Nancy Cordes

Nancy Cordes is CBS News’ chief White House correspondent based mostly in Washington, D.C. She was beforehand CBS News chief Congressional correspondent. Cordes led protection from Capitol Hill as rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol in January 2021 and as Donald Trump grew to become the primary American president in historical past to be impeached twice. During her 12 years protecting Congress, she reported extensively on authorities shutdowns, COVID-19 reduction laws negotiations, 5 Supreme Court confirmations, the congressional investigation into Russian election interference, the 2017 tax minimize invoice, the battle over President Obama’s well being care legislation, the rise of the Tea Party, and ongoing debates over immigration reform, gun management and plenty of different coverage points.

Cordes has been a significant contributor to CBS News’ election protection since 2008. On Election Night 2020, Cordes was a part of the in-studio anchor group and led protection of House and Senate races. In 2016 she was the lead CBS News correspondent protecting Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid and co-hosted a major debate in Iowa. She coated President Obama’s bid for re-election in 2012.

Cordes joined CBS News in 2007 as transportation and shopper security correspondent. Previously, Cordes was an ABC News correspondent based mostly in New York (2005-07), the place she reported for all ABC News broadcasts and coated main information tales together with Hurricane Katrina, the battle in Iraq and the 2004 election. Before that, she was a Washington-based correspondent for NewsOne, the affiliate information service of ABC News (2003-04). Prior to ABC News, Cordes was a reporter for WJLA-TV Washington, D.C. (1999-2003). While at WJLA-TV, Cordes coated the Sept. 11, 2001, assault on the Pentagon, the 2000 presidential race, the Washington, D.C.-area sniper assaults and peacekeeping efforts in Bosnia. She started her profession as a reporter for KHNL-TV in Honolulu (1995-97).

Cordes was born in Los Angeles and grew up in Hawaii on the islands of Kauai and Oahu. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania. Cordes obtained a grasp’s diploma in public coverage from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.