Aaron Blake

Washington, D.C.

Senior political reporter, writing for The Fix

Education: University of Minnesota

Aaron Blake is senior political reporter, writing for The Fix. A Minnesota native, he has also written about politics for the Minneapolis Star Tribune and The Hill newspaper.
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The extraordinary breadth of Hunter Biden’s pardon

President Joe Biden’s pardon of son Hunter for any offenses over a nearly 11-year period doesn’t have many, if any, direct historical parallels.

December 2, 2024
President Joe Biden, sister Valerie Biden and son Hunter Biden make their way to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in July.

Americans’ many contradictions on Trump’s agenda

Mass deportation and tariffs are among the proposals on which Americans’ views contain multitudes.

November 25, 2024
A Donald Trump supporter at a July rally in Charlotte.

Even Republicans want a check on Trump

Three-quarters of Americans and a majority of Republicans say they want Republicans in Congress to push back on Donald Trump when they disagree.

November 25, 2024
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) listens as President-elect Donald Trump speaks at a meeting of House Republicans earlier this month.

The Campaign Moment: Gaetz’s downfall, Trump’s mandate

Former congressman Matt Gaetz (R-Florida) pulled his name from consideration for attorney general. What will this mean for Donald Trump’s other controversial Cabinet picks?

November 22, 2024

Gaetz out, Oz in, and your lingering election questions

Former congressman Matt Gaetz (R-Florida) pulled his name from consideration for attorney general. What will this mean for Donald Trump’s other controversial Cabinet picks?

November 22, 2024

2024 is the year Democrats lost their populist edge

New polling reinforces a reason Democrats lost in 2024: Voters increasingly see the GOP as speaking for -- and to -- them.

November 22, 2024
Supporters of then-Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris (D-California) hold up signs during the 2019 California Democratic Party State Organizing Convention in San Francisco in June 2019.

The key 2024 election results you might have missed

State legislative and Supreme Court races were not terribly decisive, while we saw setbacks for ranked-choice voting and minimum-wage increases.

November 22, 2024
Campaign buttons urging Alaskans to repeal ranked-choice voting in their state sit on a picnic table in Wasilla, Alaska, in May.

Four takeaways from Matt Gaetz’s exit

It was an early setback for Trump, and it shows that the system can still stand up to him — at least when it’s relatively easy to do so.

November 21, 2024
Then-Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Florida) on Capitol Hill in October 2023.

Mandate? Fuller election results increasingly show GOP gains were small.

A holistic look — down to the state legislative level — reinforces that early Trump and GOP claims to a huge “mandate” were overblown.

November 20, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump on Nov. 13 in Washington.

The diciest Trump Cabinet picks, ranked

Evaluating the factors that could give enough Republican senators pause in confirming Trump’s picks.

November 19, 2024
Matt Gaetz follows Tulsi Gabbard off a plane last week in Philadelphia.