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Amanda Becker
Amanda Becker is our Washington correspondent. She has covered the U.S. Congress, the White House and elections for more than a decade. Becker previously worked at Reuters and CQ Roll Call. Her work has appeared in publications including The Washington Post, The New Republic and Glamour magazine. Her political coverage has also been broadcast on National Public Radio.
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‘There is nowhere I feel safe’: Election workers targeted by Trump describe flood of sexist, racist threats
In Tuesday’s Jan. 6 hearing, Georgia’s chief election administrator and rank-and-file poll workers described break-ins and death threats as Trump supporters bought into his 'Big Lie.'
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Medication abortion and clinics on federal land: Here are Democrats’ ideas to protect abortion access
Facing a congressional stalemate, Democratic senators have asked the White House to consider a bevy of executive actions to protect abortion care ahead of an expected Supreme Court decision gutting Roe v. Wade.
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‘I was slipping in people’s blood’: Capitol Police Officer Caroline Edwards testifies at first January 6 hearing
Edwards described being knocked unconscious, then getting back up to help protect the Capitol, as lawmakers presented testimony about the attempts to undermine the valid results of the 2020 election.
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'We have to break tradition': New York’s Alessandra Biaggi thinks it’s time for a new type of Democrat
The state senator decided to take on DCCC Chair Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney over the party’s support for candidates who don’t back abortion rights or gun control measures.
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Abortion divides Democrats in House runoff in South Texas
Jessica Cisneros is in a rematch Tuesday against Rep. Henry Cuellar, the last anti-abortion House Democrat.
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Georgia Republicans drew one fewer Democratic district. Now at least one woman will lose her House seat.
Partisan redistricting scrambled Georgia’s House districts. Now Reps. Carolyn Bourdeaux and Lucy McBath — both rising Democratic stars — are competing against each other for the nomination, and only one woman can win.
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Democrats’ abortion bill fails — again — and they turn to November elections
The Women’s Health Protection Act failed to overcome the Senate filibuster a second time, as all Republicans and Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin voted against it.
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How the Supreme Court leak immediately reverberated in U.S. Senate races
Democrats in competitive races quickly argued that they need more Senate seats to protect abortion access, while the Republican response was more muted — and sometimes didn’t reflect the reality of proposed legislation.
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Donna Edwards was on a journey. Now, she wants to win her old House seat back.
If the progressive Democrat wins in Maryland’s 4th District, she would again represent an epicenter of Black influence.
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Pennsylvania didn’t have a pipeline for candidates like Summer Lee — so she helped build one
Lee is seen as the front-runner in the Democratic primary to fill an open U.S. House seat near Pittsburgh.