Re: "why the f*ck would any member of the press corps call a lawmaker by their first name?":
If I ventured a guess, it would be that since a short time into Trump's second term, the press corps has largely become laughable and filled with far-right "news organizations" which only a year before would have been called conspiracy theory (NOT a term I use lightly, given the term's origin and historical use to silence and ridicule those interested in researching beyond the official narrative) blogs and hyper-partisan rags.
Re: "why the f*ck would any member of the press corps call a lawmaker by their first name?":
If I ventured a guess, it would be that since a short time into Trump's second term, the press corps has largely become laughable and filled with far-right "news organizations" which only a year before would have been called conspiracy theory (NOT a term I use lightly, given the term's origin and historical use to silence and ridicule those interested in researching beyond the official narrative) blogs and hyper-partisan rags.