Aaron Blake

Washington, D.C.

Senior political reporter, writing for The Fix

Education: University of Minnesota

Aaron Blake is senior political reporter, writing for The Fix. A Minnesota native, he has also written about politics for the Minneapolis Star Tribune and The Hill newspaper.
Latest from Aaron Blake

JD Vance goes all in on the justified lie

Trump’s running mate keeps offering remarkable defenses of the GOP ticket’s false immigration claims.

October 14, 2024
Republican vice-presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance holds a campaign event in Big Rapids, Mich., in August. (Tom Brenner for The Washington Post)

How reported threats in N.C. trace to Trump-fueled misinformation

Americans are experiencing the real-world consequences of throwing conspiracy theories into a tense situation — again.

October 14, 2024
Then-President Donald Trump speaks during a Hurricane Laura briefing at FEMA headquarters in August 2020.

The Campaign Moment: Can Democrats flip the House?

Democrats want to retake control of the House of Representatives. Vice President Kamala Harris goes on a media blitz. And elected officials wade through destruction and misinformation after another hurricane made landfall this week.

October 11, 2024

Will Democrats flip the House?

Democrats want to retake control of the House of Representatives. Vice President Kamala Harris goes on a media blitz. And elected officials wade through destruction and misinformation after another hurricane made landfall this week.

October 11, 2024

Things are looking up for JD Vance

Post-debate polls suggest he’s no longer such a weight around Donald Trump’s ankles.

October 11, 2024
GOP vice-presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance (Ohio) speaks at a campaign rally in Tucson this week. (Rebecca Noble for The Washington Post)

Vance’s ‘diplomacy’ quote points to problem with any Trump-Putin calls

Trump himself has long criticized shadow diplomacy with hostile foreign countries as wrong and even illegal.

October 9, 2024
Then-President Donald Trump meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Group of 20 summit in Hamburg in July 2017.

How Kamala Harris’s media blitz went

Harris had some stumbles, but she used large platforms that could appeal to lots of persuadable voters and focused on a message of strength.

October 9, 2024
Bill Whitaker interviews Vice President Kamala Harris for a "60 Minutes" episode that aired Monday.

The hurricane X-factor in the 2024 election

Previous hurricanes have reduced voter turnout in hard-hit areas and both helped and hurt incumbents. This fall’s storms affect particularly crucial electoral regions.

October 8, 2024
Workers, community members and business owners clean up debris in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in Marshall, N.C., last week.

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

Local Republicans decry hurricane falsehoods — as Trump spreads them

As with Springfield, Ohio, Republicans are pressing (often gently) for their side to cut it out. And as with Springfield, their pleas are going unheard.

October 7, 2024
Elon Musk onstage with former president Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pa., on Saturday.