Stephen Collinson - Senior Reporter
Stephen Collinson
Senior Reporter
Stephen Collinson is a senior reporter for CNN Politics covering the White House, and politics across the United States and around the world.
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Calls for ‘balance’ blunt the horrific human toll of rape and destruction in Israel-Hamas war
Dec 06, 2023
It should not be hard to categorically condemn Hamas terrorists’ depraved use of rape as a weapon of war against Israeli women and girls.
Ukraine’s US lifeline is hanging by a thinning thread
Dec 05, 2023
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s grim bet that America and the West will tire of his brutal war before he does is looking better by the day.
Trump is showing how a second term would rewrite the rules of presidential power
Dec 04, 2023
Donald Trump is underscoring the profound choice that voters could face next year with expansive claims of unchecked presidential power alongside increasingly unapologetic anti-democratic rhetoric.
Biden administration makes a significant move attempting to reshape Israel’s war on Hamas
Dec 01, 2023
Hours before Israel said it had resumed combat operations against Hamas, the United States pressured its ally to shield Palestinian civilians in one of the most significant diplomatic moves yet in the more than 50-day conflict.
Wartime unity between the US and Israel will soon face its toughest test
Nov 30, 2023
Each day the pause in Israel’s war with Hamas is extended saves lives.
Influential GOP donors are betting their millions on Haley in a new push to beat Trump
Nov 29, 2023
Welcome to the new Never Trump.
There will be no pause in Biden’s headache over the Israel-Hamas war
Nov 28, 2023
A 48-hour extension to the Israel-Hamas truce will not pause the strategic dilemmas and political headaches wracking the Biden administration over the war.
US pushes for extension of Gaza pause, but the possibility of war raging again looms large
Nov 27, 2023
The fragile pause in Israel’s onslaught against Hamas in Gaza, which has enabled the release so far of 58 hostages, has been surprisingly enduring given that neither side is in direct contact and each is bent on obliterating the other.
Hostage families welcome first, precarious hopes after Israel-Hamas deal
Nov 22, 2023
The Gaza hostage deal represents a rare moment of humanity in a savage conflict that has inflicted unfathomable violence on both Israeli and Palestinian civilians.
Trump’s gag order appeal previews America’s grave election year stress test
Nov 21, 2023
Donald Trump may have found his “heads-I-win, tails-you-lose” legal challenge.
Haley and DeSantis still can’t solve their Trump problem as time runs short in GOP race
Nov 20, 2023
A weekend of ferocious political exchanges laid out the tumultuous reality of the 2024 White House campaign less than a year from Election Day.
Protests encapsulate progressive angst that could imperil Biden’s 2024 campaign
Nov 17, 2023
Israel could not have asked for a better friend than President Joe Biden.
Takeaways from the Biden-Xi summit, where low expectations were met
Nov 16, 2023
It happened, therefore it was a success.
Despite the House passing a stopgap funding bill, representatives acted out a farce
Nov 15, 2023
Sometimes it feels like Congress is trying to parody itself.
Trump’s extreme rhetoric conjures the prospect of a presidency like no other
Nov 14, 2023
Donald Trump is promising a second presidency that would be an aberration in American history.
Government shutdown looms as new speaker struggles to control hardliners
Nov 13, 2023
New House Speaker Mike Johnson may already be losing his first big clash with the hard-right lawmakers who are making the Republican majority and the nation ungovernable as time races down to yet another federal funding cut-off.
About
Stephen Collinson is a senior reporter for CNN Politics covering the White House, and politics across the United States and around the world.
A campaign expert, Collinson has covered five U.S. presidential elections. He specializes in deeply reported pieces, pulling on a wealth of expertise after covering the White House, Congress and foreign policy for Agence France-Presse for 17 years prior to joining CNN.
A native of the United Kingdom, Collinson has traveled the world and filed from more than 50 countries. He has lived in Switzerland, Hong Kong, Thailand and Canada.