Robert Costa is a national correspondent for “CBS News Sunday Morning” and the chief Washington analyst for CBS News.
Costa’s work at “Sunday Morning” includes coverage of national politics, in-depth interviews with newsmakers, and features on culture, literature and the arts. As chief Washington analyst for CBS News, Costa offers reporting and analysis to the “CBS Evening News,” “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” “CBS Mornings” and CBS News 24/7 programs.
Costa has covered President Donald Trump for over a decade and interviewed him on numerous occasions, with conversations on Trump’s campaign plane and at Trump Tower during key moments in Trump’s political career. Politico once called Costa a “Trump whisperer” due to his close coverage of Trump’s rise to power, and Costa continues to report on the Trump White House, Congress, and the influence of Trump’s voters in American politics.
Costa was named a national correspondent for “Sunday Morning” in February 2025 following three years of contributions to the broadcast, including an exclusive sit-down in the White House residence with President Joe Biden in August 2024. It was Biden’s first interview since he announced his decision to not seek reelection. Costa and colleagues at “Sunday Morning” won an Emmy Award in 2023 for “Outstanding Recorded News Program.
Costa served as chief election and campaign correspondent for CBS News from 2022 through 2024. He has been a guest anchor on the CBS Television Network for programs such as “CBS Evening News,” “CBS Weekend News” and “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.”
Prior to joining CBS News, Costa was a longtime national political reporter at The Washington Post. During his time at the newspaper, Costa served as the moderator and managing editor of “Washington Week” on PBS and was a political analyst for NBC News and MSNBC. In 2021, he and Bob Woodward published “Peril,” a No. 1 New York Times bestseller.
Costa holds a bachelor’s degree with honors from the University of Notre Dame, where he is a former trustee, and a master’s degree in politics from the University of Cambridge. Since 2022, Costa has served as a non-resident scholar at the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics.