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Andrew Prokop

Andrew Prokop

Senior Politics Correspondent

Andrew Prokop is a senior politics correspondent at Vox, covering the White House, elections, and political scandals and investigations.

In his coverage of threats to US democracy, politicization of the Justice Department, the oddness of our electoral system, the Biden policy agenda, and much more, he’s interested in digging deep into the mechanics of how and why US politics works (or doesn’t), surfacing submerged debates, and exploring knotty complexities.

During the Trump administration, he was Vox’s lead writer covering the Mueller investigation, impeachment, and Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election result, and he tried to look past the spin to give readers an accurate sense of what was happening in chaotic unfolding situations. He has profiled politicians such as Joe Manchin, Mitch McConnell, and Bernie Sanders, focusing not on personality but on their institutional and practical impact.

He’s worked at Vox since the site’s launch in 2014, and before that, he worked as a research assistant at the New Yorker’s Washington, DC, bureau.

Latest articles by Andrew Prokop

Why Trump blinkedWhy Trump blinked
Politics

His advisers claimed it was all part of the plan. Trump said otherwise.

By Andrew Prokop
The misunderstanding breaking the global economyThe misunderstanding breaking the global economy
Politics

Trump believes that if the US has a trade deficit with a country, they’re “beating” us. Huh?

By Andrew Prokop
The disturbing thread that ties together Trump’s major moves so farThe disturbing thread that ties together Trump’s major moves so far
Politics

The retribution presidency, explained.

By Andrew Prokop
The implicit threat in Trump’s push to change election rulesThe implicit threat in Trump’s push to change election rules
Politics

The president just set the stage to challenge election results he doesn’t like.

By Andrew Prokop
A longtime target of the right is finally buckling under Trump pressureA longtime target of the right is finally buckling under Trump pressure
Politics

The right has long resented universities. Trump figured out how to hurt them.

By Andrew Prokop
Conservatives’ decades-long quest to destroy the Department of EducationConservatives’ decades-long quest to destroy the Department of Education
Politics

Trump has already cut the department’s staff in half. He won’t stop there.

By Andrew Prokop
A judge told Trump to halt deportation flights. They went ahead anyway.A judge told Trump to halt deportation flights. They went ahead anyway.
Politics

Trump’s new attempt to test the courts’ limits, explained.

By Andrew Prokop
Trump’s attempt to take over Columbia University, briefly explainedTrump’s attempt to take over Columbia University, briefly explained
Politics

The administration demanded Columbia make sweeping policies and governance changes — or lose billions in federal funds.

By Andrew Prokop
Trump is torching his greatest political assetTrump is torching his greatest political asset
Politics

Through all the chaos, voters thought he’d do a good job on the economy. Not anymore.

By Andrew Prokop
Is Trump tanking the economy?Is Trump tanking the economy?
Politics

Here’s what we know so far about the economic outlook.

By Andrew Prokop