Author Profile
Two New York Times political reporters whose previous work — from Confidence Man to the Pulitzer-winning Trump–Russia coverage to the Emmy-winning Axios on HBO interview — established the sourcing base behind Regime Change (Simon & Schuster, June 23, 2026).
Profile
Maggie Haberman is a senior political correspondent for The New York Times and one of the most-cited Trump-era political reporters in American journalism. She came up through New York's tabloid press — the Post and the Daily News — before moving to Politico in 2010 and joining The Times in 2015. Her reporting is built on long-developed sources inside campaigns, government, and the legal apparatus surrounding the former president, and her bylines have shaped the public record of the 2016, 2020, and 2024 election cycles.
In 2018 she shared the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting with Times and Washington Post colleagues for coverage of Russian interference in the 2016 election and the Trump administration's response. In 2022 she published Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America with Penguin Press — a book-length account drawn from decades of New York reporting and on-the-record interviews that debuted at the top of the New York Times nonfiction bestseller list and is now a standard reference for journalists and historians writing about the Trump era.
Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America
Penguin Press · 2022
A book-length account of Donald Trump's career and presidency, built on decades of New York reporting and dozens of interviews with the former president. Debuted at #1 on the New York Times nonfiction bestseller list.
Pulitzer Prize–winning coverage of Russian interference and the Trump White House
The New York Times (shared with colleagues) · 2017–2018
Awarded the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting alongside Times and Washington Post staff for reporting on connections between the Trump campaign, transition, and administration and Russian officials.
Sustained byline at The New York Times
The New York Times · 2015–present
Hundreds of front-page stories on the Trump administration, the 2020 and 2024 campaigns, and post-presidency legal proceedings — the body of work that established her as one of the most-cited political reporters of the era.
Begins reporting career at the New York Post covering New York City government and politics.
Reports at the Daily News, then returns to the Post to cover City Hall and state politics.
Joins Politico as a senior political reporter, covering national campaigns and the Republican primary.
Joins The New York Times as a political correspondent ahead of the 2016 presidential cycle.
Shares the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting with Times and Washington Post colleagues for coverage of Russian interference and the Trump administration's response.
Publishes Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America (Penguin Press), a New York Times bestseller drawn from years of reporting and on-the-record interviews.
Continues as senior political correspondent at The Times, covering the 2024 election and its aftermath; co-reports Regime Change with Jonathan Swan.
Profile
Jonathan Swan is a political reporter for The New York Times, where he covers the Republican Party, presidential campaigns, and the workings of executive power. He began his career in Australian political journalism before joining Axios at the outlet's 2017 launch, where he built a reputation for scoop reporting on internal White House decision-making during the first Trump administration.
His 2020 Axios on HBO interview with President Donald Trump — a long-form sit-down on COVID-19, race, and election integrity — drew international attention and won the 2021 Emmy for Outstanding Edited Interview. He joined The Times in 2022 and has since reported on the 2024 Republican primary, the general election, and the second Trump administration's personnel and policy decisions. That access work is the reporting base he brings to Regime Change.
Axios on HBO — interview with President Donald Trump
Axios / HBO · 2020
The full sit-down on COVID-19, race, and election integrity that drew international attention and won the 2021 Emmy for Outstanding Edited Interview.
Axios scoop reporting on the Trump administration
Axios · 2017–2022
A series of widely cited scoops on internal White House dynamics, personnel decisions, and policy disputes, often based on documents and recorded conversations.
Times political coverage of the 2024 cycle and second Trump administration
The New York Times · 2022–present
Reporting on Republican primary mechanics, campaign operations, and executive-branch decision-making — the reporting base he brings to Regime Change.
Begins political reporting in Australia at The Sydney Morning Herald, covering federal politics.
Joins Axios as national political reporter at the outlet's launch, building a beat on the Trump White House.
Conducts the widely cited Axios on HBO interview with President Donald Trump, later awarded the Emmy for Outstanding Edited Interview.
Receives the Emmy Award for Outstanding Edited Interview for the Trump sit-down.
Joins The New York Times as a political reporter, covering the Republican Party, presidential campaigns, and Washington power.
Co-authors Regime Change with Maggie Haberman, drawing on shared sourcing developed across two decades of access reporting.
Reporting style
Confidence Man was a single-author portrait: Haberman reconstructing decades of Trump's New York life and first presidency from her own reporting notebooks. The Axios on HBO interview was Swan at his most public: one reporter, one subject, the record on camera. Regime Change is a different exercise. It is the first co-authored book from the two of them, and it pools two distinct sourcing networks — Haberman's long-standing political and legal contacts and Swan's executive-branch and Republican-operative sources — into one account of how power has been exercised and transferred since 2024.
Readers familiar with Confidence Man can expect the same reconstructed-scene style and on-the-record quotation; readers familiar with Swan's Axios scoops can expect the same insistence on documents, recorded conversations, and accountability against the official statement. The 496-page length signals a reported history rather than a polemic, in keeping with both authors' previous books and bylines.
Read the new book
Regime Change — Simon & Schuster, June 23, 2026.