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Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker are Pulitzer Prize–winning journalists for The Washington Post. Leonnig is known for her investigative reporting on government and national security, while Rucker has served as the newspaper’s White House bureau chief.
Known for: I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year
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I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year
This nonfiction book provides a detailed account of the final year of Donald J. Trump's presidency, focusing on his administration's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 election, and the events leading up to the January 6 Capitol attack. Drawing on extensive interviews with key figures, the authors offer an inside look at the chaos, decision-making, and personalities that defined the closing chapter of the Trump White House.
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Early 2020: The Emergence of COVID-19 and the Administration’s Initial Response
Early 2020 began almost quietly inside the West Wing. Reports from abroad spoke of a new respiratory virus spreading across Wuhan, China, but Trump’s inner circle, largely focused on re-election strategy, saw it as distant noise. Leonnig and Rucker reconstruct those pivotal weeks with clarity and te...
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The White House Task Force: Tensions Between Trump and Health Experts
When the pandemic became impossible to dismiss, Trump convened the coronavirus task force, ostensibly to demonstrate command. In reality, Leonnig and Rucker reveal, it became a stage for daily conflict. Fauci personified empirical restraint; Birx, professional composure wrapped around exhaustion; an...
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About Philip Rucker
Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker are Pulitzer Prize–winning journalists for The Washington Post. Leonnig is known for her investigative reporting on government and national security, while Rucker has served as the newspaper’s White House bureau chief.
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Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker are Pulitzer Prize–winning journalists for The Washington Post. Leonnig is known for her investigative reporting on government and national security, while Rucker has served as the newspaper’s White House bureau chief.
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