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Friends, it’s great to be back in your inboxes with exciting news: I’m headed to the White House.
After an almost two-year run covering economic policy in Congress, I’m taking that beat to focus on the Trump administration as the White House economic correspondent at The Washington Post.
I spent the past year in Congress covering what ultimately became President Trump and Republicans' “One Big Beautiful Bill” on taxes and immigration. Now I get to cover how that law will shape the country, and train a harder focus on trade issues, the U.S. DOGE Service, agencies like the IRS and more.
It’ll be a fun, meaningful ride. I hope you’ll follow along.
As always, please keep in touch. Email me at [email protected] and contact me securely on Signal at jacobbogage.87. And follow me on Bluesky: @jacobbogage.bsky.social.
Here’s The Post’s incredibly generous announcement.
We’re thrilled to announce that Jacob Bogage will become White House economic policy correspondent, shifting from one end of Pennsylvania Avenue to the other to cover taxes, trade and other issues shaping President Donald Trump’s economic agenda.
A tenacious reporter who loves both scoops and spreadsheets, Jacob is already an indispensable member of The Post’s economics team. As the congressional economic policy correspondent since September 2023, Jacob has led our coverage of Trump’s tax and spending bill, breaking news on key policy decisions and explaining the intricacies of the legislation. While numerous lawmakers have admitted they did not read the 1,000-plus-page law, Jacob did, and he developed a running tally of every policy added to the bill.
This winter, when the U.S. DOGE Service began its drive for granular government datasets, Jacob scooped on DOGE’s efforts to obtain personal taxpayer data and Social Security data. When immigration enforcement officials sought to collaborate with the IRS to locate migrants, Jacob reported it first, then broke news on the acting IRS commissioner’s resignation over the arrangement. Jacob has also produced groundbreaking reporting on the U.S. Postal Service, breaking news of Trump’s wish to oust the postmaster general and deep dysfunction in the mail agency’s vehicle procurement process.
Before moving to the Capitol, Jacob was a member of the Business Breaking News team. He joined The Post as an intern in 2015. A graduate of the University of Missouri, he is a Montgomery County native who lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland, with his wife, Dani, and their dog, Cash.
Please join us in congratulating Jacob on his new role. His first day will be July 21.
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