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Paul Brandus

Contributing Writer

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.

Why I love Twitter
Paul Brandus
The Bullpen

Why I love Twitter

11 fascinating facts about America's presidents and the White House
Ronald Reagan
Feature

11 fascinating facts about America's presidents and the White House

The White House Correspondents Dinner is terrible. I'm never going again... after this year.
President Obama during last year's correspondents' dinner.
Opinion

The White House Correspondents Dinner is terrible. I'm never going again... after this year.

Barack Obama is not Neville Chamberlain
Barack Obama.
Opinion

Barack Obama is not Neville Chamberlain

The upside of American politicians being techno-phobic Luddites
Luddites
Opinion

The upside of American politicians being techno-phobic Luddites

3 myths about ObamaCare at the Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Opinion

3 myths about ObamaCare at the Supreme Court

Would America accept a president with no college degree?
The key to success?
Opinion

Would America accept a president with no college degree?

The deficit is shrinking — but it's still a huge problem
Opinion

The deficit is shrinking — but it's still a huge problem

5 myths about gas prices, Big Oil, and the presidency
Paul Brandus
The Bullpen

5 myths about gas prices, Big Oil, and the presidency

You are better off than you were four years ago
Paul Brandus
The Bullpen

You are better off than you were four years ago

Why you're wrong about gas prices and politics
Paul Brandus
The Bullpen

Why you're wrong about gas prices and politics

Why does Wall Street hate Obama?
Paul Brandus
The Bullpen

Why does Wall Street hate Obama?

My advice to high school grads
Graduation
The Bullpen

My advice to high school grads

The dam bursts on Benghazi
Darrell Issa, R-Ca. (center) confers with committee general counsel Stephen Castor (right), during the hearing on Benghazi, May 8.
The Bullpen

The dam bursts on Benghazi

The October Surprise is here, and her name is Sandy
Paul Brandus
The Bullpen

The October Surprise is here, and her name is Sandy

What I learned at the gun show
Paul Brandus
The Bullpen

What I learned at the gun show

The 1st annual Tricky Dick Awards
Boehner
2013: The Year in Review

The 1st annual Tricky Dick Awards

Uncle Sam is actually good at building websites
IRS.gov
Feature

Uncle Sam is actually good at building websites

Nearly all Americans think of themselves as patriots
12 victims of the Texas fertilizer plant explosion
The Bullpen

Nearly all Americans think of themselves as patriots

How gun-rights advocates benefit from Obama's presidency
Paul Brandus
The Bullpen

How gun-rights advocates benefit from Obama's presidency

Sandy Hook a year later: Our hopeless gun debate
Sandy Hook
Feature

Sandy Hook a year later: Our hopeless gun debate

A Fourth of July channeling of Thomas Jefferson
Paul Brandus
The Bullpen

A Fourth of July channeling of Thomas Jefferson

5 things you should worry about in 2014
Colorado River
Feature

5 things you should worry about in 2014

How a flailing president can get his groove back
Paul Brandus
The Bullpen

How a flailing president can get his groove back

Romney and Obama: Two peas in a pod on Israel and Iran?
Paul Brandus
The Bullpen

Romney and Obama: Two peas in a pod on Israel and Iran?

Obama's cynical, unpassable budget
Paul Brandus
The Bullpen

Obama's cynical, unpassable budget

Once again, Washington fails
Paul Brandus
The Bullpen

Once again, Washington fails

Obama's top 5 successes
Paul Brandus
The Bullpen

Obama's top 5 successes

America already drove over a fiscal cliff
Paul Brandus
The Bullpen

America already drove over a fiscal cliff

JFK's murder was not a conspiracy
JFK
Feature

JFK's murder was not a conspiracy

How the ObamaCare ruling will shape U.S. politics... for the next 40 years
Paul Brandus
The Bullpen

How the ObamaCare ruling will shape U.S. politics... for the next 40 years

What the Chen Guangcheng debacle reveals about Obama
Paul Brandus
The Bullpen

What the Chen Guangcheng debacle reveals about Obama

Obama's approval is drooping. But it's the GOP that should worry.
President Obama
Feature

Obama's approval is drooping. But it's the GOP that should worry.

The craziest, most nail-biting elections in U.S. history
Paul Brandus
The Bullpen

The craziest, most nail-biting elections in U.S. history

What history tells us about presidential debates
Paul Brandus
The Bullpen

What history tells us about presidential debates

The media's shameful exploitation of political soundbites
Paul Brandus
The Bullpen

The media's shameful exploitation of political soundbites