TribCast by The Texas Tribune

TribCast: Democrats make it rain in some key races

On this week's TribCast, Patrick talks to Evan, Ross and Neena about Democrats' impressive fundraising in the U.S. Senate race and some congressional contests, as well as about the latest developments in the family separation crisis at the Texas-Mexico border. Senate hopeful Beto O'Rourke also joins the show to discuss his second-quarter fundraising numbers. 1. O'Rourke's massive $10.4 million haul O'Rourke, who's challenging Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, announced Wednesday night he raised over $10.4 million over the last three months, again outraising Cruz by a wide margin. The El Paso congressman talks with the gang about what he believes is powering his fundraising success, where the money's coming from and how he plans to spend it with four months until Election Day. 2. Top congressional challengers report seven figures O'Rourke isn't the only Democratic candidate in Texas experiencing a flood of donations. Four Democrats running for GOP-held congressional seats in the state have announced raising over $1 million in the last quarter, ensuring they'll be anything but underfunded as the general election kicks into high gear. 3. Trusting Trump on family reunification The Trump administration is working under a court order to reunite some immigrant families that it's separated. Neena talks about the progress the federal government is making on this front — and whether it can be trusted with the process. Thanks for joining us! We'll see you next week!

"Blood Will Tell" investigation, death row with disabilities

On this week's TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Jolie and the New York Times Magazine and ProPublica's Pamela Colloff on Pam's two-part "Blood Will Tell" series on blood spatter analysis and the state's consideration of intellectual disabilities in death row cases.

Texas and SCOTUS, George P. Bush's "fake news," Senate race heats up

In this edition of the TribCast, Texas Tribune reporter Patrick Svitek sits down with CEO Evan Smith, executive editor Ross Ramsey and reporter Emma Platoff.

Looking at Greg Abbott's response to Santa Fe

In this edition of the TribCast, Texas Tribune political reporter Patrick Svitek sits down with CEO Evan Smith, executive editor Ross Ramsey and education reporter Aliyya Swaby.

Dissecting Tuesday’s party primary runoffs in Texas

In this edition of the TribCast, the first one after the party primary runoffs, Texas Tribune Executive Editor Ross Ramsey sits down with Political Editor Aman Batheja and reporters Patrick Svitek and Emma Platoff.