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Brugger switches to domestic policy beat at Politico

May 12, 2026

Posted by Chris Roush

Kelsey Brugger

Kelsey Brugger is now covering domestic policy for Politico.

She has spent the past eight years covering energy and climate politics on Capitol Hill for E&E News. Her beat focused on the key players at the intersection of policy, lobbying and power.

She spent years tracking the Trump effort to retool multiple regulations on public health and the environment.

Before E&E News, she covered local politics, immigration and cannabis at the Santa Barbara Independent. She has a bachelor’s degree in history of public policy from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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