Jake Tapper

Jake Tapper is the chief Washington correspondent for CNN. An Emmy Award-winning TV journalist and twice New York Times -bestselling novelist, in 2024 he chaired the Trump-Biden debate that began the unravelling of the president's re-election campaign. A Dartmouth graduate and Philadelphia native, he lives in Washington, DC with his family. Alex Thompson is a national political correspondent for Axios and a CNN contributor. Before that, he created Politico 's West Wing Playbook newsletter and...See more

Jake Tapper is the chief Washington correspondent for CNN. An Emmy Award-winning TV journalist and twice New York Times -bestselling novelist, in 2024 he chaired the Trump-Biden debate that began the unravelling of the president's re-election campaign. A Dartmouth graduate and Philadelphia native, he lives in Washington, DC with his family. Alex Thompson is a national political correspondent for Axios and a CNN contributor. Before that, he created Politico 's West Wing Playbook newsletter and worked at the New York Times and Vice News . A Harvard graduate, he lives in Washington, DC. See less