Holly Bailey

Atlanta

National correspondent

Education: University of Oklahoma

Holly Bailey is a national correspondent for The Washington Post based in Atlanta and covering the South. She was previously based in Minneapolis, where she covered the killing of George Floyd and the subsequent state and federal trials of the police officers charged in his death. She joined The Post in 2019 as a national political reporter covering the 2020 presidential campaign. She was part of the Post team that won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for “American Icon,” a series examining the rise of the AR-15. Before joining The Post, she was a national correspondent at Yahoo
Latest from Holly Bailey

Trump taps Massad Boulos, another in-law, as adviser on Middle East

The move comes a day after Trump selected Charles Kushner, a New Jersey real estate developer and father-in-law to his daughter Ivanka, to be the ambassador to France.

December 1, 2024
Massad Boulos with Donald Trump in Dearborn, Michigan, during the campaign. Boulos made repeated trips to Michigan and other key swing states in the run-up to the election to build support for Trump among Arab Americans and Muslims.

Lawmakers express doubt over Trump’s plan to replace FBI’s Christopher Wray

Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle said the FBI director, whom Trump appointed to the seat in 2017, should be allowed to serve out his 10-year term.

December 1, 2024

Father of Georgia school shooting suspect pleads not guilty to murder

The case against Colin Gray marks the first time the parent of an alleged school shooter has been charged with murder.

November 21, 2024
Colin Gray, father of the suspect in the shooting at Apalachee High School, makes his first court appearance on Sept. 6 in Winder, Georgia.

Georgia appeals court cancels arguments on Trump appeal on Willis

The cancellation comes amid lingering questions about the future of the Georgia case against Trump as he prepares to return to the White House.

November 18, 2024
Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis speaks to the Associated Press on Oct. 22 in Atlanta.

As Trump wins White House, special counsel weighs how to end trials

Special counsel Jack Smith is weighing how to wind down two federal prosecutors of the former and future president, a person familiar said.

November 6, 2024
Donald Trump sits in Manhattan Criminal Court in May during his trial on charges of falsifying documents related to a hush money payment.

Atlanta’s northern suburbs are likely to decide who wins Georgia

Whoever wins or makes significant gains in Forsyth County, a conservative county that has rapidly become more diverse, is likely to carry the key swing state.

November 4, 2024
Democratic supporters in Forsyth County at a get-out-the-vote event at Lanier Technical College in Cumming, Georgia, on Oct. 20.

Warnock condemns Trump language, followers’ embrace of ‘strange messiah’

The Democratic senator from Georgia said Election Day marks a “moral moment” for America and churches.

November 3, 2024
Sen. Raphael G. Warnock (D-Georgia) arrives at a campaign rally for Kamala Harris at James R. Hallford Stadium in Clarkston, Georgia, on Oct. 24.

Rapper Young Thug pleads guilty in YSL case in Atlanta

A Fulton County judge sentenced him to 40 years but commuted that to time served and probation. The case was seen as a template for a potential Donald Trump trial.

October 31, 2024
Young Thug, whose real name is Jeffery Lamar Williams, and his lawyer, Brian Steel, in court in Atlanta on June 10.

Georgia high school shooting suspect enters not-guilty plea

The suspect, who is 14, also waived his right to an arraignment hearing into charges of killing two students and two teachers and wounding others.

October 22, 2024
Colt Gray sits in the Barrow County courthouse during his first appearance, on Sept. 6, in Winder, Georgia.

Giuliani assets will transfer to Georgia election workers he defamed

The former Trump attorney must place cash, jewelry, his New York apartment and other assets into a receivership controlled by two former Georgia election workers.

October 22, 2024
Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani video records himself on July 16 as he describes the assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump.