Rachael Bade is Politico's Senior Washington Correspondent and author of the morning newsletter, Playbook.
12 Facts About Rachael Bade
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Rachael Bade currently serves as ABC News Contributing Political Correspondent as well, appearing on "This Week," "Good Morning America" and the network's streaming platform.
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Rachael Bade was born and raised in Tipp City, Ohio and received a BA in political science and journalism from the University of Dayton in 2010.
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Rachael Bade started her journalism career in 2010 as a reporter for Congressional Quarterly and Roll Call.
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Rachael Bade joined Politico in 2012 to cover tax policy, a beat that launched her career when the IRS tea party targeting controversy broke.
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Rachael Bade covered the House Republican investigation of the IRS's scrutinization of conservative tax-exempt groups and was the only reporter to interview Lois Lerner, the IRS leader at the heart of the scandal who asserted her Fifth Amendment right to Congress, refusing to answer investigators' questions.
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Rachael Bade later covered the Republican Party's investigation of the 2012 Benghazi terrorist attack and the party's subsequent probe of Hillary Clinton's private email use ahead of the 2016 election.
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Rachael Bade was promoted to Politico's Congress team in early 2016, where she covered the GOP's transformation under Donald Trump from her perch on the Hill, specializing in stories about Republican infighting about the direction of the party.
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Rachael Bade won an award for her coverage of Speaker Paul Ryan, who, she writes, was torn between a desire to land policy wins and a private concern about Trump's moral compass.
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Rachael Bade joined The Washington Post as a congressional reporter in 2019 to cover House Democrats' oversight of the Trump administration.
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Rachael Bade helped lead the publication's coverage of the Trump impeachment inquiry before starting on her book, Unchecked.
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In February 2022, Rachael Bade announced that she was expecting a baby girl in the summer of 2022 after undergoing five rounds of in vitro fertilization.