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About Yamiche @yamiche

Yamiche Alcindor is the White House correspondent for the PBS NewsHour; the moderator of Washington Week, the weekly public affairs show on PBS; and a political contributor for NBC News and MSNBC. She often tells stories about the intersection of race and politics as well as fatal police encounters. She is currently covering the administration of President Joe Biden and the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

Before that, she covered the administration of former President Donald Trump and the impact of his policies and rhetoric on vulnerable populations domestically and internationally. As a White House correspondent, she has covered a range of issues including the disproportionate impact of the coronavirus on black people and communities of color, the protests following the death of George Floyd, and the consequences of former President Trump's immigration policies.

Previously, Alcindor worked as a national political reporter for The New York Times and a national breaking news reporter for USA Today. In 2020, Alcindor was named the recipient of RTDNA's John F. Hogan Distinguished Service Award, IWMF’s Gwen Ifill Award and the White House Correspondents' Association's Aldo Beckman Award for Overall Excellence in White House Coverage. She is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) and was named the organization's 2020 Journalist of the Year.

Alcindor earned a master's degree in broadcast news and documentary filmmaking from New York University and a bachelor's in English, government and African American studies from Georgetown University. A native of Miami, Fla., Yamiche is married to a fellow journalist and is the daughter of Haitian immigrants who met while attending Boston College.

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Politics Aug 06

Trump’s latest justification of 2016 meeting sets off flurry of new questions

President Trump offered a new reason for a controversial June 2016 meeting that has become a central question of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the election. The president tweeted on Sunday that the meeting was "to…

Politics Jul 16

WATCH: Trump refuses to acknowledge that Russia meddled in U.S. elections

Trump resisted when asked Monday to condemn Russian meddling in the election. Instead, he complained about a Democratic National Committee computer server and emails belonging to Hillary Clinton, the Democrat he defeated to win the presidency.

Politics Jul 16

WATCH: Trump and Putin hold joint news conference in Helsinki

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin spoke at a joint news conference today. Watch their remarks…

Politics Jul 11

At NATO, Trump says Germany is ‘totally controlled by Russia’

President Trump kicked off his visit to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit here Wednesday with fiery words for members states of the military alliance and a direct attack on Germany for a Russian energy pipeline project the country’s companies…

Nation Jul 06

DACA recipients who dream of military service are stuck in limbo

The United States Army has been quietly discharging a number of immigrant recruits, according to recent reports by the Associated Press and the NewsHour's own reporting. Yamiche Alcindor shares the story of another group of young immigrant recruits in limbo.

Nation Jun 29

‘I didn’t know we could be separated’: Migrant teen has no idea when he will see his dad

It's been more than a month since this 17-year-old has seen his dad. In April, they fled Honduras, leaving behind the rest of their family in hopes of supporting them financially from the U.S. Picked up after illegally crossing into…

Politics Jun 20

What Trump rally supporters say about family separation

President Trump left the immigration firestorm behind on Wednesday afternoon, traveling to Minnesota to meet a far friendlier crowd. Ahead of a primary campaign rally, Yamiche Alcindor talks with supporters and protesters, then joins Judy Woodruff to discuss the news…

Politics May 30

In Nashville, Trump bent and broke the truth. Here are the facts

President Donald Trump made several misleading or untrue statements Tuesday during an hour-long campaign-style speech in Nashville. Yamiche Alcindor joins Judy Woodruff to fact-check a few of them.

Politics May 17

Giuliani: A Trump-Mueller interview ‘looks more hopeful’

Giuliani told the PBS NewsHour Thursday that Mueller’s team and the president’s lawyers have been working together to narrow the scope of questions Mr. Trump would answer if he did sit down for an interview.

Politics May 16

Giuliani: Mueller’s team told Trump attorneys it can’t indict a sitting president

Giuliani, in a text to the PBS NewsHour, said Mueller’s team told the president’s lawyers about their conclusion two weeks ago.

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