Hannah Knowles

Washington, D.C.

National politics reporter covering campaigns

Education: Stanford University, BA in English

Hannah Knowles is a national politics reporter covering campaigns at The Washington Post. She joined the national politics team after three years on The Post's general assignment desk, where she covered breaking news and reported on the 2020 election, covid-19 and the killing of Ahmaud Arbery.
Latest from Hannah Knowles

Violent threats and attacks escalate tensions in Trump-Harris race

The 2024 election season has been repeatedly marked by extraordinary acts and threats of violence, prompting heightened security measures at events.

September 17, 2024
Law enforcement personnel investigate the area around Trump International Golf Club after an apparent assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump on Monday in West Palm Beach, Fla.

Trump describes potential assassination attempt on X live event

A suspect is in custody as the FBI investigates the incident at former president Donald Trump’s golf course in Florida as a potential assassination attempt.

September 16, 2024

Trump seeks to rally support after possible second assassination attempt

An email to campaign staff urges vigiliance about security as golf course episode raises new concerns.

September 16, 2024
Former president Donald Trump speaks at a rally on Friday in Las Vegas.

Trump, GOP fuel conspiracy theories: Eating pets, a rigged debate and QAnon

Led by their presidential nominee, Republicans have increasingly embraced false tales and groundless claims once relegated to the political fringes. Some in the party are worried.

September 15, 2024
Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, are “eating the dogs” and “eating the cats,” former president Donald Trump claimed at the presidential debate with Vice President Kamala Harris in Philadelphia on Sept. 10, 2024.

Harris puts pressure on Trump in an elusive battleground: North Carolina

The vice president has raised Democrats’ hopes of winning the Tar Heel State, a populous battleground that has been just beyond their grasp ever since Barack Obama briefly turned it blue in 2008.

September 12, 2024
Christina Davis-McCoy and former Hoke County Sheriff Jim Davis, right, grab some campaign literature at a meeting with Sandhills North Carolina faith leaders in Lumberton, N.C., on Sept. 7.

Analysts say Trump faces risks heightened by gender when he debates Harris

Political analysts say there are particular risks for Donald Trump — heightened by gender — in coming across as a bully when he debates Kamala Harris.

September 10, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris arrives on Air Force Two at Atlantic Aviation Philadelphia on Monday.

Trump rants, resurfaces sexual assault allegations for 49 unfocused minutes

The Republican nominee spoke in an appearance billed as a “press conference” that sometimes verged into a stream of consciousness that was hard to follow. He took no questions.

September 6, 2024
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks at Trump Tower in New York on Friday.

With boost from grieving families, Trump sharpens attacks on Harris

The former president’s campaign aimed to turn the controversy over his actions at Arlington National Cemetery into an attack on the Biden administration’s handling of the Afghanistan withdrawal.

September 1, 2024
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump joins Marlon Bateman, left, former Marine Cpl. Kelsee Lainhart and Marine Sgt. Tyler Vargas-Andrews on Aug. 26 at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery for a wreath-laying ceremony to honor those who died at the Abbey Gate bombing in Afghanistan.

Trump, Vance and GOP struggle to address abortion issues

Heading into the campaign’s final stretch, Republicans careen between their base and swing voters on the powerful issue of reproductive rights

August 31, 2024
Thousands of antiabortion demonstrators at the March for Life in Washington last January are greeted by counterprotesters.

Trump contradicts himself on abortion, searching for a winning message

Recent comments from the Republican presidential ticket suggest the campaign is eyeing the importance of pro-abortion-rights voters in swing states.

August 30, 2024
Republican nominee Donald Trump during a campaign event in Harrisburg, Pa., on July 31.