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Anjali Shastry

Anjali Shastry

ashastry@washingtontimes.com

Anjali Shastry covers Capitol Hill politics for The Washington Times. Originally from Cupertino, California, Shastry graduated from University of California, Santa Barbara, with a bachelor's degree in English and anthropology, and from University of Maryland, College Park, with a master's degree in journalism. She has previously written for American Journalism Review, Voice of America and the University of Maryland's Capital New Service wire. She can be reached at ashastry@washingtontimes.com.

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Rep. Phil Roe, R-Tenn., questions witnesses during a House Committee on Veterans' Affairs hearing on "Scheduling Manipulation and Veteran Deaths in Phoenix: Examination of the OIG's Final Report" on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

HUD: 25K families in public housing above income cutoff

More than 25,000 families live in government-subsidized public housing despite earning too much to qualify, the Department of Housing and Urban Development's inspector general said in a report released Tuesday.

August 18, 2015
The 624-acre Arlington National Cemetery has been active since the Civil War but will run out of grave sites by 2025. (Associated Press)

John McCain fights to expand Arlington National Cemetery

Sen. John McCain has asked the Army to expand Arlington National Cemetery by claiming nearby land that local government agencies instead want to use as a bus-maintenance facility, saying in a letter released Thursday that it would be "shameful" to miss this opportunity.

August 13, 2015
Bryan Thaboua kneels with his 8-month-old son Cooper Thaboua on Monday, July 20, 2015, in front of the Lee Highway memorial for last Thursday's Chattanooga, Tenn., shooting victims. Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez attacked two military facilities on Thursday in a shooting rampage that killed several. (Dan Henry/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP)

Mass shootings becoming more common, deadlier: study

Mass public shootings have become more frequent and more deadly in recent years, the Congressional Research Service concluded in a report that could reignite the Capitol Hill debate over stiffer controls on firearms.

August 6, 2015
Rep. Xavier Becerra, California Democrat. (Associated Press)

Xavier Becerra proposes short-term Social Security fix

Social Security's disability trust fund will run out of money next year, the program's trustees reported Wednesday -- but a California congressman said there's a short-term fix that would require Republicans to put aside hope of immediate and broader reform.

July 22, 2015