Stephen F. Hayes
Stephen F. Hayes is a senior writer at The Weekly Standard and author of two New York Times bestsellers: Cheney: The Untold Story of America's Most Powerful and Controversial Vice President and The Connection: How al Qaeda's Collaboration with Saddam Hussein Has Endangered America. He is a regular Fox All Stars panelist on Special Report with Bret Baier.
Before joining The Weekly Standard, Hayes was a senior writer for National Journal's Hotline. He also served for six years as Director of the Institute on Political Journalism at Georgetown University. His work has appeared in the New York Post, the Washington Times, Salon, National Review, and Reason. He has been a commentator on CNN, The McLaughlin Group, the Fox News Channel, MSNBC, CNBC, and C-SPAN.
A graduate of Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and DePauw University, Hayes was born and raised in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.
Stories by Stephen F. Hayes
Is Reince Ready to Jump Off the Trump Train?
Trump's Pivot to Normality Isn't Coming
The Truth About Interrogation
Trump's New Motto: America Second?
Trump's Curious Habit of Denigrating Fellow Republicans
Donald Trump Is Crazy, and So Is the GOP for Embracing Him
Al Qaeda in Iran
Cruz Makes a Principled, Righteous Gamble
Farce or Debacle? Day One At the Republican Convention
In Cleveland, Mike Lee Ponders Conservatism's Future With or Without the GOP
Top Intel Official: Al Qaeda Worked on WMD in Iran
Towards a Republican Party Platform of Principle
Trump Is Clueless on Saddam and Terror
Trump Says GOP Rivals Who Break Pledge Should be Barred From Seeking Office
Obama Did Not Ask for an Intel Brief the Day After the Benghazi Attack
The Benghazi Lie in Black and White
An al Qaeda Veteran Released From Gitmo Has Gone Missing
Ignoring Reality
NYTimes Blames Republicans, Not Radical Islam, for Orlando Terror Attack
The Man's Not for Changing
Target Iraq?
Trump's Race Problem Is Now the GOP's
Runaway Train
President Impervious
Trump's Revealing Interview With Bret Baier
Our National Dumpster Fire
Donald Trump, Policy Wonk?
Donald the Menace
When the Time Bomb Doesn't Tick
Believing the Unbelievable

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