Susan Crabtree

Susan Crabtree is an author and a political correspondent for RealClearPolitics. She previously served as a senior writer for The Washington Free Beacon and spent five years as a White House Correspondent for the Washington Examiner. Prior stints include seven years as a senior editor and investigative reporter for The Hill. She is a frequent guest political analyst on Fox News, CNN, MSNBC as well as numerous radio shows.

Susan Crabtree
Born	Susan Josephine Crabtree Topeka, Kansas, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Southern California, B.S., broadcast journalism, political science, 1994
Employer	RealClearPolitics
Known for	Political journalism
Title	White House correspondent
Website	https://x.com/susancrabtree
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Before joining The Hill, Crabtree covered Congress for Congressional Quarterly. She also spent three years as a reporter for Roll Call newspaper, chronicling the House Republican leadership, Congress' response to the September 11 attacks om 2001, as well as trade disputes and spending battles.

Crabtree has written for several magazines, including The Weekly Standard and The Economist-owned Capital Style, where she was a senior writer.

She graduated with honors in broadcast journalism and political science from the University of Southern California.

Crabtree was awarded the 2024 Dao Prize by the National Journalism Center for her investigation of the United States Secret Service after the assassination attempt on President Donald Trump.^[3]