Rachael Bade is an

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. She is ''

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''s Senior Washington Correspondent and author of the morning newsletter, ''Playbook''. She currently serves as

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Contributing Political Correspondent as well, appearing on "This Week," "

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" and the network's streaming platform A member of the congressional press corps for over a decade, Bade is also the author of ''UNCHECKED -- The Untold Story Behind Congress's Botched Impeachments of Donald Trump'', a book that blames Democrats as much as Republicans for the failed impeachments of Trump. Published by William Morrow and co-written with her one-time colleague

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, her book won plaudits from the ''

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Early life and education

Bade was born and raised in

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and received a BA in political science and journalism from the

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in 2010. Before her journalism career, she was a classical ballet dancer, training during summers with

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and

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Career

Bade started her journalism career in 2010 as a reporter for ''

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'' and ''

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''. She joined ''

'' in 2012 to cover tax policy, a beat that launched her career when the IRS tea party targeting controversy broke. Bade covered the House Republican investigation of the IRS's scrutinization of conservative tax-exempt groups and was the only reporter to interview

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, the IRS leader at the heart of the scandal who asserted her Fifth Amendment right to Congress, refusing to answer investigators' questions. Bade later covered the Republican Party's investigation of the 2012 Benghazi terrorist attack and the party's subsequent probe of

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's private email use ahead of the 2016 election. She was promoted to ''Politico''s Congress team in early 2016, where she covered the GOP's transformation under Donald Trump from her perch on the Hill, specializing in stories about Republican infighting about the direction of the party. She won an award for her coverage of Speaker

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, who, she writes, was torn between a desire to land policy wins and a private concern about Trump's moral compass. Bade joined ''

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'' as a congressional reporter in 2019 to cover House Democrats' oversight of the Trump administration. She helped lead the publication's coverage of the Trump impeachment inquiry before starting on her book, ''Unchecked''. News from her book, as well as excerpts therein, appeared in

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, Playbook, and multiple other publications.

Personal life

She lives in

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with her husband Alex. In February 2022, Bade announced that she was expecting a baby girl in the summer of 2022 after undergoing five rounds of

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