AMANDA BECKER is a 2023 Nieman Fellow and Washington correspondent for The 19th. 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 The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, y Glamour magazine, and her political coverage has also been broadcast on National Public Radio. She lives in Washington, D.C.