Texas Tribune 2019 Festival highlights: Impeachment, 2020 and more
It's the third and final day of the annual political extravaganza. Here are some of the high points of the event. Full Story
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![Stephanie Ruhle interviews presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg at The Texas Tribune Festival on Friday, Sept. 27, 2019.]()
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Nancy Pelosi to speak Saturday at The Texas Tribune Festival, days after announcing impeachment inquiry
Pelosi is the keynote speaker, and it's her third time to appear at the event. Full Story
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![House Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke at a press conference on H.R. 1 in Austin on Mar. 5, 2019.]()
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Watch Nancy Pelosi speak at The Texas Tribune Festival
Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, talks about making Congress work, a presidency without precedent, the coming elections and her vision for a better America. Full Story
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![Texas Tribune CEO Evan Smith interviews House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at The Texas Tribune Festival on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019.]()
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Watch Julián Castro speak at The 2019 Texas Tribune Festival
The former secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development talked about his race for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020. Full Story
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![Presidential candidate Julián Castro speaks to the crowd during a rally at Warehouse Live on Monday, Sept. 9, 2019, in Houston.]()
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Watch Ted Cruz speak at The 2019 Texas Tribune Festival
Watch a recording of "Why is This Happening? with Chris Hayes," in which Ted Cruz talks with Chris Hayes about small government, big tech, the Senate vs. the House and his relationship with the president. Full Story
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![Ted Cruz speaks at the annual School Choice Week rally held on the South Steps of the Texas State Capitol on Jan. 23, 2019.]()
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Watch a Texas Tribune Festival conversation on improving the state of our politics
In a two-part discussion, this panel unpacked potential solutions to improve American politics. Part one features a conversation with Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate. In part two, a panel discussed real-life experiments and pie-in-the-sky ideas. Full Story
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Watch Michael Bennet speak at The 2019 Texas Tribune Festival
The U.S senator from Colorado talked about his race for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020. Full Story
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![2020 Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Michael Bennet speaks during the Presidential Gun Sense Forum in Des Moines, Iowa on Aug. 10, 2019.]()
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Watch Amy Klobuchar speak at The 2019 Texas Tribune Festival
The U.S. senator from Minnesota talked about her race for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020. Full Story
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![U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., speaks at the She the People Presidential Forum at Texas Southern University in Houston on Wednesday April 24, 2019. Eight Democratic presidential candidates attended to answer questions.]()
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Watch a Texas Tribune Festival conversation with House Freedom Caucus members
Watch a conversation featuring U.S. House Freedom Caucus founding Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio; Chairman Mark Meadows, R-North Carolina; and member Chip Roy, R-Austin. Full Story
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![U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, R-Austin, speaks at a Tribune event on Sept. 3, 2019.]()
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Watch Beto O'Rourke speak at the 2019 Texas Tribune Festival
Beto O'Rourke, the former congressman from El Paso, talked with MSNBC Washington Correspondent Garrett Haake about his race for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020. Full Story
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![Presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke addresses a crowd at Marathon Music Works in Nashville, Tennessee on Sunday, July 7, 2019.]()
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Watch Will Hurd speak at The 2019 Texas Tribune Festival
The Texas congressman talked about his decision to retire, his support of the president, the future of the Republican Party, the surge of white supremacy and the crisis at the border. Full Story
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![Congressional candidate Will Hurd speaks to supporters during a get-out-the-vote rally in San Antonio. Nov. 7, 2016.]()
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New disclosures show Texas Sen. Royce West making big bucks from government contracts
West, running in the increasingly crowded Democratic field to take on Republican U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, also disclosed in federal forms that he's in business with a company run by a Republican megadonor. Full Story
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![State Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas, speaks to the press following Gov. Abbott's State of the State address in Austin on Feb. 5, 2019.]()
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TribCast: Two Texas mass shootings in a month
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Patrick and Alex about the second mass shooting in Texas in a month and the reaction at home and on the presidential trail. Full Story
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![A vehicle's windows are shot out at a car dealership in Odessa on Sunday, Sept. 1, one day after a mass murderer killed seven people and injured 22 others.]()
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U.S. Rep. Bill Flores will not run for reelection, marking the fifth recent GOP retirement in Texas
Flores, who represents the 17th Congressional District, said he will return to business in the private sector and remain politically active. Full Story
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![U.S. Rep. Bill Flores, R-Bryan, announced Wednesday morning that he is retiring.]()
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"They should respect our opinions": U.S. reps along the Texas-Mexico border serve as ambassadors for their homes
With the focus of Washington on the border, five Texas members of Congress have served as guides for their colleagues and advocates for their constituents. Full Story
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![U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-El Paso, is one of the keynote speakers at "Standing Against Fear" hosted by El Paso Interreligious Sponsoring Organization (EPISO)/ Border Interfaith, on Thursday, Aug. 8, at St. Paul's Catholic Church in El Paso. The gathering was intended to help attendees "grieve and rebuild the bonds of trust to overcome fear and hate."]()
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Donald Trump is spending more money on Facebook ads in Texas than in any other state
The spending in the traditionally red state is raising questions about whether he's simply shoring up his support — or treating Texas as potentially up for grabs in 2020. Full Story
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![President Donald Trump speaks at the third annual "Made in America Product Showcase" on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., on July 15, 2019.]()
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Trump administration aims to make citizenship more difficult for immigrants who receive public assistance
Immigrants who use public benefits — such as Medicaid, food stamps or housing assistance — could have a tougher time obtaining a green card or U.S. citizenship. Full Story
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5th Circuit upholds Indian Child Welfare Act as constitutional, reversing lower court
The appeals court overturned a 2018 decision from a federal district judge who ruled that the law, which gives adoption placement preference to Native American tribes, was unconstitutional. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton challenged the law in 2017. Full Story
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President Trump is in El Paso today. The local congresswoman won’t meet with him.
U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar has said that Trump’s divisive rhetoric is in part to blame for a mass shooting that officials have deemed an act of domestic terrorism. Full Story
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![U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-El Paso, speaks to the media before a march at Houston Park in El Paso on August 4, 2019.]()
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Analysis: A small, but ill-timed exodus of Texas Republicans from Congress
Three Texas Republicans have announced they won't seek reelection in 2020, and that will probably turn out to be an incomplete roster of retirees. It couldn't come at a better time for Democrats hoping to have a hand in redistricting the state's congressional delegation in 2021. Full Story
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![From left: Gov. Greg Abbott and Republican candidate for Texas House District 25, Fred Rangel. Jan. 31, 2019.]()
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