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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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Senate bolsters fund for survivors of domestic abuse and other violent crimes
The Crime Victims Fund’s balance is dwindling; the legislative fix will redirect fees and fines from deferred prosecution agreements.
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Advocates pressure Congress on child care investments
Their message to Democrats: ‘This is not the time for Band-Aids.’
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Senate Democrats take fight to protect voting rights to Georgia
Sen. Amy Klobuchar told The 19th her panel is holding the historic hearing because its legislature passed the ‘most egregious’ voting law in the country.
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Texas Democrats to U.S. Senate: ‘Save our state, save our country’
The state legislators came to Washington to block a restrictive voting bill and deliver a message: ‘We’re passing the baton to you.’
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#MeToo exposed how forced arbitration protects harassers. A bipartisan group of lawmakers wants to ban it.
Former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson said it will be her ‘greatest achievement in life’ to see the law enacted.
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Progressive groups criticize DOJ for defending Trump defamation case related to sexual assault allegation
A letter to Biden cites Merrick Garland decision to continue representing former president in defamation lawsuit brought by E. Jean Carroll.
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Biden’s federal judicial picks are 77 percent women so far
The president is on track to shatter previous records as he aims to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court.
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Nikole Hannah-Jones to join Howard University after declining UNC tenure offer
“I decided to decline the offer of tenure ... It was a very difficult decision, not a decision I wanted to make,” Hannah-Jones said.
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Justice Kagan warns Supreme Court has weakened voting protections at ‘perilous moment’
Her dissent is a civics lesson about voting in America when you’re not a White man.
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Nikole Hannah-Jones' delayed UNC tenure offer highlights political battle over critical race theory
Her 1619 Project is at the center of a debate about what public-school students can learn about race in America.