Kaitlan Collins (born April 7, 1992)[1][2] is an American journalist who is a news anchor on CNN.

At a White House correspondent event in spring 2017, she met network president Jeff Zucker and thanked him for having her on despite the ideological nature of her employer at the time.

[11][12] Collins was involved in an incident with the Trump administration on July 25, 2018, when she attended a photo op in the Oval Office as the day's pool reporter.

[17] Trump's deputy chief of staff for communications, Bill Shine, objected to the characterization of the White House's action as a "ban" but "declined to tell reporters what word he would use to characterize the White House’s decision to block her from attending the event".

The White House Correspondents Association called the ban "wholly inappropriate, wrong-headed, and weak.

"[15][17] Jay Wallace, president of Fox News, issued a statement in support of Collins, saying that his organization "[stood] in strong solidarity with CNN for the right to full access for [its] journalists as part of a free and unfettered press.

"[15] Collins was the CNN White House correspondent for a large part of the written and televised live coverage of the 2020 election, and was subsequently promoted to chief White House correspondent for the incoming Biden administration on January 11, 2021.

[18] At a briefing that took place a few weeks after the election, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany refused to take a question from Collins and called her an "activist".

[27] On November 26, 2024, CNN announced that Collins would return as the network's chief White House correspondent for the second Trump presidency while keeping her primetime post.

[28] She has been hosting this prime time hourly show on weekdays between Anderson Cooper 360° and CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip.