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Colbert I. King

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Washington, D.C.

Columnist covering D.C. issues and politics

Colbert I. “Colby” King writes a column — sometimes about D.C., sometimes about politics — that runs in print on Saturdays. In 2003, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary “for his against-the-grain columns that speak to people in power with ferocity and wisdom." He is also a regular panelist on ABC’s "Inside Washington" and a regular commentator on WTOP Radio. King joined The Post’s Editorial Board in 1990 and served as deputy editorial page editor from 2000 to 2007. Earlier in his career, he was an executive vice president of Riggs National Bank, U.S. executive director of the World Bank,

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Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-New York) at the Capitol on Jan. 14.

A tent encampment on Massachusetts Avenue near Union Station in D.C. (Astrid Riecken/For The Washington Post)

President Donald Trump throws pens used to sign executive orders to the crowd during a presidential inauguration event in Washington on Jan. 20. (Matt Rourke/AP, File)

Ed Martin speaks at an event hosted by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) at the U.S. Capitol on June 13, 2023. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/AP)

RFK Stadium in Northeast Washington. (Craig Hudson for The Washington Post)

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in D.C. on Tuesday. (Craig Hudson for The Washington Post)

Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) at a hearing on Capitol Hill in January. (Rod Lamkey Jr./AP)

Flags flying outside the D.C. headquarters of the U.S. Agency for International Development on Monday. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)

President Donald Trump at a news conference at the White House on Thursday. (Yuri Gripas/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)

Ed Martin at the Capitol in June 2023. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/AP)