are scrambling to resolve intense divisions over Medicaid as they hammer out a key piece of their massive bill for President Donald Trump’s agenda with hopes of advancing it through a House committee next week.
Growing GOP fight over 'SALT' tax deduction complicates Trump agenda bill

1 week ago | nbcnews.com | Sahil Kapur |Scott Wong |Kyle Stewart

WASHINGTON — Republicans are at loggerheads over the fate of a controversial tax deduction that is critical to winning enough votes in the House to pass President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda. After a week of meetings and discussions, Republicans still haven’t settled on how to handle the state and local tax deduction, also known as “SALT,” which allows filers to deduct up to $10,000 in taxes paid to state and local governments.
House Democrats jockey behind the scenes to become party's top investigator of Trump administration

2 weeks ago | nbcnews.com | Scott Wong |Kyle Stewart |Melanie Zanona |Ryan Nobles

WASHINGTON — Rep. Gerry Connolly’s surprise announcement that plans to soon step down as the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee has set off a scramble to succeed him that could pit the party's old guard against and an up-and-coming class of progressives who have aggressively opposed President Donald Trump. Connolly, 75, said Monday his esophageal cancer had returned after “grueling treatments” and that he would not seek re-election next year.
House passes bipartisan bill to combat explicit deepfakes, sending it to Trump to sign into law

2 weeks ago | nbcnews.com | Melanie Zanona |Kyle Stewart

The House passed a bipartisan bill Monday aimed at combating deepfake pornography, tackling a sensitive issue that has become a growing problem amid advances in artificial intelligence. President Donald Trump is expected to sign the measure, which sailed through the House in a 409-2 vote, into law.
House passes bill requiring proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections

1 month ago | nbcnews.com | Rebecca Shabad |Kyle Stewart

WASHINGTON — The House passed a bill Thursday that would require proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections in an effort to codify one of President Donald Trump's executive actions from his second term. Lawmakers approved the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act in a 220-208 vote, with four Democrats joining every Republican present in support of the measure. The legislation, sponsored by Rep.
Speaker Mike Johnson presses forward with budget vote despite conservative opposition

1 month ago | nbcnews.com | Scott Wong |Julie Tsirkin |Kyle Stewart |Frank Thorp V

WASHINGTON — Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said House Republicans would try again Thursday to adopt the budget plan needed to jumpstart work on President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda, one day after conservatives threatened to sink it. Johnson appeared alongside Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., at a news conference before the vote and projected confidence, even though he had to postpone the vote the night before.
House Republicans forge ahead with budget vote as holdouts dig in

1 month ago | nbcnews.com | Sahil Kapur |Melanie Zanona |Kyle Stewart

WASHINGTON — House Republican leaders are barreling forward with plans to vote on a new budget blueprint Wednesday to begin work on President Donald Trump's sweeping legislative agenda even as a key bloc of hardline conservatives remain opposed to the plan. It's far from clear whether Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., will be able to corral enough votes for the Senate-approved budget resolution in the narrowly divided House, even as President Donald Trump has dialed up the pressure on GOP lawmakers.
House votes to block bipartisan proxy voting push for new parents

1 month ago | nbcnews.com | Scott Wong |Julie Tsirkin |Rebecca Kaplan |Kyle Stewart

WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Tuesday voted to block a bipartisan push to allow lawmakers who are new parents to vote remotely rather than in person, officially ending a GOP standoff over the issue that ground legislative business to a halt for the past week. After President Donald Trump intervened in the intraparty spat late last week, Rep.