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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 Apr 07

Traumatic brain injuries become defining injury for U.S. troops in post-9/11 conflicts

More than 350 U.S. service members have been injured since military action against Iran began in February. The majority of those are traumatic brain injuries. TBIs have become the defining injury of post 9/11 conflicts, and the symptoms can often…

World Apr 06

Trump claims Iranians 'want to hear bombs' because they want to be free

President Trump held a news conference at the White House on Monday and expressed confidence in a diplomatic outcome to the Iran war, but there's no public sign of progress. He also celebrated the successful mission that rescued the American…

Politics Apr 03

How young voters feel about Trump's handling of the Iran war

The U.S. and Israeli war with Iran has caused a rare rift among conservatives, with several influential figures on the right condemning the war. A recent poll shows that while most Republicans support the war, young Republicans appear to be…

Politics Apr 01

Trump's Supreme Court attendance highlights his focus on immigration

It was an unprecedented scene at the Supreme Court on Wednesday as Donald Trump became the first sitting president to attend oral arguments. The case will decide Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship, one of the most controversial policies of…

Politics Mar 31

Prediction markets, pardons spark questions over who's profiting from Trump's presidency

The Pentagon is denying a report by The Financial Times that Defense Secretary Hegseth’s stockbroker was seeking to make large investments in major defense companies in the days before the U.S. and Israel struck Iran. That report is raising more…

World Mar 27

Drone swarms over key U.S. military bases raise concerns

The war in Ukraine is providing a real-time testing ground for nations defending against drones. But unidentified drones are also an ongoing concern in the United States. This month, a swarm of drones repeatedly hovered around Barksdale Air Force Base…

World Mar 25

Iran rejects Trump's ceasefire terms and issues own demands as war continues

Now in its fourth week, there were more diplomatic efforts on Wednesday to end the war with Iran. But airstrikes and counterstrikes continue unabated throughout the Middle East. White House correspondent Liz Landers reports.

World Mar 24

Pentagon faces another legal challenge over new media rules

The Pentagon issued a revised policy for credentialing media after a judge struck down the Defense Department’s previous rules that determined access to its headquarters. But a spokesperson for The New York Times, which sued the Defense Department, said the…

World Mar 20

As attacks on oil sites continue, Trump dismisses ceasefire, says Iran is 'finished'

President Trump said he's not interested in a ceasefire with Iran because, from a military standpoint, Iran is "finished." Late Friday, he also said he's considering "winding down" military operations. Israel and the U.S. continued their attacks, but Iran also…

World Mar 19

White House's use of internet memes to promote Iran war sparks criticism

From video game clips to cartoon characters to blockbuster movie scenes, the Trump administration’s Iran messaging has embraced a style critics say blurs the line between propaganda and entertainment and risks reducing a real war to spectacle. White House correspondent…

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