Tim Mak
Tim Mak is NPR's Washington Investigative Correspondent, focused on political enterprise journalism.
His reporting interests include the 2020 election campaign, national security and the role of technology in disinformation efforts.
He appears regularly on NPR's Morning Edition, All Things Considered and the NPR Politics Podcast.
Mak was one of NPR's lead reporters on the Mueller investigation and the Trump impeachment process. Before joining NPR, Mak worked as a senior correspondent at The Daily Beast, covering the 2016 presidential elections with an emphasis on national security. He has also worked on the Politico Defense team, the Politico breaking news desk and at the Washington Examiner. He has reported abroad from the Horn of Africa and East Asia.
Mak graduated with a B.A. from McGill University, where he was a valedictorian. He also currently holds a national certification as an Emergency Medical Technician.
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Lawmakers approved a resolution affirming that it is U.S. policy to recognize the genocide of 1.5 million Armenians at the hands of the Ottoman Empire, now modern-day Turkey.
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GOP lawmakers broke House rules by entering a secure area where a closed-door interview was scheduled to be held. Committee rules allow only those serving on those panels conducting inquiry to attend.
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The Senate Foreign Relations Committee heard from U.S. diplomat James Jeffrey as Congress considers new sanctions against Turkey. But the top Senate Republican warns against action against an ally.
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President Trump's former national security adviser John Bolton reportedly was trying to caution others about Rudy Giuliani's efforts in Ukraine. Giuliani is Trump's personal attorney.
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The Russian government's efforts to interfere in the 2016 elections focused on African American audiences, according to a new bipartisan report.
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Emails and interviews detail the extent to which the National Rifle Association helped two of Moscow's agents ahead of the election, Senate Finance Committee Democrats say.
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The NRA worked more closely with two Russian agents than previously known, a new Senate report reveals. A Senate Democrat also wonders if the NRA's tax-exempt status might be imperiled.
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Joseph Maguire, the acting director of National Intelligence, testifies about his handling of a whistleblower's complaint at the center of an of an impeachment inquiry against President Trump.
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The House Intelligence Committee has released the whistleblower complaint at the center of the controversy over President Trump's July conversation with Ukraine's president.
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The president and the White House aren't closing the door to new background checks for gun buyers or other shifts in policy — but it isn't clear how close they'll ever get to Democrats' proposals.