Democrats on the ballot in communities hit hardest by Harvey argue that Republicans in office haven’t done enough to prepare Texas for the next major hurricane.
Claire Parker
Claire Parker was a 2018 reporting fellow based in Washington, D.C. She graduated from Harvard with a degree in Social Studies and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. Claire was the associate managing editor of The Harvard Crimson, where she previously covered the university president and Harvard’s relationship with Washington. She also reported on Massachusetts politics as an intern at The Boston Globe.
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Texas Elections 2018
“The door to the future”: How Eddie Bernice Johnson could make history if Democrats win back the House
Johnson, a Dallas Democrat, has served in the U.S. House for 26 years. If her party wins control of the chamber, she’s well positioned to become the first African-American representative from Texas to lead a standing committee in Congress.
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Texas Elections 2018
Trump sends campaign cash boost to 6 Texans in fight for control of Congress
President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign announced it made donations to around 100 Republicans in congressional races ahead of the midterms. Six of those recipients were Texas incumbents.
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The Trump administration will aid farmers hurt by trade war. Some Texas lawmakers call it welfare
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced $12 billion in emergency aid to offset the effects of new tariffs — to the relief of many Texas farmers. But some Republicans in Congress would rather see Trump end the tariffs.
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Texas Elections 2018
With candidates in every U.S. House race, Texas Democrats see fundraising boom
The growth in fundraising reflects candidates in many traditionally Republican areas running professional campaigns that party faithful hope will have a long-term impact.
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Families Divided
Trump administration reunites “eligible” immigrant children under 5, but lawyers complain about blunders
In one case, lawyers say, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officers left a woman alone at a bus stop with her young kids and no bus ticket. In another, ICE officers were unable to affix a mother with an ankle monitor, so they sent her back to detention without her children.
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Families Divided
Trump officials want to give migrant families two options: Stay detained together or agree to separation
U.S. Department of Justice lawyers are seeking permission from a federal judge to offer separated immigrant families two options: remain together in family detention centers, or release kids while parents stay detained.
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Politics
Republican Michael Cloud sworn in as Texas’ newest congressman
After winning a special election in U.S. House District 27, Republican Michael Cloud officially became Texas’ newest member of Congress on Tuesday. But he’s not done campaigning yet — to keep the seat, he’ll need to win it again in November.
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Families Divided
As reunification deadline lands, dozens of immigrant children under 5 remain separated from their parents
At least 38 children will be reunified ahead of a Tuesday deadline, and a federal judge called on the government to speed up parental vetting processes to reunite 26 more with their parents by the end of the day.
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Families Divided
Facing a Tuesday deadline to reunite about 100 migrant toddlers with their parents, feds say they’ve reunited 2
At a federal court hearing in California on Monday, a government lawyer also said that nearly half of those children won’t be reunited by the Tuesday deadline.