Over 300 speakers — and thousands of attendees — descended on downtown Austin for the three-day Texas Tribune Festival examining politics and policy issues facing Texas and the United States. Here are some selected conversations on topics including immigration, gun violence and politics.
The 2018 Texas Tribune Festival
During the 2018 Texas Tribune Festival in downtown Austin, more than 300 leading figures in politics, public policy and journalism are joining thousands of Texans to discuss big-picture solutions to the most pressing policy issues facing our state and our nation. Here’s a look at the Tribune’s coverage of the three-day event.
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2018 Tribfest: Texas midterm elections, Brett Kavanaugh, and other issues
Watch as we look back at some of the news made at the 2018 Texas Tribune Festival.
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U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke discusses DWI, term limits
At the closing keynote of the Texas Tribune Festival, the Senate hopeful said the police report of his 1998 drunk driving arrest is incorrect and reaffirmed his commitment to not seek higher office if elected.
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Kavanaugh hearings, Michael Avenatti and more Texas Tribune Festival highlights
The three-day Texas Tribune Festival is officially over. Look back at some of the highlights here.
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar says Brett Kavanaugh is “not the person for the Supreme Court”
At an interview Saturday at the Texas Tribune Festival, the Minnesota Democrat talked about the Supreme Court and the Mueller probe — and carefully skirted questions about her own presidential ambitions.
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Nancy Pelosi: Democrats should focus on health care, working families — not abolishing ICE
The House minority leader also said U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh lacked the “temperament” for a seat on the nation’s highest court.
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Mayor Bill de Blasio says his “progressive vision” for New York City can be copied across the country
De Blasio, a two-term Democrat, answered questions about the subway, progressivism at the local and national levels and politics in an increasingly left-wing New York state.
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Michael Avenatti talks Brett Kavanaugh, 2020 run
The attorney at the center of so much of the day’s news talked about what’s happening now — and what he’ll do next.
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John Kerry hails 2018 midterms as “greatest course-correction moment we’ve had in years”
We kicked off the 2018 Texas Tribune Festival with an interview of the former secretary of state. Kerry answered questions about foreign policy, the Brett Kavanaugh hearings, 2020 and more.
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Watch livestreams of the 2018 Texas Tribune Festival’s featured events
Here’s where you can find all the livestreams from the 2018 Texas Tribune Festival.