Nia-Malika Henderson, Columnist

The GOP Still Isn’t Getting It on Affordability

December 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM UTC

Nia-Malika Henderson is a politics and policy columnist for Bloomberg Opinion. A former senior political reporter for CNN and the Washington Post, she has covered politics and campaigns for almost two decades.

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