Bethany Irvine is a freelance political reporter with over five years of experience covering Congress and national politics. She previously worked as a Playbook reporter and Playbook PM co-author at POLITICO, helping guide the morning and afternoon editions of the newsroom’s flagship political newsletter for over a quarter-million subscribers. She also reported on Texas’ congressional delegation for The Texas Tribune. Her reporting has appeared in MS NOW, The Houston Chronicle, The San Antonio Express-News, and HerCampus.com and more.