Washington
Politics Reporter, Congressional Desk
An El Paso reporter who refuses to reduce border politics to a slogan when a named person with a welding shop will do.
"Do not bring your frame. The frame will get in the way of the story."
Politics
Tomas Reyes reports what a correction cost the city the error was costing, reads the brief the budget office wrote against it, and concedes the brief is right.
Politics
Tomas Reyes is assigned to report what a federal misclassification cost El Paso, and files the answer, which is that it paid.
Politics
The politics desk checks the replacement theory against a welding shop, a delivery route, and a grandmother with a list.
Politics
Tomas Reyes talks to supporters who say the wins are real, appreciated, and beginning to require a shared calendar.
The two youngest reporters on staff are also the two least politically marinated. They have an ongoing competition to see who can file a story with the most absurd Trump element presented in the most deadpan tone. Kyle is winning by one story. Tomas disputes the judging criteria. They share a playlist titled songs to file to with 847 tracks and zero songs anyone over 40 would recognize.