Toluse Olorunnipa

Washington, D.C.

White House Bureau Chief

Education: Stanford University, BA in Sociology; Stanford University, MA in Sociology

Toluse "Tolu" Olorunnipa is the White House Bureau Chief of The Washington Post, and the co-author of "His Name is George Floyd," winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction. He joined The Post in 2019 and has covered the last three presidents. Previously, he spent five years at Bloomberg News, where he reported on politics and policy from Washington and Florida. Olorunnipa has reported from five continents and more than 30 countries as part of the presidential press corps. He started his career at the Miami Herald.
Latest from Toluse Olorunnipa

Harris bashes Trump’s ‘hateful’ attacks on Haitians in rare interview

Vice president criticizes her opponents for “spewing lies” based on “age-old” tropes

September 17, 2024
A Secret Service agent stands guard at a convention of the National Association of Black Journalists in July, shortly before Donald Trump spoke to a panel. (Angel Juarez for The Washington Post)

After fiery debate, Harris and Trump camps wrangle over a second one

Harris’s aides are confident she won Tuesday’s showdown but are looking for more ways to reach swing voters. Trump aides discuss whether a second debate would help or hurt.

September 11, 2024
Tuesday's debate between former president Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris as seen at a debate watch party in Abington, Pa.

Harris crisply attacks Trump in debate; he retorts with fiery rhetoric

The vice president goaded the GOP nominee in an event that showcased how the race’s dynamics have changed since Biden’s exit.

September 11, 2024
Former president Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris appear during the first presidential debate at National Constitution Center in Philadelphia on Tuesday.

Former vice president Dick Cheney says he will vote for Kamala Harris

Dick Cheney served as George W. Bush’s No. 2 and epitomized the Republican Party for decades.

September 6, 2024
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) arrives, with her father, former vice president Dick Cheney, to vote at the Teton County Library in Jackson Hole, Wyo., during the Republican primary election on Aug. 16, 2022.

Harris touts small-business agenda in N.H. as debate nears

Vice President Kamala Harris aims an appeal at moderate and Republican voters who may be turned off by Donald Trump.

September 4, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during an event in North Hampton, N.H.

Harris, Walz tour southern Georgia by bus, chasing rural votes in key state

The tour is the Democratic campaign’s latest effort to compete in Georgia, which has become a critical battleground state.

August 28, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, speaks to marching band members at Liberty County High School in Hinesville, Ga., on Wednesday.

Harris to barnstorm through Georgia in effort to put state back in play

Vice President Kamala Harris will embark on bus tour across South Georgia in hopes of driving up voter turnout outside urban areas.

August 28, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a presidential election campaign event in Atlanta on July 30.

Harris makes case for ‘new way forward,’ attacks Trump in DNC speech

The vice president cast herself as an avatar of America’s middle class and an avenue to usher the country away from the abrasive style of politics embraced by Republican nominee Donald Trump.

August 23, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris walks onstage to speak Thursday on the final night of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago.

Harris and Walz rally in Milwaukee, chasing key votes during convention

The vice president took Trump to task for saying he had “no regrets” about the Supreme Court rolling back protections for abortion.

August 20, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, campaign Tuesday at Milwaukee’s Fiserv Forum, the same venue where Republicans gathered to nominate Donald Trump at their own party confab last month.

Harris and Walz swing through western Pennsylvania in pre-convention bus tour

The campaign’s swing through Pennsylvania one day before the Democratic convention signifies the importance that the state will play in any path to victory.

August 18, 2024