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About Lisa @LisaDNews

Lisa Desjardins is a correspondent for PBS News Hour, where she covers news from the U.S. Capitol while also traveling across the country to report on how decisions in Washington affect people where they live and work.

She specializes in breaking down complex stories and political disagreements into the key pieces that matter, often translating numbers and fiscal information into accessible stories for the audience.

Prior to joining News Hour, Desjardins spent nearly ten years with CNN as a senior correspondent and Capitol Hill reporter. Prior to CNN, she reported for the Associated Press, WBTW-TV, WIS-TV, WTS-TV, Reuters, and The Sun News. At WIS in Columbia, South Carolina, she broke news of the compromise to bring down the Confederate flag from the state house dome.

Desjardins earned a bachelor’s degree at the College of William and Mary and a master’s degree from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. She also received a first level graduate degree in Russian Studies from the Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia.

Desjardins’ reporting during and after the January 6th Capitol insurrection was the recipient of a Peabody Award, the Radio and Television Correspondents’ Association Joan S. Barone Award, and the National Press Foundation’s Everett McKinley Dirksen Award for Distinguished Reporting of Congress. She is also the recipient of a Peabody Award for CNN’s coverage of the 2008 election and a Society of Professional Journalists’ Sigma Delta Chi award for national breaking news for coverage of the Haiti earthquake.

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Politics Feb 24

Trump picks loyalist Bongino to be second-in-command at FBI

President Trump has picked a loyalist to be second-in-command at the FBI. Dan Bongino grew a massive online following spreading lies about election security, including that the agency he’ll help oversee tried to rig the 2016 and 2020 elections. Lisa…

Politics Feb 20

A look at Trump’s first month in office as Congress works on his tax cut, border package

President Trump has been on the job for one month and the pace of his administration has been unrelenting. Thursday, a federal judge ruled the administration could continue firing federal workers by the thousands and the Senate confirmed one of…

Nation Feb 19

‘I want to keep serving’: Navy commander fights Trump’s trans military ban

The Trump administration’s efforts to ban transgender people from serving in the military has come under hostile fire. One of those who could be affected by Trump's ban is Commander Emily Shilling, a decorated Navy pilot with over 60 combat…

Politics Feb 13

Linda McMahon pressed on Trump’s planned cuts to the Department of Education

It was a big day for President Trump's team and some of his most controversial choices. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in as the Secretary of Health and Human Services and Kash Patel took a big step forward on…

Nation Feb 12

House Republicans reveal their budget blueprint

House Republicans release their long-promised budget outline as they seek to fulfill President Trump’s agenda while cutting both the deficit and taxes. But it remains unclear whether the plan will achieve those goals, or if it even has the votes.

Politics Feb 07

Courts and Congress struggle to keep up with Trump as he reshapes American government

Courts and Congress are struggling to keep up with the breakneck pace as the Trump administration dramatically reshapes the American government, national politics and international order. The president promised more cuts and further political payback, even as the courts stepped…

Nation Feb 06

How the federal funding freeze is impacting community health and Head Start programs

A broad federal funding freeze announced by the Trump administration last week, and blocked by a pair of judges, is destabilizing a wide range of programs despite the court interventions. Some Community Health and Head Start programs have sporadically been…

Nation Feb 05

Trump’s mass resignation offer creates widespread confusion for federal workers

More than two million civilian federal workers across the country are facing a deadline. They can either accept an offer from the Trump administration to resign and keep pay and benefits through September, or they can pass on the offer…

Politics Feb 04

Senate committees clear path for confirmations of Gabbard and RFK Jr.

Two of President Trump’s most embattled nominees cleared major hurdles on their paths to confirmation. The Senate Finance Committee voted along party lines to send Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to lead Health and Human Services to the full Senate…

Politics Feb 03

The potential national and global impact of USAID’s closure

The U.S. agency tasked with overseeing foreign aid is put on the chopping block with potential risks for national security. Lisa Desjardins reports on the mass layoffs within the U.S. foreign aid program and the possible effects here and abroad.

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