Robert Costa is an American political writer known for working for The Washington Post and National Review magazine. In December 2012, he was promoted to the position of Washington Editor for National Review after working for National Review as a political reporter since 2010. Costa earned a bachelor's degree in American studies from the University of Notre Dame in 2008 and a master's degree in politics from the University of Cambridge in 2009. He has also been a contributor for CNBC, frequently appearing on The Kudlow Report, and for MSNBC. Costa had also been a Robert L. Bartley Fellow at the Wall Street Journal. In November 2013, he left National Review and was hired by The Washington Post, officially joining the paper in January 2014. [More at Wikipedia]