Jennifer Rubin

Washington, D.C.

Opinion columnist covering politics and policy, foreign and domestic

Education: University of California at Berkeley, BA in history; University of California at Berkeley, JD

Jennifer Rubin writes reported opinion for The Washington Post. She covers politics and policy, foreign and domestic, and provides insight into the conservative movement, the Republican and Democratic parties, and threats to Western democracies. Rubin, who is also an MSNBC contributor, came to The Post after three years with Commentary magazine. Prior to her career in journalism, Rubin practiced labor law for two decades, an experience that informs and enriches her work. She is a mother of two sons and lives with her husband in D.C. She is the author of “Resistance: How Women Saved Democracy f
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June 5, 2024

Don’t assume everyone is paying attention to the election

Pollsters and pundits are relying on disengaged voters to guide their crystal ball predictions.

May 31, 2024
Former president Donald Trump speaks at the Libertarian National Convention in Washington on May 25. (Jose Luis Magana/AP)

What the jury got – and the pundits missed

Trump is now a convicted felon. How can he possibly be president?

May 30, 2024
Former president Donald Trump returns to the courtroom on Thursday in New York. (Michael M. Santiago/Pool/AP)

The latest mass killing of civilians brings Israel to an inflection point

With condemnation growing after horrific deaths in Rafah, new pressure could push Netanyahu toward ending the war.

May 30, 2024
A woman with a child as Palestinians flee Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday.

Amid scandal and deliberation, all eyes are on the courts

The 2024 election is becoming a referendum on America’s courts, and readers have questions.

May 29, 2024
Former president Donald Trump and attorney Todd Blanche at the Manhattan Criminal Court in New York on Wednesday. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)

The media and sullen nonvoters should listen to Ken Burns

The historian knows something about civil war — and moral responsibility in politics.

May 28, 2024
Ken Burns on April 5 at the Adams County Historical Society in Gettysburg, Pa. (Michael E. Ruane/The Washington Post)

What more need Alito do before Durbin gets off the stick?

Passivity in the face of Supreme Court corruption is unacceptable.

May 26, 2024
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) on Capitol Hill on Dec. 19, 2023. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)

Trump had a hair-raising week

Trump had a string of terrible debacles, and Justice Juan Merchan set the law-and-order standard.

May 24, 2024
Former president Donald Trump, accompanied by attorney Todd Blanche, speaks to the media on May 16 in New York. (Victor J. Blue for The Washington Post)

Take it from conservative national security experts: Trump is unfit

Bolton and Gates deliver a warning on global security to America.

May 23, 2024
President Donald Trump chats with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, left, and then-Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak at the White House on May 10, 2017. (Russian Foreign Ministry/AP)

Who will be worse in the Trump-Biden debates? I answered your questions.

Read the chat’s transcript for Wednesday, May 22.

May 22, 2024