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Bob Woodward
early and often
July 25, 2023
The Drama-Lover’s Guide to the New Trump Books Love gossip but not enough to actually read all the books about Trump? Here are all the juicy, disturbing, and darkly amusing tidbits you missed.
By Margaret Hartmann
Woodward and Bernstein Didn’t Act Alone If not for their competitors, Nixon would probably have survived Watergate.
By Garrett M. Graff
The Banality of Bonkers Bob Woodward and Robert Costa’s new book on the transition of power from Trump to Biden offers plenty of new details but little surprise.
By Ben Jacobs
coronavirus
Oct. 28, 2020
The 5 Worst Things Jared Kushner Told Bob Woodward About Trump’s COVID Strategy In a newly published interview with Bob Woodward, Jared Kushner said in April that Trump wanted to get “the country back from the doctors.”
By Charlotte Klein
the national interest
Sept. 15, 2020
By Jonathan Chait
the national circus
Sept. 10, 2020
Why Woodward’s Book Won’t Break Through Voters already know everything they need to about the president’s deadly callousness and indifference.
By Frank Rich
the blame game
Sept. 10, 2020
White House, Allies Attempt Defense in Woodward Debacle Tucker Carlson pinned the blame for the entire episode on Lindsey Graham.
By Benjamin Hart
the national interest
Sept. 10, 2020
Trump Avoided Overreacting to the Coronavirus. Mission Accomplished! Maybe presidential overreaction to this pandemic was not the main threat?
By Jonathan Chait
coronavirus
Sept. 9, 2020
Panicker-in-Chief Claims He Lied About COVID-19 to ‘Reduce Panic’ Hardly a minute goes by that Trump isn’t trying to instill fear or induce panic. It’s his chosen strategy for reelection.
By Ed Kilgore
the national interest
Sept. 9, 2020
The 5 Wildest Revelations in Bob Woodward’s New Trump Book “I always wanted to play it down.” Maybe don’t admit that on tape?
By Jonathan Chait
year in culture 2018
Dec. 5, 2018
Book Publishing’s No Good, Very Good Year of Trump In 2018, publishers cried about the president all the way to the bank.
By Lila Shapiro
The Big-Money, Big-Deal Books of the Fall All the season’s probable (or wannabe) best sellers, from Michelle Obama, Michael Lewis, Sally Field, David Blight, and (sorry) Tucker Carlson.
By BORIS KACHKA
Bob Woodward on the ‘Best Obtainable Version of the Truth’ About Trump The legendary journalist explains Trump’s nervous breakdown, when to believe a White House official, and why he isn’t visiting Moscow anytime soon.
By Olivia Nuzzi
donald trump
Sept. 13, 2018
Stephen Miller May Be the Only Staffer Trump Trusts Now Trump’s paranoia may lead him to rely ever more closely on his young and trollish policy adviser.
By Ed Kilgore
donald trump
Sept. 12, 2018
Stormy Daniels to Publish a Tell-All Book About Trump Just Before Midterms Adding to the distractions created by Bob Woodward’s book, it could be a stormy October for the White House.
By Ed Kilgore
donald trump
Sept. 11, 2018
Lindsay Graham’s Latest Mission: Encouraging Trump’s Blood Lust Once part of the jolly, bipartisan Three Amigos, Graham is now very focused on feeding Trump’s most hawkish impulses.
By Ed Kilgore
the national circus
Sept. 6, 2018
Frank Rich: The Anonymous White House Official Is a Collaborator, Not a Resister The Times op-ed reads like a defense document offered in case a Nuremberg-like legal reckoning ever comes about.
By Frank Rich
Bob Woodward on the Media “If there’s something that one of the candidates did that we learn about in somebody’s memoir in 20 years, that really was essential to understanding who they are — that means we failed, in my view.”
By Nick Tabor
from the archives
June 28, 2016
Revisiting New York ’s Watergate Series As the scandal crested, we imagined what it looked like.
By Christopher Bonanos
Washington Post Editor Says Hillary Clinton Shouts Too Much Weird how that’s not an issue the other candidates (male ones) have.
By Jessica Roy
ink-stained wretches
Oct. 29, 2013
By Margaret Hartmann
woodwardgate
Mar. 1, 2013
By Margaret Hartmann
the national interest
Feb. 28, 2013
By Jonathan Chait
ink-stained wretches
Feb. 28, 2013
By Jason Zengerle
the national interest
Feb. 28, 2013
By Jonathan Chait
woodwardgate
Feb. 27, 2013
Bob Woodward Thinks a White House Aide Threatened Him “I think you will regret staking out that claim,” said a White House aide.
By Margaret Hartmann
the national interest
Feb. 25, 2013
The Weird Philosophy of Bob Woodward These aren’t the news reports you’re looking for.
By Jonathan Chait
early and awkward
Sept. 24, 2012
By Brett Smiley
mea culpas
Sept. 10, 2012
By Dan Amira
ink-stained wretches
Apr. 30, 2012
Bob Woodward on Ben Bradlee’s ‘Residual Fear’ Will a Bradlee biography change the story of Watergate?
By Dan Amira
the great switcheroo
Oct. 14, 2011
By Dan Amira
watergate remembered
Aug. 20, 2011
By Andre Tartar
tweets don’t twit themselves
Nov. 9, 2010
89-Year-Old Ben Bradlee Spits Wisdom for the Youth The former Washington ‘Post’ editor stands up for journalism with the rallying cry, “These kids think tweets twit themselves!”
By Avi Zenilman
comings and goings
Oct. 8, 2010
President Obama’s National Security Adviser Steps Down James Jones will be replaced by his deputy, Thomas Donilon.
By Dan Amira
the great switcheroo
Oct. 5, 2010
Clinton-Biden Switch ‘On the Table,’ Woodward Says He adds that Hilary could “run in her own right” in 2016.
By Josh Duboff
cable news news
Sept. 23, 2010
By Chris Rovzar
cheney of fools
Sept. 22, 2010
By Dan Amira
ink-stained wretches
Sept. 22, 2010
By Nitasha Tiku
ink-stained wretches
May 27, 2009
Bob Woodward Unimpressed by the Times ’ Watergate Scoop A tip is nothing without a brilliant reporter to follow up on it.
By Dan Amira
gossipmonger
Jan. 20, 2009
In Which D.C. Stands for the ‘District of Celebrities’ They are all there, basking in the O-Man’s glory. Except Paris Hilton, who’s at Sundance.
By Tim Murphy
apropos of nothing
July 28, 2008
Finally, a ‘Watchmen’ Video Game That Lets You Kill Woodward and Bernstein For some reason, in the new ‘Watchmen’ game, players will be asked to kill the world’s most famous investigative journalists. Awesome!
company town
June 24, 2008
Tom Wolfe Still Making Sweeping, Mostly True Generalizations The writer predicts “the end of capitalism,” and may be right; Ariana Huffington talks about her beef with Tim Russert; and a Manhattan lawyer does due diligence with the Other Side, all in our daily rundown of weird, wonderful finance, media, law and real-estate news.