CNN names Collins its chief White House correspondent

CNN has named Kaitlan Collins its anchor and chief White House correspondent.

Collins will continue to anchor her weekday 9 p.m. program, “The Source with Kaitlan Collins,” while also contributing her signature reporting on President-elect Trump’s second administration across all of CNN’s digital, television and streaming platforms.

“Kaitlan Collins is the perfect person to lead coverage of the new Trump White House, even as she continues to anchor her key primetime show The Source,” said CNN Chairman and CEO Mark Thompson in a statement. “Kaitlan is a political journalist of real depth and tenacity who already boasts an amazing record of scoops and exclusive interviews. I’m excited to see what new heights she scales as she combines this key new posting with her duties as a major CNN anchor.”

Since launching ”The Source,” Collins has conducted headline-grabbing interviews, including with Secretary Hillary Clinton, Vice President-elect JD Vance, Attorney Marc Agnifilo, Former Attorney General William Barr, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Trump’s criminal defense attorneys, GOP presidential candidates and more.

In May 2023, Collins also moderated CNN’s live Republican Presidential Town Hall with former President Donald Trump, which was his first town hall-style event of the 2024 presidential campaign.

Since joining CNN in 2017, Collins has broken several stories in her coverage of both the Biden and Trump administrations, including major staff departures and consequential policy decisions. In those years, she covered President Biden and President Trump abroad and pressed both on key international issues.