American journalist, author, and cartoonist. Anchor of The Lead with Jake Tapper and CNN's chief Washington correspondent. Has moderated presidential debates and authored books on politics and the military, including The Outpost about the Battle of Kamdesh in Afghanistan.
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Jake Tapper
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Public positions Jake Tapper has taken on contested policy questions. Each links to the full issue page where this voice sits among others.
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Bio, position statements, and per-vote analysis are editorial work — see ROADMAP M4/M5 for the corpus expansion plan.
editorial · last refreshed 5/26/2026.Bio, position statements, and per-vote analysis are editorial work — see ROADMAP M4/M5 for the corpus expansion plan.