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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Trump Justice Department Files Charges Against Antifa. What Took So Long? Oct 17, 2025

WASHINGTON — The left and big media have been on a crusade to convince the voting public that Antifa, a band of sometimes violent anarchists, is not really a thing. "Antifa is an idea, not an organization," then-former Vice President Joe Biden ... Read More

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President Looks in the Mirror and Sees a Nobel Peace Prize Oct 14, 2025

WASHINGTON — For the last 20 living Israeli hostages who spent 738 awful days in captivity — starved, isolated and afraid — the worst nightmare is behind them. "The war is over," President Donald Trump told Politico's Dasha Burns on... Read More

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The New Editor-in-Chief of CBS News Is Not Like the Others Oct 13, 2025

WASHINGTON — The knives are out for CBS News' new editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss. Because she succeeded. Paramount, which owns CBS, is buying The Free Press, the news organization she co-founded, reportedly for about $150 million in cash and stock... Read More

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Virginia Attorney General Race May Show Proof of the Charlie Kirk Effect Oct 09, 2025

WASHINGTON — In a better world, Democrats would be running at full speed away from Jay Jones, the Democratic nominee in the Virginia attorney general race. As the National Review reported Oct. 3, in 2022, Jones, a former lawmaker, actually fant... Read More