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CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins adding role as chief White House correspondent

For the first time, a prime-time anchor will also serve as the network’s lead White House reporter.

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CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins attends a BAFTA event at the Pierre Hotel in New York in October. (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)
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CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, already busy anchoring the network’s news-heavy 9 p.m. show, will take on another high-pressure role as chief White House correspondent, the network confirmed Tuesday. In doing so, she will become CNN’s first prime-time anchor to also serve as its top White House reporter.

It’s a return gig for Collins, who in 2021 became the youngest chief White House correspondent in CNN history. She gave up the position in 2022 to serve as the co-host of CNN’s ill-fated morning show, which was based in New York.