Jacob Paul Tapper (born March 12, 1969) is an American journalist. He is the lead Washington anchor for CNN, hosts the weekday television news show The Lead with Jake Tapper, and co-hosts the Sunday morning public affairs program State of the Union.

Jan 12, 2025 · Tapper currently anchors an award-winning two-hour weekday program, The Lead with Jake Tapper, and hosts CNN’s Sunday morning show, State of the Union. In 2021, he...

4 days ago · CNN’s Jake Tapper asks President Trump’s deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller to clarify the White House’s order to freeze all federal aid. CNN values your feedback 1.

Jan 23, 2025 · Jake Tapper‘s late-day program will move to a two hour slot between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m., setting up audiences for the primetime lineup, and Kasie Hunt will move from mornings to a 4 p.m. program ...

4 days ago · JAKE TAPPER, CNN: So let me ask you, President Trump has left the door open to invoking the Insurrection Act, which would allow him to use military forces, U.S. military forces, inside the United ...

Jan 24, 2025 · Acosta's future with the network is now in question, after his morning time slot was given to Blitzer and Pamela Brown The post CNN Shakeup: Jake Tapper, Wolf Blitzer Change Times, Jim Acosta ...

Jan 24, 2025 · CNN's lead DC anchor and chief Washington correspondent, Jake Tapper, hosts this two-hour long weekday afternoon program, with headlines from around the country and the world, the top...

Jan 22, 2025 · CNN boss Mark Thompson told more than 100 journalists and top on-air talent including Jake Tapper and Anderson Cooper that they ought to avoid “pre-judging” President-elect Donald Trump while ...

CNN anchor and chief Washington correspondent Jake Tapper joined the network in January 2013. Tapper currently anchors an award-winning two-hour weekday program, The Lead with Jake Tapper, which debuted in March 2013. He has hosted CNN’s Sunday morning show, State of the Union, since June 2015.

Jake Tapper has written two New York Times bestselling novels, The Hellfire Club and The Devil May Dance, as well as the bestselling nonfiction book The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor, which was turned into a critically acclaimed film in 2020. He is the lead DC anchor and chief Washington correspondent for CNN.