Robert Costa (born October 14, 1985) is an American political reporter who is the chief election and campaign correspondent for CBS News.

Previously, he was a political analyst for NBC News and MSNBC and the moderator and managing editor of Washington Week on PBS.

[4][5] He is the co-author with Bob Woodward of Peril, a # 1 New York Times bestseller on the final days of the first Trump presidency, including the 2021 United States Capitol attack.

[11] He grew up in Lower Makefield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where he attended Pennsbury High School and graduated in 2004.

While Costa was at Pennsbury, Sports Illustrated writer Michael Bamberger profiled him in the book Wonderland: A Year in the Life of an American High School.

He also reported for The Bucks County Courier Times, interviewing bands and reviewing concerts in the Philadelphia area, and covered professional and local sports for PHS-TV, the student television station.

During his time at Notre Dame, Costa held internships at PBS' Charlie Rose, ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos, and in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.

[19] In 2013, during the United States federal government shutdown, Costa's reporting on the Republican Party in Congress was widely praised.

[33] To promote the book, Woodward and Costa appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,[34] The View, Meet the Press,[35] Good Morning America,[36] and other programs.

[38] In 2022, he left The Washington Post to join CBS News as the network's chief election and campaign correspondent.

"[39] Costa told the Associated Press that The Washington Post is a "first class organization" and that he was open to potential collaborations between the newspaper and CBS News.