About Debra J. Saunders

Debra J. Saunders

Debra J. Saunders

Debra J. Saunders is the Washington columnist for the Las Vegas Review-Journal. She served as White House correspondent for The RJ during President Donald Trump's first term. 
Before Trump, Saunders wrote an opinion column for the San Francisco Chronicle and the Los Angeles Daily News. Between Trump's terms, she was a senior fellow at The Discovery Institute.
She graduated from the University of Massachusetts at Boston with a B.A. in Greek and Latin.
Her column is nationally syndicated with Creators. 
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Horror in Charlotte, and in Utah Sep 11, 2025

WASHINGTON — The Sept. 8 headline in The New York Times said it all: "A Gruesome Murder in North Carolina Ignites a Firestorm on the Right." The Gray Lady leaped over the warm body of victim Iryna Zarutska, a 23-year-old immigrant from Ukraine,... Read More

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Epstein's Playbook: Slime Operates by Spreading Itself Sep 09, 2025

WASHINGTON — CNN anchor Jake Tapper repeated the conventional wisdom Monday when he referred to the "sweetheart deal" federal prosecutors made with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in 2008. Tapper's disdain fit nicely with the narrative the media h... Read More

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The Senate, the COVID Inquisition and the COVID Skeptic Sep 05, 2025

WASHINGTON — As he sat in the hot seat during a Senate hearing Thursday morning, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recognized that he was in the center of a religious debate — on vaccines. On one side were finance ... Read More

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CBS in the Harsh Public Spotlight Again Sep 03, 2025

WASHINGTON — In his own fashion, President Donald Trump helped CBS News join the transparency bandwagon. You could see it after White House correspondent Ed O'Keefe interviewed Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on "Face the ... Read More