Reporters from WSJ, NYT and The Washington Post to discuss insider campaign book "2024" at Headliners book event, July 22

With extraordinary access to the Trump, Biden and Harris teams, Dawsey, Pager and Arnsdorf take readers beyond the public events to the innermost workings of the Republican and Democratic presidential campaigns. They explore how the Trump campaign, led by Susie Wiles, overcame a dozen primary challengers, four indictments, and President Trump’s own record to win a second term, and detail how President Joe Biden and his team ignored tanking poll numbers, minimized concerns about his age, and fended off younger Democrats to stay in the race. Following Biden’s disastrous debate performance, the book chronicles Vice President Kamala Harris’ 107-day campaign, the shortest presidential campaign in modern U.S. history. 

The event will include a discussion with the authors and a book signing. Ticket prices are $5 for National Press Club members and $10 for general admission. Books are available for pre-purchase. A limited number of books will be for sale at the event. Registration is essential for entrance into the club.

To submit a question in advance for our guest, put 2024 in the subject line and email to [email protected]. The deadline for submitting questions in advance is 4 p.m. on the day of the event.

About the authors:

Josh Dawsey is an investigative reporter focused on politics at The Wall Street Journal. He most recently worked as a political enterprise and investigations reporter for The Washington Post. He joined the Post in 2017 and covered the White House from 2017 to 2021. He was part of the team of journalists that won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for the newspaper’s coverage of the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, and a team that won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for coverage of the role of the AR-15 in American life. He is also a two-time recipient of the White House Correspondents Association award for news reporting and a lecturer at the Allbritton Journalism Institute. Josh is a proud graduate of the University of South Carolina and the enthusiastic owner of a rambunctious rescue dog named Pepper.

Tyler Pager is a White House correspondent at The New York Times. He previously covered the White House at The Washington Post, where he won the 2022 Gerald R. Ford Journalism Prize for Distinguished Reporting on the Presidency. He graduated as the valedictorian from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, and with distinction from the University of Oxford, where he earned a master’s degree in comparative social policy. He lives in Washington, D.C. 

Isaac Arnsdorf covers the White House for The Washington Post. His reporting from the scene of the Trump assassination attempt was central to The Post’s coverage that won the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting. His first book, “Finish What We Started,” about the MAGA movement since January 6, was published in 2024. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his family.