U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, made his position clear on Friday: Russia is responsible for cyberattacks on Democrats in 2016 and President Trump should hold Putin accountable.
Abby Livingston
Abby Livingston joined The Texas Tribune in 2014 as the publication's first Washington bureau chief, and departed August 2022. In this role, she covered members in the Texas congressional delegation and campaigns back in the home state. A seventh-generation Texan, Abby grew up in Fort Worth and graduated from the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to the Tribune, Abby worked for NBC, CNN, National Journal and Roll Call. At the Tribune, she won the 2017 National Press Club Award for Washington regional reporting and the Society of Professional Journalists' 2018 Sigma Delta Chi Award for Washington correspondence. Abby is a contributing writer to the Almanac of American Politics and frequently appears on MSNBC, CNN and Sirius XM radio. She also had a role on an episode of "The Bold and The Beautiful." In keeping with the Trib’s great history of hiring softball stars, Abby is a three-time MVP (the most in game history) for The Bad News Babes, the women’s press softball team that takes on female members of Congress in the annual Congressional Women’s Softball breast cancer charity game.
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Texans in Congress head home as Trump muddles health care negotiations
Republican members of the Texas congressional delegation began returning home for a Fourth of July recess Friday amid troubled negotiations on a health care overhaul measure that drew the attention of President Trump.
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Trump taps Kay Bailey Hutchison to serve as NATO ambassador
President Trump has nominated former U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison to be the nation’s new NATO ambassador.
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Ted Cruz proposes amendment with aim to salvage Senate health care plan
As Senate Republicans rush to salvage a health care overhaul, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is proposing an amendment aimed at striking a balance between conservative and more moderate GOP senators opposed to the latest version.
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Senate Republicans halt health care overhaul as Cruz maintains opposition
The U.S. Senate postponed taking up a major overhaul of the health care system as several Republicans and all of the chamber’s Democrats maintained opposition. U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz said he had reservations about “the current draft.”
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Cruz declines to support Senate GOP health care bill, while Cornyn defends it
The two U.S. Senators from Texas took opposing positions on the Senate GOP’s long-awaited plan to overhaul the American health care system Thursday.
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Texas congressman says remarks on Clintons, Vince Foster were “a step too far”
U.S. Rep. Pete Olson on Tuesday walked back comments he had made on local radio in which he accused — without evidence — former President Bill Clinton of admitting to the murder of deceased aide Vincent Foster.
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Ted Cruz on health care overhaul: “Of course I’ll compromise”
After years positioning himself as a principled bulwark against spineless moderates, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is now at the center of efforts to pass an Obamacare overhaul bill out of the U.S. Senate.
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New in Tribtalk: How baseball and softball make Congress work better
It is impossible to move legislation through Congress without strong interpersonal relationships. The annual baseball and softball games help forge those bonds, writes the Tribune’s Washington Bureau Chief, who plays in the Congressional Women’s Softball Game.
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At emotional Congressional Baseball Game, Texans take the field
A day after the shooting of a U.S. congressman rocked Washington, D.C., baseball brought together the Capitol Hill community on Thursday night.
