Tammy Bruce

About

Tammy K. Bruce (born August 20, 1962) is an American conservative radio host, author, and political commentator. She has served as United States Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations since December 2025. She previously served as spokeswoman for the United States Department of State from January to August 2025 in the second Trump administration. Bruce has been an on-air contributor to Fox News and has also hosted Get Tammy Bruce on Fox Nation.

Tammy Bruce was born on August 20, 1962, in Northridge, California. Her mother was a retail store clerk. Bruce has never met her biological father, saying that he “disappeared a few months before I was born”.
Bruce went to Ventura High School, where she lasted only two weeks. She subsequently took the California Proficiency Exam and passed. Bruce returned to school in her late 30s and obtained a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Southern California in 2002.

After leaving her formal education at 15, Bruce moved to Illinois and began a series of minor jobs. She moved back to Los Angeles and worked as a personal secretary for Brenda Benet…