Paul Brandus
An award-winning member of the White House press corps, Paul Brandus founded WestWingReports.com (@WestWingReport) and provides reports for media outlets around the United States and overseas. His career spans network television, Wall Street, and several years as a foreign correspondent based in Moscow, where he covered the collapse of the Soviet Union for NBC Radio and the award-winning business and economics program Marketplace. He has traveled to 53 countries on five continents and has reported from, among other places, Iraq, Chechnya, China, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Latest articles by Paul Brandus
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Obama's real legacy: the Supreme Court?
feature There's nothing Obama would love more than to appoint another liberal justice
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Why Cantor's upset is bad news for Obama
feature If you think Barack Obama has trouble dealing with House Republicans now, you haven't seen anything yet
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Is it too late for Obama to rescue his legacy?
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How America is failing its veterans
feature The problem is far worse than long wait times at VA hospitals
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More proof that everyone hates Washington — and why it won't matter in November
feature Cratering popularity for each party is just one part of the story
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Forget Russia. America has a raft of more pressing problems.
feature It's time we stopped fighting Cold War demons and dealt with real catastrophes here at home
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Why U.S. presidents are powerless to stop the Russians
feature To understand Obama's dilemma, you really have to understand Vladimir Putin's psyche
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Obama's flailing and foolish attacks on the media
feature When a president starts pointing fingers at the press, you know he's in real trouble
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5 things to be hopeful for in 2013
feature The federal government's debt may be ballooning. But the personal debt of U.S. households is actually shrinking
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A grand canyon separates Obama and the GOP on the fiscal cliff
feature When Mitch McConnell first heard Obama's proposal, he reportedly laughed in disbelief
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Why we don't need the Keystone Pipeline
feature Proponents claim it will bring down gas prices, create jobs, and preserve national security. Not so fast...
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The dam bursts on Benghazi
feature Thanks to a bombshell report from ABC News, GOP accusations that the White House politicized a tragedy no longer seem so unsubstantiated
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D.C. is obsessed with scandal. America isn't.
feature No wonder the nation is disillusioned with its lawmakers.
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How much privacy will you trade for security?
feature They are both important. But they don't always coexist nicely
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How a flailing president can get his groove back
feature Obama embarrassed himself in Round 1. The rematch presents a great opportunity for a comeback
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President Obama strikes back
feature Mitt Romney held his own in the second presidential debate, but a clearly plurality of voters declared Obama the winner
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Why Joe Biden's debate swagger matters — and why it doesn't
feature The vice president fired up the base and put Republican Paul Ryan back on his heels. But history shows that even boffo VP performances rarely move the needle
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The global hotspots the foreign policy debate will ignore
feature Romney and Obama are sure to trade jabs about Syria, Iran, and China. But it's unlikely that we'll hear anything about North Korea and the EU
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Why Republicans shouldn't get too excited over Obama's stumbles
feature Polls actually show the GOP losing ground in key areas
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Obama's approval is drooping. But it's the GOP that should worry.
feature Ferocious Republican attacks on the president are so single-minded and hyperbolic that the party is only hurting itself
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Did JFK predict his own death?
feature He was certainly preoccupied with the possibility of assassination
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Debunking 5 Keystone pipeline myths
feature No, America doesn't need Keystone's oil
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The 1st annual Tricky Dick Awards
feature Finally, something John Boehner and President Obama can share
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5 things you should worry about in 2014
feature Maybe this won't be such a happy new year, after all
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