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Portrait of Mark Leibovich

Mark Leibovich

Mark Leibovich was the chief national correspondent for The New York Times Magazine before departing The Times in December 2021. Based in Washington, he specialized in national politics, media and profiles of figures in public life. Before joining the magazine, he was a political correspondent in The Times’s Washington bureau, where he covered, among other things, the presidential campaigns of 2008 and 2012, the Obama presidency and the so-called swamp of Washington. He is the recipient of the of the National Magazine Award for profile writing.

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  1. Biden Eulogizes Dole as ‘Genuine Hero’ Who ‘Lived by a Code of Honor’

    The funeral at Washington National Cathedral evoked a kind of Old Home Week ritual as one momentous Washington figure after another soldiered into the rows.

    By Mark Leibovich and Zolan Kanno-Youngs

     

  2. Jake Sullivan, Biden’s Adviser, a Figure of Fascination and Schadenfreude

    Washington has long been captivated by fallen star narratives, which has made President Biden’s national security adviser a figure of fascination, somewhere between sympathy and schadenfreude.

    By Mark Leibovich

     

  3. Donald Rumsfeld, Architect of War in Afghanistan, Is Laid to Rest

    In a quirk of timing, the two-time former defense secretary’s burial at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday seemed to serve as a kind of coda to America’s 20-year lost war.

    By Mark Leibovich

     

  4. The Ascension of Ron Klain

    President Biden’s chief of staff worked his whole career to reach the corner office of the West Wing. He says he’s just a “staff person,” but Republicans call him “Prime Minister Klain.”

    By Mark Leibovich

     

  5. Liz Cheney, once Republican royalty, is now a lone warrior.

    By Mark Leibovich

     

  6. Liz Cheney’s Unlikely Journey From G.O.P. Royalty to Republican Outcast

    Dick Cheney always saw doomsday threats from America’s enemies. His daughter is in a lonely battle against what both see as a danger to American democracy: Donald J. Trump.

    By Mark Leibovich

     

  7. Kevin McCarthy, four months after Jan. 6, is still playing defense over Trump.

    By Mark Leibovich

     

  8. Kevin McCarthy, Four Months After Jan. 6, Still on Defensive Over Trump

    But Mr. McCarthy, the House Republican leader who could become speaker after 2022, says he needs to work with Donald Trump, who “goes up and down with his anger.’’

    By Mark Leibovich

     

  9. Why the Georgia G.O.P.’s Voting Rollbacks Will Hit Black People Hard

    The state’s new Republican-crafted law is set to restrict voting access in ways that Democrats and voting rights groups say will have an outsize impact on Black voters.

    By Richard Fausset, Nick Corasaniti and Mark Leibovich

     

  10. A Political Hurricane Blew Through Georgia. Now It’s Bracing for More.

    The country’s most hotly contested state has calmed down after months of drama, court fights and national attention (even the death threats have slowed). But new storms are on the horizon.

    By Mark Leibovich