Maeve Reston

Los Angeles, CA

National political reporter covering the 2024 presidential race and the politics of the West.

Education: Cornell University, BA in English; Dartmouth College, MA in Liberal Studies (History)

Maeve Reston is a national political reporter for The Washington Post covering the 2024 presidential race and the politics of the West. She joined The Post in 2023 after covering politics and five presidential campaigns at CNN, the Los Angeles Times, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Austin American-Statesman.
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Harris slams Trump as ‘unhinged’ as they trade attacks in Pennsylvania

Trying out a new tactic in Western Pennsylvania, Harris ordered her aides to roll the tape on giant jumbotron screens to show clips of Trump making inflammatory statements and threats.

October 14, 2024

Harris releases agenda for Black men as she ramps up effort to court them

Barack Obama and other Democrats have signaled concern that Black men are showing hesitancy to rally behind Kamala Harris.

October 14, 2024
Magic Johnson speaks at a recent Harris rally in Detroit, where he urged Black men to vote for the Democratic presidential nominee.

Bracelets, drones, ads. How Harris is spending campaign cash

Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign is outraising former president Donald Trump’s by wide margins. And if you go to one of her rallies, you can tell.

October 8, 2024

    Meet the megadonors pumping millions into the 2024 election

    The 50 biggest donors this cycle have collectively pumped over $1.6 billion into political committees and other groups competing in the 2024 election.

    September 25, 2024

    Barack Obama raises $4 million for Harris at L.A. fundraiser

    The former president is taking an increasingly visible role on the campaign trail for his longtime friend: “I’m pushing, and I hope you are, too,” he tells donors.

    September 21, 2024
    Former president Barack Obama, seen Thursday at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., said Friday that Vice President Kamala Harris “can make us proud on the world stage.”

    Kamala Harris posts huge cash advantage over Donald Trump

    Kamala Harris’s campaign raised more than four times as much as Donald Trump’s in August, capitalizing on Democratic enthusiasm.

    September 20, 2024
    Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris takes the stage during a campaign rally in Savannah, Ga., on Aug. 29.

    Harris and Biden warn that Trump would roll back Black progress

    The vice president, speaking to the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, criticized what she said were GOP efforts to curtail rights.

    September 14, 2024
    President Joe Biden introduces Vice President Kamala Harris at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's 2024 Phoenix Awards in D.C. on Saturday night.

    Building on debate momentum, Harris works to gain ground in redder areas

    Kamala Harris’s debate performance electrified her supporters. Fans filled up arenas in North Carolina on Thursday. 

    September 13, 2024
    Vice President Kamala Harris takes the stage to cheering supporters during a campaign rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., on Friday.

    Trump says he won’t debate Harris again before election

    Donald Trump appeared to close the door to another debate on Thursday, declaring on social media that the first two covered enough ground.

    September 12, 2024
    Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris appear onstage during the first presidential debate in Philadelphia on Tuesday.

    Harris, Trump set politics aside at ceremony to commemorate 9/11 attacks

    Harris, Biden, Trump and Vance standing together at the New York memorial was a striking tableau in a political cycle in which Harris has attempted to reclaim the mantle of patriotism.

    September 11, 2024
    From left, Vice President Kamala Harris, President Joe Biden, former New York mayor Mike Bloomberg, former president Donald Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) join family and friends Wednesday at Ground Zero in New York on the 23rd anniversary of 9/11.