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Abby Livingston, left, of The Texas Tribune, and Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn., collide at home plate during the Congressional Women's Softball game that pits Congresswomen against female journalists at Watkins Recreation Center on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, October 27, 2021. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

The education and disillusionment of a young reporter in D.C. “should worry every American”

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Sen. John Cornyn (Susan Walsh - Pool/Getty Images)

Top GOP negotiator tries to defend bipartisan gun deal against pushback from right-wingers and NRA

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Miah Cerrillo, survivor and Fourth-Grade Student at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, testifies to The House Oversight and Reform Committee on June 8, 2022 in Washington, DC. (JASON ANDREW/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Uvalde survivor, 11, testifies that she covered herself in another student’s blood to survive

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Sen. John Cornyn (Susan Walsh - Pool/Getty Images)

Lead GOP negotiator admits bipartisan gun bill won’t actually include any new gun restrictions

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Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) speaks during a House hearing. (Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images)

“How dare you?”: Louie Gohmert aghast that GOP blamed for gun violence — before blaming it on Dems

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Texas Rep. Ronny Jackson. (Photo by Rod Lamkey-Pool/Getty Images)

New Jan. 6 texts: Oath Keepers involved in Capitol attack sought to protect Texas Rep. Ronny Jackson

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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. (Getty Images)

Sen. Joe Manchin heading to Texas for fundraiser hosted by GOP donors

Abby Livingston, Carla Astudillo
Richard Barnett, a supporter of US President Donald Trump sits inside the office of US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi as he protest inside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, January 6, 2021. - Demonstrators breeched security and entered the Capitol as Congress debated the a 2020 presidential election Electoral Vote Certification. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

All 13 Texas Democrats in the U.S. House have called for impeaching Trump after Wednesday’s riot

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Donald Trump and Joe Biden | Texas (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

After voting for Trump, Texas electors pressured swing states to reject Biden victory

Alex Samuels, Abby Livingston
Donald Trump and Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump and Biden parred over Texas’ energy industry and global warming during final debate

Abby Livingston
A man waves a QAnon conspiracy flag at a protest of coronavirus skeptics, right-wing extremists and others angry over coronavirus-related restrictions and government policy on August 29, 2020 (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Four Texas Republicans vote against House of Representatives resolution condemning QAnon

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U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) (Getty Images/ Jim Lo Scalzo-Pool)

Ted Cruz dismisses concerns over the federal coronavirus response as politically motivated

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Tucker Carlson, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Ted Cruz (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Ted Cruz blocks a U.S. Senate resolution to honor Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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Election office puts mail in ballots into a container (George Frey/Getty Images)

In Texas, Republicans fight voting by mail expansion while encouraging their voters to use it

Alexa Ura, Abby Livingston
Ted Cruz, Donald Trump (Reuters/Brendan McDermid/Aaron P. Bernstein//Photo montage by Salon)

In a rare move, Republicans tell President Trump “no” after he calls for delaying the election

Abby Livingston, Valeria Olivares, Alexa Ura
Donald Trump and Joe Biden | Texas (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Texas Democrats running for the US House have more campaign cash than Republicans

Abby Livingston, Carla Astudillo
Former vice president and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks about the unrest across the country from Philadelphia City Hall on June 2, 2020, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, contrasting his leadership style with that of US President Donald Trump, and calling George Floyd's death "a wake-up call for our nation." (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Polls suggest Joe Biden has a shot at winning Texas — and reshaping the state’s politics

Abby Livingston, Alex Samuels