National Correspondent, @CBSSunday and Chief Washington Analyst, @CBSNews; co-author of “Peril” with @realBobWoodward

Washington, D.C.
Joined October 2009
This Sunday on @CBSSunday: a conversation with @anniekarni and @lukebroadwater, co-authors of "Mad House" and NYT reporters, on the off-year elections and the gov't shutdown...
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NEWS: Former Speaker Pelosi will not run for reelection. She makes the announcement in a video that is a letter to San Francisco and the people in that city and region... she reflects on her life, career, and faith, with an emphasis on the city and its values
Mamdani: "Donald Trump, since I know you're watching... I have four words for you: turn the volume up!"
Robert Costa retweeted
First winner of a major political office that I can remember to cite Eugene Debs in the opening of an election victory night speech.
Newsom's effort wins in California... could make it easier for the Dems to win back not just the majority but the subpoena power that comes with it piped.video/watch?v=_Lx9_--p…
Breaking News: California voters agreed to aggressively redraw the state’s congressional district lines to wipe out as many as five Republican seats, according to The Associated Press, delivering a major victory for national Democrats. nyti.ms/3Jw6mqO
Mamdani brings up Eugene Debs in his opening remarks tonight. A revealing tell that he is linking with the history of democratic socialism in this country, with Senator Sanders, and saying to New York, and the country, that he is building on that movement and pushing it fwd...
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Zohran Mamdani built an anti-loneliness campaign. He met voters who were attached to screens, isolated from the pandemic, spiritually unmoored — and got them out of the house, because the political, to them, was personal. W/ the wonderful @boreskes nytimes.com/2025/11/04/nyreg…
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.@daveweigel on what happened tonight
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Schumer statement: "I congratulate Mayor-elect Mamdani... I have worked collaboratively and productively with [him] on a number of vital issues over the years — including delivering historic relief to our taxi drivers... and I look forward to building on that partnership..."
RT @CBSNews: Democrat Zohran Mamdani, 34, has won the New York City mayoral race, CBS News projects. CBS News’ Robert Costa reports that so…
Per @NidiaCavazosTV, senior advisers to Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Prop 50 campaign tell CBS News they are expecting a victory tonight BUT are also anticipating the Trump administration to challenge or undermine tonight's results. Say there is a legal team ready to counter WH...
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Robert Costa retweeted
About as good a night for Dems as you can imagine - they're also leading in NEPA county races (a part of the state that rushed right toward Trump)
Decision Desk HQ projects Justices David Wecht, Kevin Dougherty, and Christine Donohue retain their seats on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. #DecisionMade: 9:23 pm ET Follow live results on our website.
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Sanders reminds me, in some ways, of Goldwater. Goldwater never won the presidency but he shifted the party and gave a younger generation a playbook for how to challenge and beat the party's centrists.
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For the Sanders wing of the American left, tonight is a significant moment. Have been covering them for years and it was 10 years ago this month Sanders was facing enormous skepticism about his ideas, dem. socialism. Now someone echoing his message has won the NYC mayoral race.
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Robert Costa retweeted
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Robert Costa retweeted
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