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White House Press Corps

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Dylan Byers • July 3, 2024

The Brady Room Rater

Less than a week after the disastrous Biden debate, the White House press corps is pissed—furious at the White House, annoyed at each other—and ready to take the gloves off.
Dylan Byers • April 26, 2024
Biden & His Times
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News, notes, and fresh reporting on a deliciously perfect WHCD week micro-scandal—Politico’s mischievous, made-for-pot-stirring report on the alleged beef between the Times and the White House.
Dylan Byers • February 14, 2024
The Age of Biden
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For better or worse, many in the WH press corps have spent the last couple years noticeably avoiding the topic of the president’s agility and acuity because it felt indelicate or irrelevant. Now, the Hur report has stirred some soul-searching.
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Dylan Byers • January 6, 2023
D.C. Media Begins Its ’24 Cycle
News and notes on the election cycle game of musical chairs within the D.C. media scene.
Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Bernie Sanders
Tara Palmeri • May 12, 2022
Succession Drama Sweeps D.C.
Investigating the early steps to replace Pelosi, Gillibrand’s possible 13-year itch, Bernie’s sulking, and the dish inside the West Wing.
Wolf Blitzer and Jake Tapper on CNN
Julia Ioffe • July 30, 2021
The Existential Anxiety of Cable News After Trump
Journalists resented Trump for all the obvious reasons. But his presidency also reversed a long erosion of the industry—and transformed the economics of media careers.
Donald Trump talks to reporters as he departs the White House
Julia Ioffe • July 8, 2021
The Agony and Ecstasy of the Trump Reporters
Six months since he left office after dispatching a mob to ransack the Capitol, the journalists who covered Trump are still adjusting to a post-Trump reality.