Dana Milbank

Washington, D.C.

Opinion columnist covering national politics

Education: Yale University, BA cum laude in political science

Dana Milbank is a nationally syndicated op-ed columnist for The Washington Post. He also provides political commentary for various TV outlets, and he is the author of three books on politics, including the national bestseller “Homo Politicus.” His book “The Destructionists: The 25-Year Crackup of the Republican Party” (Doubleday) is out in August. Milbank joined The Post in 2000 as a Style political writer, then covered the presidency of George W. Bush as a White House correspondent before starting the column in 2005. Before joining The Post, Milbank spent two years as a senior editor at the N
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A Republican senator smeared a Biden nominee — and Democrats cowered

If Democrats won’t fight back and won’t answer MAGA-type lies with truth, then the battle to preserve our democracy is already lost.

January 19, 2024

The last remnants of the Republican Party died in Iowa

Let there be no more excuses made that Republican voters haven’t been given an alternative. They had a choice — and they chose Trump.

January 15, 2024

GOP’s New Year’s resolution: Less legislating, more Hunter Biden porn

Within 24 hours of their return to Washington this week, House Republicans had already collapsed into their all-too-familiar dysfunction.

January 12, 2024

I killed a deer in my bathroom

A chain of events that, on a cold December afternoon, put me in the position of using deadly force mere inches away from my toilet.

January 5, 2024

Worst. Congress. Ever.

The new House Republican majority produced the most ineffective session of Congress in nearly a century — and quite possibly in all of U.S. history.

December 15, 2023

Meet the Biden impeachment managers: Larry, Moe and Curly

Their act is so weak that the GOP’s three stooges have already gone into reruns.

December 8, 2023

The last temptation of George Santos

The congressman’s expulsion is the last act of a man who has become the embodiment of the unparalleled dysfunction in the House.

December 1, 2023

I will fight anyone who says congressional Republicans are competent

This is what GOP governance looks like in the year 2023. It’s been one kidney punch after another.

November 17, 2023

The House is most definitely not in order

Under the new speaker, Mike Johnson, the Republican caucus is utterly out of control.

November 11, 2023

The People’s House is back in business — and crazier than ever

The House “chaos caucus,” which turned the lights out in the chamber for 22 days, has found its man. Mike Johnson is well on his way to being a chaos speaker.

November 3, 2023