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Ximena Bustillo

Reporter, Washington Desk

Ximena Bustillo is a multi-platform reporter at NPR covering politics out of the White House and Congress on air and in print.

Before joining NPR, she was an award-winning food and agriculture policy reporter and newsletter author at POLITICO covering immigration, climate, labor, supply chain and equity issues.

Bustillo got her start in journalism at the Idaho Statesman where she helped spearhead the state's Spanish-language coronavirus news coverage through articles and public web forums.

She is a graduate of Boise State University.

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Thursday

GOP presidential candidates debated in Alabama. Trump was a no-show

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Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy holds up a sign reading "Nikki = corrupt" referring to former Governor from South Carolina and UN ambassador Nikki Haley as he speaks during the fourth Republican presidential primary debate at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on December 6, 2023. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Tuesday

Republican presidential candidate former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley puts her hand up to Vivek Ramaswamy while he speaks to her as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (C) listens during the NBC News Republican Presidential Primary Debate. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption

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Pins are pictured at a display counter during a cultural meeting at the Comanche Nation fairgrounds in Lawton, Okla., on Sept. 30. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Sometimes overlooked by campaigns, Native voters could decide major elections in 2024

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Friday

Environmental activists march during the Global Climate Strike in downtown Chicago on Sept. 15, 2023. Local groups across the United States are gathering to call for an end to the era of fossil fuels. Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Wednesday

Ivanka Trump exits the courtroom for a break during the civil fraud trial of her father former President Donald Trump at New York State Supreme Court on Wednesday in New York City. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images hide caption

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Clockwise from top left: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Donald Trump, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, Vivek Ramaswamy and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. Anna Moneymaker, Brandon Bell, Win McNamee, Michael M. Santiago, Robyn Beck/AFP (2), Ethan Miller/Getty Images hide caption

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Tuesday

Trump spars with New York judge as he testifies in civil fraud trial

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Republican presidential candidates former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis participate in the FOX Business Republican Primary Debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in September. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption

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Eric Trump sits in the courtroom alongside his attorneys for his second day of testimony during his civil fraud trial at New York State Supreme Court on Friday in New York City. Dave Sanders/Pool/Getty Images hide caption

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Wednesday

This photo illustration shows the mugshot of former President Donald Trump next to a website called Trump Save America JFC, a joint fundraising committee on behalf of Donald J. Trump for President 2024, which is selling merchandise bearing his mugshot. Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Saturday

Trump fined after judge calls him to the witness stand

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Thursday

Trump fined $10,000 for violating a gag order in his civil fraud trial in New York

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Former Trump executive Allan Weisselberg testifies in the Trump civil trial

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Tuesday

Former Trump executive Allan Weisselberg testifies in the Trump civil trial

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Tuesday