Kayla Tausche,

Kayla Tausche is a seasoned journalist with over a decade of experience at CNBC before joining CNN as a Senior White House Correspondent based in Washington D.C. During her career, she has covered the Biden administration, Cabinet agencies and elections and has filled in as an anchor for all CNBC programs. Tausche has landed news-making interviews with top officials including Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, and United States Trade Representative Ambassador Katherine Tai. She has also secured exclusive interviews with Vice President Mike Pence, Treasury Sec. Steven Mnuchin, chief of staff Mark Meadows and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Her investigations have taken her behind the scenes of the White House's flawed airport screening program that exposed US customs officers to the coronavirus and a failed deal by the Chinese government to inject $84 billion into West Virginia. Tausche has also co-hosted Squawk Alley, a show focusing on the intersection of Wall Street and Silicon Valley, from the New York Stock Exchange. She began her career with posts at the Associated Press in Brussels and the Financial Times Group in London and New York.