He was then assigned to the White House where he reported for The Today Show, NBC Nightly News, MSNBC, and The Weather Channel.

On June 5, 2013, he was named Al Jazeera America's first White House correspondent, a role he held until the network folded.

[3] On January 28, 2021, NewsNation named Viqueira their Washington Bureau Chief.

In 2008, Viqueira won two Emmy awards for the coverage of the bailout and the 2008 election.

[4] He also received the Joan Barone Award for Excellence in Journalism that same year, for his coverage of the bailout.