Andrew Perez

Senior Politics Editor

Andrew Perez is the senior politics editor at Rolling Stone. He has spent over a decade reporting on money and influence on politics and policy, with a focus on dark money. Andrew was previously a senior editor and reporter at The Lever. Contact Andrew on Signal at aperezrs.15.

‘They Need to Suffer’: Inside Trump’s War on Dissent

After Charlie Kirk’s murder, Trump expanded his war on free speech, the left, and ordinary Americans. It’s going to get worse
- Seeing Red
- By
  Andrew Perez and Asawin Suebsaeng
A New Democratic Think Tank Searches for Things to Talk About

The Searchlight Institute plans to use a “Shark Tank-style policy-generation process” and polling to further marginalize the left
- Commentary
- By
  Andrew Perez
Trump Officials Didn’t Know If His Order to Prosecute Foes Was Meant to Be Secret

The president’s social media posts urging Pam Bondi to promptly charge his political foes blindsided top officials in his administration
- U Up?
- By
  Asawin Suebsaeng and Andrew Perez
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Donald Trump’s Most Authoritarian Week Yet

Trump and company are using Charlie Kirk’s assassination as an excuse to ramp up their ongoing campaign for total power
- Blitz
- By
  Andrew Perez, Nikki McCann Ramirez, and Asawin Suebsaeng
MAGA Drummed Up B.S. to Take Down Jimmy Kimmel

ABC suspended Kimmel’s show after right-wingers twisted comments he made in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination
- ‘News Distortion’
- By
  Andrew Perez and Asawin Suebsaeng
‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ Pulled ‘Indefinitely’ by ABC Over Charlie Kirk Comments

Kimmel was taken off air by ABC and Nexstar after a threat from Trump’s FCC chair. “They were pissing themselves all day,” one ABC insider says
- Silenced
- By
  Charisma Madarang, Asawin Suebsaeng, and Andrew Perez
Why Is Kyrsten Sinema on CNN Talking About AI?

CNN invited the senator turned influence peddler to “discuss how she’s working with the Trump administration to advance some particular causes”
- Special Interests
- By
  Andrew Perez
Inside Stephen Miller’s Reign of Terror

Everything you loathe or love about Donald Trump’s America, you hate or cherish about Miller’s republic of fear
- Trump’s Zealot
- By
  Asawin Suebsaeng, Nikki McCann Ramirez, and Andrew Perez
The Supreme Court Is Trump’s Partner in Crimes Against America

Instead of trying to rein in Trump’s authoritarian urges, the justices have become his accomplices
- Commentary
- By
  Andrew Perez and Ryan Bort
Trump Has Successfully Tanked the American Labor Market

The president’s disastrous tariffs and mass deportation campaign are wrecking the economy
- Promises Made?
- By
  Andrew Perez, Naomi LaChance, and Asawin Suebsaeng