Rafi Schwartz

Staff writer

Rafi Schwartz is a Politics Writer with The Week, where he focuses on elections, Congress, and the White House. He was previously a contributing writer with Mic, a senior writer with Splinter News, and the managing editor of Heeb Magazine. His work has appeared in Rolling Stone, GOOD, The Forward, and elsewhere.

Rafi currently lives in the Twin Cities, where he does not bike, run, or take part in any team sports. He does, however, have a variety of interests, hobbies, and passions.

Behind the scenes

The GOP vs. Alvin Bragg

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Behind the scenes

Trump's extradition dilemma

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Behind the scenes

DeSantis' no good, very bad week

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Behind the scenes

Do Republicans want to bomb Mexico?

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Talking point

DeSantis plays both sides in comments on a possible Trump indictment

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WANTED

ICC issues warrant for Putin

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Behind the scenes

Second thoughts about DeSantis?

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Viewership is steady, but...

Trust in Fox News drops for 1/5 of viewers amidst Dominion lawsuit

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Behind the scenes

What exactly is Mike Pence planning?

Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol.

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Behind the scenes

The GOP's damaging obsession with Jan. 6

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'entirely avoidable'

Warren: 'I wish I'd been wrong' predicting SVB collapse

Protester with "Justice for Breonna Taylor" sign

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"erodes the community trust"

Louisville Police had 'practice' of abuses against Black people, DOJ reports

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Briefing

Is the GOP turning on Tucker Carlson?

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Today's big question

Can Fox News survive?

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Behind the scenes

Biden's big D.C. backpedal

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In review

Ron DeSantis' 'chilling' new book

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Profile

Matt Schlapp, falling GOP star?

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Behind the scenes

Is CPAC losing its mojo?

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Today's big question

Release the Capitol riot videos?

Presidents Zelenskyy and Biden shake hands

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"It’s the nature of peace that matters"

U.S. warns against 'new normal' on anniversary of Ukraine invasion

Man in Donald Trump mask wearing prison jumpsuit

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Opinion

The debate over the Trump grand jury forewoman's media blitz

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'it is not a short list'

Trump probe's sealed potential indictments aren't 'rocket science,' says forewoman

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'Iron Diplomacy' strikes again

Biden in Warsaw: 'Freedom' at stake in Ukraine

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Briefing

What Republicans mean by a 'new generation'

Wreckage from train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.

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Safety first

Cincinnati stops using Ohio River water after East Palestine train disaster

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Briefing

Will prison radicalize Jan. 6 rioters?

Sheet of voter information alleging fraud

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Seeking 'appropriate' indictments

'Majority' of Fulton grand jury members allege witnesses committed perjury

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A $2 billion question

Dems seek 'full compliance' from Kushner in Saudi Arabia investigation

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2024

Sen. Dianne Feinstein to retire next year

Gallows outside the U.S. Capitol complex on January 6, 2021

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Killer political instinct

Trump's 2nd-term plans reportedly include firing squads, guillotines

James Comer, Jim Jordan, and Marjorie Taylor Green.

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Briefing

The House GOP's bugbears

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Briefing

The GOP's SOTU response was important not for what it said but what it didn't

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Briefing

Just what has Biden accomplished, anyway?

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Briefing

Dianne Feinstein's next move

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To shoot or not to shoot?

Purported spy balloon prompts hot air from pundits and politicians

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Briefing

The GOP's next move on abortion