Rone Tempest

Rone Tempest

Rone Tempest was a longtime national and foreign correspondent for the Los Angeles Times. In 2004 he was part of a team of reporters to win the Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the massive wildfires in Southern California. 

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Kevin Roberts, president of The Heritage Foundation, speaks at the National Religious Broadcasters convention at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center Feb. 22, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP/George Walker IV)

Antisemitism accusations plagued Kevin Roberts' political heroes too

Facing backlash over his defense of Tucker Carlson's interview with white Christian nationalist Nick Fuentes, Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts follows in the footsteps of his two greatest political heroes.

Kristen Eichamer holds a Project 2025 fan in the group's tent at the Iowa State Fair, Aug. 14, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa.

Catholic leader champions Heritage Foundation's right-wing brand

Kevin Roberts, a Wyoming Catholic now leading the right-wing Heritage Foundation, cites his upbringing amid Louisiana's oil boom-bust and Pat Buchanan as shaping his faith-based conservatism.   

Kevin Roberts speaks at Amerifest 2022.

'Cowboy Catholic' leads Heritage Foundation plans for 2nd Trump term

If Donald Trump is reelected U.S. president, the Heritage Foundation under Kevin Roberts is uniquely poised to be the main policy and personnel engine for the new administration. 

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