Cassie Semyon is a Washington correspondent for Spectrum News. She has experience interviewing lawmakers such as Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, acting as pool reporter for the Vice President and the Second Gentleman, and has live breaking news experience. cassie.semyon@gmail.com

Kevin McCarthy likes being considered an underdog. “We never give up. People underestimate us,” Speaker McCarthy said of growing up in his hometown of Bakersfield, CA. It’s part one of our exclusive series, Kevin McCarthy: The Journey to House Speaker: https://t.co/sjUwpm7U3A

As he looks to make an impact during his tenure as Speaker of the House, the balancing act for Kevin McCarthy, who only has a five-seat majority, is just beginning. We look at McCarthy’s leadership style in part 2 of our exclusive series: https://t.co/X2aoNcTuUV

When it comes to 2024, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is keeping his options open, though he told us during our exclusive interview he “checks in” with former Pres. Trump. “I've talked to a lot of people who say they might run for president too.” https://t.co/5mJy6vRsfl

As the news was breaking that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was launching an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden over his connections to his family members' businesses, I joined Spectrum News SoCal live to break down what we were learning.

Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su will celebrate her first Labor Day as the country’s top worker advocate on Monday. Though her confirmation as labor secretary is bogged down in the Senate, Su says she won’t let that keep her from memorializing the holiday. I sat down one-on-one with Su ahead of Labor Day.

AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler gave her first State of the Union address ahead of the Labor Day holiday. It comes as the labor movement continues to sweep across the country and the SAG-AFTRA and the WGA strikes drag on. I asked Shuler if the Biden administration should step in at any point, but she encouraged letting the process play out. https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/business/2023/08/29/two-thirds-of-americans-support-labor-unions

When former President Donald Trump was indicted for a fourth time, I joined Inside the Issues to break down how we got to this point. The indictment was unsealed a minute before we went to air, so we were going through it in real time.