- "The Big Lie: How George W. Bush Sold the War in Iraq" (2003)
- "War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death" (2008)
- "The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism" (2009)
- "Obama: In Search of the Man" (2012)
- "Trump and Russia: A Special Counsel Investigation" (2019)
- "The White House Briefing Room: A Reporter's Guide to Presidential Press Conferences" (2019)
Awards
- Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting (1995)
- George Polk Award for Political Reporting (2002)
- Overseas Press Club Award for Best International Reporting (2004)
- Sigma Delta Chi Award for Public Service Journalism (2009)