Robert Costa
Chief Washington Analyst for CBS News, National Correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning
- Emmy Award–winning CBS News correspondent and chief Washington analyst, known for exclusive interviews and trusted, nonpartisan political reporting
- Co-author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Peril with Bob Woodward, offering insider insight on campaigns, elections, and power in Washington
- Former Washington Post reporter and PBS Washington Week moderator, recognized as one of the nation’s most authoritative voices on U.S. politics
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About Robert Costa
Download ProfileRobert Costa is one of the nation’s most acclaimed journalists and is known for his nonpartisan, in-depth reporting and analysis across television and print. He is a national correspondent for “CBS News Sunday Morning” and chief Washington analyst for CBS News.
Costa’s work at “Sunday Morning” includes coverage of national politics, in-depth interviews with newsmakers, and features on culture, literature and the arts. As chief Washington analyst for CBS News, Costa offers reporting and analysis to many CBS News programs.
Costa was named a national correspondent for “Sunday Morning” in February 2025 following three years of contributions to the broadcast, such as an exclusive sit-down in the White House residence with President Joe Biden in August 2024. It was Biden’s first interview since he announced his decision to not seek reelection. Costa and colleagues at “Sunday Morning” won an Emmy Award in 2023 for “Outstanding Recorded News Program.”
Costa previously served as chief election and campaign correspondent for CBS News, where he was the network’s lead political reporter during the 2022 midterm elections and the 2024 presidential campaign. He has also been a guest anchor on the CBS Television Network for programs such as “CBS Evening News,” “CBS Weekend News” and “Face the Nation.”
Prior to joining CBS News, Costa was a longtime national political reporter at The Washington Post. During his time at the newspaper, Costa served as the moderator and managing editor of “Washington Week” on PBS and was a political analyst for NBC News and MSNBC. In 2021, he and Bob Woodward published Peril, a No. 1 New York Times bestseller. He has interviewed President Trump dozens of times over the course of nearly two decades of coverage, going back to their first interview in 2011, and his work chronicling Trump’s rise to power led Politico to call Costa “the Trump whisperer.”
Costa holds a bachelor’s degree with honors from the University of Notre Dame, where he is a former trustee, and a master’s degree in politics from the University of Cambridge. Since 2022, Costa has served as a scholar at the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics.
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Robert Costa interviews Vice President JD Vance
Robert Costa interviews Governor Gavin Newsom
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Download TopicsAs an award-winning correspondent and Chief Washington Analyst for CBS News, Robert Costa covers the 2026 campaign like no one else, bringing his deep sourcing in both parties, his vast knowledge of history, and his keen understanding of power into his pieces for “Sunday Morning” and into his presentations to audiences nationwide. With vivid stories from inside this crucial midterm campaign and easy-to-understand analysis, Costa brings people up to speed and inside the room ahead of both 2026 and 2028.
As leaders look past the midterm elections, Emmy Award-winning correspondent and # 1 best-selling author Robert Costa provides an insider’s guidebook to understanding the new Washington on the horizon. Through lively stories and nonpartisan insights on the tensions between the White House and Congress, he reveals the true power centers driving decisions. He also provides an unparalleled preview of the 2028 presidential election, informed by years of interviewing the key players and contenders in both parties.
Robert Costa is one of the key journalists tracking the race for the White House each year, with deep insights into both the Democratic Party and Republican Party’s political operations. With candor and his “no fuss” style, Costa takes you inside the battle for the future of the Democratic Party, with populists and Democratic socialists pitted against the establishment. Costa, who traveled the country during the 2012, 2016, 2020, and 2024 presidential campaigns, offers fresh and in-depth perspectives on the candidates and the issues that will shape what could be the most consequential presidential race in decades.
As the United States marks its 250th anniversary, award-winning CBS News correspondent Robert Costa takes audiences inside our own historic times with an illuminating presentation that helps us understand the deeply American backstory of how we got here, from the rise of populism and conservatism to the rise of progressive politics. It is a speech that bridges together the urgency of now with the context of the past, Costa provides an upbeat, in-depth analysis on the leadership lessons from American history that still guide us.
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