Susan B. Glasser
Susan B. Glasser is a staff writer at The New Yorker, where she writes a weekly column on life in Washington.
Glasser has served as the top editor of several Washington publications, including Politico, where she founded the award-winning Politico Magazine, and Foreign Policy, which won three National Magazine Awards, among other honors, during her tenure as editor in chief. Before that, she worked for a decade at the Washington Post, where she was the editor of Outlook and national news. She also oversaw coverage of the impeachment of Bill Clinton, served as a reporter covering the intersection of money and politics, spent four years as the Post’s Moscow co-bureau chief, and covered the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. She edited Roll Call, a Capitol Hill newspaper, early in her career.
Her books include “Kremlin Rising,” “The Man Who Ran Washington,” and, most recently, “The Divider,” a best-selling history of Donald Trump in the White House, which she co-wrote with her husband, Peter Baker.
The Morality Play Inside Trump’s Courtroom
“This idea of the old ‘Teflon Don’ is just finished,” Evan Osnos says. “The guy is now a creature of the court.”
Did Mike Johnson Just Get Religion on Ukraine?
The Speaker’s sudden willingness to bring foreign-aid bills to the House floor risks his Speakership—and Trump’s wrath.
Will an 1864 Abortion Law Doom Trump in Arizona?
Understanding the current politics around abortion, Arizona’s Civil War-era ban, and how the issue of reproductive health care will affect both parties’ chances in November.
Donald Trump Did This
On abortion, Arizona, and the 2024 Presidential election.
After the World Central Kitchen Attack, How Far Will Biden Shift on Israel?
“There is a degree to which Biden has looked around and realized,” Evan Osnos says, “that he had to catch up to where the country was.”
Donald Trump’s Amnesia Advantage
The 2024 race comes down to just how much America has lost its collective mind about its disastrous former President.
The Political Books That Help Us Make Sense of 2024
The works of fiction and nonfiction that offer clarity on the Trump-Biden rematch, U.S. foreign policy, and even Vladimir Putin.
Is It Finally Donald Trump’s Time to Pay Up?
The ex-President, triggered by the thought of losing Trump Tower, contemplates a 2024 reckoning.
How Gaza, Ukraine, and TikTok Are Influencing the Election
“Donald Trump’s vision, or lack of vision, of what the United States can be in the world is a risk of a kind we really haven’t had in any of our lifetimes,” Evan Osnos says.
I Listened to Trump’s Rambling, Unhinged, Vituperative Georgia Rally—and So Should You
The ex-President is building a whole new edifice of lies for 2024.
At the State of the Union, Biden Came Out Swinging
“He wasn’t looking to convince anybody. What he was looking to do was to tell his own side, ‘Stop freaking out. I’m in the fight,’ ” Susan B. Glasser says.
So Much for “Sleepy Joe”: On Biden’s Rowdy, Shouty State of the Union
The spectre of Trump’s return loomed large over the President’s unusually partisan annual address.
Why the Primary System Is “Clearly Failing”
Primary contests have so far done little to change the expected Trump-Biden rematch in November, but they have revealed one troubling sign: voter apathy.
Does Impeachment Mean Anything Anymore?
House Republicans managed to impeach the Homeland Security Secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas; meanwhile, their investigation into President Joe Biden is on the verge of collapse.
The Crazy Collapse of the House G.O.P.’s Impeachment Case Against Biden
“A Big Russian Intelligence Op” flops on Capitol Hill.
Trump’s Threat to NATO Is the Scariest Kind of Gaffe: It’s Real
Consider yourself warned.
Can Joe Biden Squash Concerns About His Age?
This week, a special counsel’s report renews worries about the President’s mental acuity, and the Senate Republican leader, Mitch McConnell, seemingly loses his grip on his conference.
The Great Washington Meltdown of 2024 Has Begun
In the Senate, the House, and the White House, leaders are weak—at a time when leading is needed.
The Last Real Legislative Battle of 2024
The passage of a wide-ranging national-security package is being held up by House Republicans and Donald Trump, leaving the Biden Administration in a delicate position ahead of the election.
The Senate’s False Hope of a Grand Bargain Meets Its Trumpy Demise
Whether folly, hubris, or denial, it was always going to end this way.
The Morality Play Inside Trump’s Courtroom
“This idea of the old ‘Teflon Don’ is just finished,” Evan Osnos says. “The guy is now a creature of the court.”
Did Mike Johnson Just Get Religion on Ukraine?
The Speaker’s sudden willingness to bring foreign-aid bills to the House floor risks his Speakership—and Trump’s wrath.
Will an 1864 Abortion Law Doom Trump in Arizona?
Understanding the current politics around abortion, Arizona’s Civil War-era ban, and how the issue of reproductive health care will affect both parties’ chances in November.
Donald Trump Did This
On abortion, Arizona, and the 2024 Presidential election.
After the World Central Kitchen Attack, How Far Will Biden Shift on Israel?
“There is a degree to which Biden has looked around and realized,” Evan Osnos says, “that he had to catch up to where the country was.”
Donald Trump’s Amnesia Advantage
The 2024 race comes down to just how much America has lost its collective mind about its disastrous former President.
The Political Books That Help Us Make Sense of 2024
The works of fiction and nonfiction that offer clarity on the Trump-Biden rematch, U.S. foreign policy, and even Vladimir Putin.
Is It Finally Donald Trump’s Time to Pay Up?
The ex-President, triggered by the thought of losing Trump Tower, contemplates a 2024 reckoning.
How Gaza, Ukraine, and TikTok Are Influencing the Election
“Donald Trump’s vision, or lack of vision, of what the United States can be in the world is a risk of a kind we really haven’t had in any of our lifetimes,” Evan Osnos says.
I Listened to Trump’s Rambling, Unhinged, Vituperative Georgia Rally—and So Should You
The ex-President is building a whole new edifice of lies for 2024.
At the State of the Union, Biden Came Out Swinging
“He wasn’t looking to convince anybody. What he was looking to do was to tell his own side, ‘Stop freaking out. I’m in the fight,’ ” Susan B. Glasser says.
So Much for “Sleepy Joe”: On Biden’s Rowdy, Shouty State of the Union
The spectre of Trump’s return loomed large over the President’s unusually partisan annual address.
Why the Primary System Is “Clearly Failing”
Primary contests have so far done little to change the expected Trump-Biden rematch in November, but they have revealed one troubling sign: voter apathy.
Does Impeachment Mean Anything Anymore?
House Republicans managed to impeach the Homeland Security Secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas; meanwhile, their investigation into President Joe Biden is on the verge of collapse.
The Crazy Collapse of the House G.O.P.’s Impeachment Case Against Biden
“A Big Russian Intelligence Op” flops on Capitol Hill.
Trump’s Threat to NATO Is the Scariest Kind of Gaffe: It’s Real
Consider yourself warned.
Can Joe Biden Squash Concerns About His Age?
This week, a special counsel’s report renews worries about the President’s mental acuity, and the Senate Republican leader, Mitch McConnell, seemingly loses his grip on his conference.
The Great Washington Meltdown of 2024 Has Begun
In the Senate, the House, and the White House, leaders are weak—at a time when leading is needed.
The Last Real Legislative Battle of 2024
The passage of a wide-ranging national-security package is being held up by House Republicans and Donald Trump, leaving the Biden Administration in a delicate position ahead of the election.
The Senate’s False Hope of a Grand Bargain Meets Its Trumpy Demise
Whether folly, hubris, or denial, it was always going to end this way.