Susan Crabtree

Susan Crabtree is a White House and national political correspondent for RealClearPolitics where she covers President Trump, his administration and their conflicts with Capitol Hill, the 2020 election, spending battles and national security. She previously served as a senior writer for the Washington Free Beacon, writing investigative pieces, 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, C-SPAN, as well as numerous talk radio shows.

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 Sept. 11 attacks, 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 has won several awards for investigative reporting from the Society of Professional Journalists and the National Press Club.

She is a native Californian and graduated with honors in journalism and political science from the University of Southern California.