Abby Phillip

Abby Daniella Phillip (born 1988/1989) is an American journalist who works as a White House correspondent for CNN. She has appeared as a guest on Washington Week and C-SPAN.

Phillip, born 1988/1989, is of Afro-Trinidadian descent. Born and raised in Bowie, Maryland, she attended Bowie High School.In 2010, she graduated from Harvard University with a Bachelor of Arts in government. At Harvard, Phillip wrote for The Harvard Crimson.

Phillip joined CNN in 2017 and currently covers the Trump Administration. Before CNN, she worked at The Washington Post where her roles included national political reporting and general assignments. She also worked at ABC News, where she was an ABC News Fellow and digital reporter in New York City. Phillip began her journalism career as a White House reporter and blogger for Politico covering campaign finance issues and lobbying.She appears occasionally on Washington Week with Robert Costa on PBS.

Phillip co-moderated the seventh Democratic debate of the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries at Drake University on January 14, 2020. She was criticized for alleged unfair treatment of Bernie Sanders in moderating the debate.

Phillip lives in Washington, D.C., with her husband, Marcus Richardson. Phillip and Richardson were married at the Larz Anderson House in May 2018.