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Liz Landers is a correspondent for PBS News Hour, where she covers the White House and the Trump administration. Prior to joining the News Hour, she served as the national security correspondent for Scripps News, and also reported on disinformation for the network.

Before joining Scripps News in April 2024, Landers was an on-air reporter at ABC News in Washington. She also served as the chief political correspondent at Vice News where she covered politics for four years inside and outside the Beltway, and won both an Emmy and Webby award for her coverage. At Vice News, Landers had exclusive interviews with Vice President Kamala Harris, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and Steve Bannon. Prior to that, she covered the 2016 campaign trail, the White House, and Capitol Hill for CNN. She was a 2023 fellow at the International Strategy Forum at Schmidt Futures. She is a native of Tallahassee, FL and resides in Washington, D.C.

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Nation May 06

Trump tells PBS News that Iran war has 'a very good chance of ending'

“I think it's got a very good chance of ending, and if it doesn't end, we have to go back to bombing the hell out of them,” Trump told White House correspondent Liz Landers.

Politics May 04

Secret Service agent fires on man with a gun close to the White House

For the second time in as many weeks, a U.S. Secret Service agent fired a gun at an armed suspect in Washington D.C., less than a mile from the White House. The agency said an agent returned fire at a…

Politics May 04

Why the Trump administration is paying billions to abandon wind farms

Lawmakers from both parties are raising concerns about the Trump administration's spending decisions. In the latest example, the administration said it will pay nearly $1 billion to energy companies to abandon plans to build two wind farms off the U.S.

Politics Apr 27

Accused Correspondents' Dinner gunman charged with attempted assassination of Trump

The suspect who attempted to storm a press gala this weekend in Washington has been charged with the attempted assassination of President Trump and other federal weapons charges. If convicted, he could face up to life in prison. White House…

Politics Apr 27

Liz Landers and Lisa Desjardins describe chaos at Correspondents' Dinner shooting

White House correspondent Liz Landers and Congressional correspondent Lisa Desjardins were at the White House Correspondents' Dinner and joined Geoff Bennett to discuss the chaos in the room that night.

Politics Apr 24

Soldier's arrest over Polymarket bet on Maduro raid fuels insider trading concerns

A Special Forces soldier who helped plan the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was indicted for allegedly using classified information about the raid to make prediction market bets. It is raising new concerns about insider trading and the need…

Politics Apr 24

4 things to watch at the White House Correspondents' Dinner

Donald Trump is attending the annual event for the first time as president.

Politics Apr 23

WATCH: Trump says he won't use nuclear weapons in Iran

President Donald Trump said Thursday that he wouldn’t use a nuclear weapon in Iran and that nobody should be allowed to use them.

Politics Apr 23

'This is my home,' says DACA recipient deported then returned to U.S.

The Department of Homeland Security says it has deported more than 675,000 immigrants in the first year of Trump’s second term. Although the administration claims to be targeting violent criminals, others continue to be caught in the crackdown, including some…

World Apr 22

Iran targets ships in Strait of Hormuz as U.S. talks remain uncertain

Iranian forces attacked and seized at least two ships in the contested Strait of Hormuz as a standoff over when or whether to return to negotiations continued. The Trump administration said it did not consider the attacks violations of a…

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