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National Security Network Participant
FDD’s National Security Fellow
2025
National Security Network Participant

Matthew Foldi

Washington Reporter

Biography

Last updated: Mar 19, 2025

Matthew Foldi is the editor-in-chief of the Washington Reporter, a conservative publication that covers the Hill, White House, and K Street. Matthew is a veteran reporter whose findings have led to multiple congressional investigations across several federal agencies. He is also a political reporter for The Spectator, the oldest magazine in the world. In 2019, he worked on Caroline Glick’s campaign for Knesset, and in 2022, he ran for Congress himself in western Maryland. While in college at the University of Chicago, he successfully ran for office, becoming the youngest elected official in Chicago history at age 19.

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