John Stanton joined BuzzFeed as Washington Bureau Chief in June 2012 and has covered Congress, the White House and the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. since 1997. Stanton has been called the “last true renegade on Capitol Hill” and has appeared on Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, is a regular guest on The Rachel Maddow Show, and is a contributor to Meet the Press.

In Fall 2015, his discussion group was: "Is There a Youth Movement in Politics?"