Ed O'Keefe (born March 28, 1983) is an American senior White House and political correspondent with CBS News.

[4] He continues to serve as an occasional panelist on the PBS program Washington Week, including at times as co-moderator.

[5][6] Since joining CBS News, O’Keefe has covered the 2018 midterm elections, with reports from across the country and contributed to coverage of other major events in Washington including the State of the Union, the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, dramatic testimony from former Donald Trump associate Michael Cohen.

In the early months of the 2020 presidential campaign cycle, O’Keefe interviewed several candidates including Republican William Weld and Democrats Steve Bullock, Julian Castro, Kamala Harris, Kirsten Gillibrand, Amy Klobuchar, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.

Larry Hogan told O’Keefe he was strongly considering a Republican primary challenge to President Trump, but later dropped plans to run.