Kaitlan Collins

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Kaitlan Collins anchors The Source with Kaitlan Collins weeknights at 9pm ET.
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CIA director returns to Qatar for hostage talks with Israeli and Egyptian counterparts
Nov 28, 2023
CIA Director Bill Burns visited Qatar on Tuesday for meetings with Qatari officials as well as his Israeli and Egyptian counterparts to push for a broader hostage deal that would expand beyond women and children to include negotiations for men and soldiers, a source familiar with the talks told CNN.
People look at pictures of Hamas' hostages during a demonstration in Tel Aviv, Israel, calling for their release on November 11.
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Israel and Hamas agree to breakthrough deal on hostage release and four-day truce
Nov 23, 2023
Israel and Hamas have reached a breakthrough deal for a four-day pause in fighting and the release of at least 50 women and children held hostage in Gaza, marking a major de-escalatory step nearly seven weeks after the start of a conflict that has spiraled into a grave humanitarian crisis in the enclave.
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IDF spokesman on challenges of hostage deal
Nov 22, 2023
IDF International Spokesperson Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus joins The Lead.
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‘Do you still really view this as a win?’: Collins presses Trump attorney
Nov 18, 2023
CNN’s Kaitlan Collins speaks with Trump attorney Scott Gessler after a Colorado judge rejected an attempt to remove former President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 primary ballot based on the claim he is constitutionally barred from office because of January 6.
Images of people's eyes adorn chairs, one for each of the 240 Israelis held hostage by Hamas in Gaza, which are placed outside The Museum of Modern Art known as the 'The Hostages and Missing Square' on November 11, in Tel Aviv, Israel.
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Hamas has demanded Israel stop flying drones over Gaza in hostage negotiations, sources say
Nov 17, 2023
Hamas has demanded that Israel stop flying surveillance drones over Gaza as part of its request that Israel pause its military operations in exchange for freeing hostages held by the terrorist group, according to two Israeli officials and third source familiar with the ongoing negotiations.
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Collins presses Ramaswamy on Ohio abortion vote
Nov 08, 2023
CNN’s Kaitlan Collins speaks with Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy about Ohioans’ vote to enshrine abortion rights in their state constitution.
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‘No questions asked’: Ex-US official explains why he resigned over Israel
Oct 31, 2023
Ex-State Department official Josh Paul explains his decision to resign from the agency following the onset of the Israel-Hamas conflict.
An October 10 aerial photo shows the abandoned site of the attack on the Nova music festival by Hamas militants in southern Israel. Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images
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Why Israel showed searing images of the Hamas attack
Oct 29, 2023
On Friday, CNN was part of a small group of journalists in the United States shown a graphic video of the brutal October 7 attack carried out by Hamas.
Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the first Republican candidates' debate of the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. August 23, 2023.
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Pence suspends campaign for president
Oct 29, 2023
Former Vice President Mike Pence has suspended his campaign for president amid lagging poll numbers and financial challenges.
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Surgeon slams Biden’s comment on Palestinian death toll
Oct 27, 2023
Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah, a plastic and reconstructive surgeon, joins CNN’s Kaitlan Collins to discuss his experience working in hospitals in Gaza as supplies dwindle.
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Oct 26, 2023
Video shared with CNN shows people running from the scene of one of the multiple active shooter events in Lewiston, Maine.
Photographs of some of those taken hostage by Hamas during their recent attacks are seen on October 18, 2023 in Tel Aviv, Israel.
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Intensive talks underway to free a larger number of hostages held by Hamas but major obstacles remain
Oct 24, 2023
Talks to secure the release of a large number of hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza are ongoing, two sources familiar with the matter and one western diplomat familiar with the discussions told CNN, but the negotiations are being complicated by a number of factors.
In this handout photo provided by the Israeli Government, American hostages Judith Tai Raanan and her 17-year-old daughter Natalie Raanan are seen following their release on Friday.
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American mother and daughter taken hostage by Hamas are released as humanitarian crisis in Gaza deepens
Oct 21, 2023
Hamas released two American hostages, Judith Tai Raanan and her 17-year-old daughter, Natalie Raanan, on Friday nearly two weeks after launching a deadly attack in Israel and abducting around 200 people.
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023, at Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Fla.
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Trump sharply criticizes Netanyahu over intelligence failure in latest sign of soured relationship
Oct 13, 2023
Former President Donald Trump lashed out Wednesday at Benjamin Netanyahu, saying the Israeli prime minister was caught unprepared by Hamas’ attack and praising the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah as “very smart.”
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, talks with members of the media as he departs after the last votes of the week on Capitol Hill on Friday, Sept. 27, 2019.
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Inside Trump’s decision to endorse Jim Jordan for House speaker
Oct 07, 2023
As he traveled from a New York courtroom to his Palm Beach club this week, former President Donald Trump repeatedly asked his allies and aides for steady updates on what was happening in Washington, DC, as the man he often referred to as “my Kevin” was ousted from the House speakership in dramatic fashion and the immediate search for his replacement began.
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Rep. Mace describes backlash she has received since voting to oust McCarthy
Oct 05, 2023
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) talks with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins about her vote to oust Kevin McCarthy from his role as speaker and the backlash she has received since the vote.

About

Kaitlan Collins is the anchor of The Source with Kaitlan Collins weeknights at 9pm ET.

On The Source, Collins chases the facts, asks the tough questions, and connects with her sources so viewers can get the very latest in primetime. She secures exclusive interviews with political power players, including her recent attention-grabbing interviews with Former Attorney General William Barr, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, GOP presidential candidates and more. In May 2023, Collins also moderated CNN’s live Republican Presidential Town Hall with former President Donald Trump, which was his first town hall-style event of the 2024 presidential campaign.

Previously, Collins was the co-anchor and chief correspondent of CNN This Morning. Prior to the launch of the morning show in November 2022, she served as CNN’s Chief White House Correspondent based in Washington, D.C. Since joining the network in 2017, Collins has broken several stories in her coverage of both the Biden and Trump administrations, including major staff departures and consequential policy decisions. In those years, she covered President Biden and President Trump abroad, and pushed both on the world stage. Collins also reported extensively on the Senate special election in her home state of Alabama.

Since 2018, Collins has been included in Mediaite’s annual list of the Most Influential People in News Media. She was also named to Crain’s NewsPro’s 12 to Watch in TV News in 2019, as well as one of Forbes magazine’s 30 Under 30: Media in the same year. In 2023, she was named on Variety’s New Power of New York list.

Collins joined CNN from The Daily Caller, where she served as the White House Correspondent covering the first few months of the Trump administration and the 2016 election.

Collins is a graduate of the University of Alabama.