Eugene Daniels

Eugene Daniels is a Playbook Co-author and White House Correspondent for POLITICO. He has covered the Biden administration, with a specific focus on Vice President Kamala Harris since the inauguration.

Since joining POLITICO in 2018, he’s covered the midterms, the Democratic presidential primary and general election through print, video journalism, podcasts and live events. During the country’s reckoning with race in 2020, Eugene moderated POLITICO’s Confronting Inequality Town Hall series that examined how inequities in policing, housing, healthcare, education and employment permeate and plague the United States.

Eugene is a senior MSNBC political analyst where he appears often sharing scoops, reporting and analysis of the biggest news in D.C. He is also currently the president of the White House Correspondents’ Association.

Prior to POLITICO, Eugene covered the 2016 primary, general election and national politics as a political reporter at Newsy. He began his career in local television in Colorado Springs and graduated from Colorado State University in 2012.