Kaitlan Collins (born April 7, 1992) is an American journalist who is a news anchor on CNN. She is the former co-anchor of CNN This Morning. She is the current host of The Source at 9 p.m. since July 2023. She also served as the network's Chief White House Correspondent from January 2021 until November 2022. Previously, she was the White House correspondent for the website The Daily Caller. While she was still with The Daily Caller, Collins was invited to make several appearances 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. In July 2017, Collins was hired by CNN as part of the team covering presidential news. As a member of the press corps, Collins reported on at least half a dozen of Trump's international presidential trips. On July 5, 2023, it was announced that Collins' new 9 p.m. program would be titled The Source with Kaitlan Collins. The show premiered on July 10.
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'Not a smart question': Trump insults CNN's Kaitlan Collins for challenging crash blame President Donald Trump threw insults at CNN's Kaitlan Collins Thursday as she took him to task over attempts to cast blame for the plane crash that killed 67 people in Washington, D.C. Speaking to the press from the White House, Trump had blamed previous presidents Joe Biden and Barack Obama for policies he said led to the crash, before laying into diversity policies that he claimed had put disabled people in charge of air traffic control. Collins asked him if that was fitting, considering the details of what caused the crash were barely known. (MSN 1/30/25) READMORE>>>>> ‘Can We Not?’ Kaitlan Collins Accuses Scott Jennings of Whitewashing Trump’s Boycott of Biden Inauguration A CNN panel discussion about notable absences from President-elect Donald Trump’s upcoming inauguration ended with Kaitlan Collins accusing Scott Jennings of trying to bait her. On Thursday, it was reported that Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi will skip the inauguration on Monday. Former First Lady Michelle Obama will also forgo the event. “I think we can’t be too precious about this,” Karen Finney said. “I mean, considering Donald Trump didn’t go four years ago after an insurrection where he tried to overturn the election.” (MediaIte 1/16/25) READ MORE>>>>> Immunity isn't in the Constitution': CNN's Kaitlan Collins shuts down Trump attorney live Donald Trump's absolute immunity case had its day in the highest court in the land on Thursday and despite the Supreme Court justices' overall dim reaction — his attorneys are still thundering with absolute certainty they're right. Attorney William Scharf, a Republican candidate in Missouri's attorney general race, appeared opposite CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins to bang former president's drum that he should be untouchable in his official acts as president. He attempted to tamp down on what he called a "parade of horribles," referring to some of the hypotheticals that have been raised by Supreme Court justices and before that the three-judge panel of the D.C. Court of Appeals — about granting the president with blanket immunity to for instance assassinate political rivals or launch military coups. (MSN 4/26/24) READ MORE>>>>> |
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January 30, 2025: Collins to Donald Trump: "We don't know the names of the 67 people who were killed, and you are blaming Democrats and DEI and air traffic control and seemingly the member of the U.S. military who was flying that Black Hawk helicopter. Don't you think you're getting ahead of the investigation right now?" Trump : "No, I don't think so at all. I don't think the names of the people, you mean the names of the people that are on the plane? Uh, you think that's going to make a difference? I think that's not a very smart question. I'm surprised, coming from you." Collins: "Are you blaming yourself?" Trump: "Please, please." January 17, 2024: Fox News reported: CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins stood by the now-infamous 2023 Trump town hall that became the epicenter of controversy both inside and outside the network, arguing the likely Republican presidential nominee can't be ignored. Back in May, Collins had a combative exchange with former President Trump, who broke his longstanding boycott of CNN to participate in a televised town hall with an audience full of his supporters. The two of them sparred over several topics, including Jan. 6 as well as his repeated claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen. In an interview with Elle magazine published Wednesday, Collins argued Trump would have gotten the attention he seeks regardless of whether CNN did the town hall. |
December 30, 2023: New York Post reported: Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley dropped the ball Saturday in the Hawkeye State, confusing all-world University of Iowa basketball player Caitlin Clark — with CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins. Ahead of the Lady Hawkeyes game against the Minnesota Golden Gophers, Hailey tried to heap praise on the No. 4-ranked team at a tailgating event in Coralville — but ended up mistakenly referring to point guard Clark as Collins.