About 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.

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

2 Years Later, 'Much of the World No Longer Remembers Oct. 7' Oct 01, 2025

WASHINGTON — The brutal Hamas-led attacks in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, left some 1,200 dead. I never would have predicted that, two years later, Hamas would continue to imprison hostages, refuse to release the bodies of dead detainees and still b... Read More

Trump Targets UN -- Like Shooting Fish in a Barrel Sep 24, 2025

WASHINGTON — The escalator stopped working as President Donald Trump and the first lady entered the United Nations on Tuesday. Then, as Trump began to deliver his speech to the General Assembly, the teleprompter didn't work. Whether the glitche... Read More

Jimmy Kimmel Is Living in a Material World Sep 19, 2025

WASHINGTON — During the Monday monologue that spawned this kerfuffle, late-night talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel stepped in it when he said, "The MAGA Gang (is) desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other... Read More

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