Robert Costa Joins RVs Move America Week As Tuesday Lunch Speaker

Robert Costa is one of the nation's most acclaimed journalists and is known for his nonpartisan, in-depth reporting and analysis across television and print. He is a national correspondent for “CBS News Sunday Morning” and 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 many CBS News programs.

Costa was named a national correspondent for “Sunday Morning” in February 2025 following three years of contributions to the broadcast, such as 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 previously served as chief election and campaign correspondent for CBS News, where he was the network's lead political reporter during the 2022 midterm elections and the 2024 presidential campaign. He has also been a guest anchor on the CBS Television Network for programs such as “CBS Evening News,” “CBS Weekend News” and “Face the Nation." 

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. He has interviewed President Trump dozens of times over the course of nearly two decades of coverage, going back to their first interview in 2011, and his work chronicling Trump's rise to power led Politico to call Costa "the Trump whisperer."

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 scholar at the University of Virginia's Center for Politics.