Donald Judd - White House Producer
Donald Judd
White House Producer
Donald (DJ) Judd is a White House producer. Most recently, he was a video producer and traveled to 26 states while covering the 2020 presidential election, including Mayor Pete Buttigieg's campaign, the Iowa Caucuses, and President Donald Trump's reelection campaign
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Biden administration to propose expanding access to over-the-counter contraception at no cost
Oct 21, 2024
The Biden administration is set to propose a new rule Monday that would require private insurance plans to cover over-the-counter contraception without a prescription at no cost.
DeSantis and Biden speak on storm recovery after reports GOP governor hadn’t returned calls from president, vice president
Oct 8, 2024
The White House said that Ron DeSantis and Joe Biden spoke Monday night following reports that the Republican governor of Florida had refused calls from the president and Vice President Kamala Harris as officials continue hurricane recovery efforts and prepare for another to make landfall later this week.
Arab American leaders urge Harris to ‘show distance’ from Biden’s Israel policy during private Michigan meeting
Oct 5, 2024
In a side room backstage at a Friday campaign rally in Flint, Michigan, Arab American advocates asked Vice President Kamala Harris to break from President Joe Biden’s Israel policy and push harder for an end to the war in Gaza.
Biden and Harris tout administration’s efforts to curb gun violence
Sep 26, 2024
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris appeared at the White House together on Thursday for an event on curbing gun violence — an issue on which they are touting the administration’s success and slamming the GOP ticket.
Pop star Chappell Roan says she’ll vote for Harris after previously waffling on 2024 election choice
Sep 25, 2024
Pop star Chappell Roan announced in a post to social media platform Tik Tok Wednesday that she planned to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris in November, ending days of speculation after she told the Guardian in an interview published Friday, “There’s problems on both sides.”
Harris campaign seizes on abortion exchange in Tuesday’s debate in new ad
Sep 12, 2024
The Harris campaign is launching a new abortion-focused ad Thursday, capitalizing on what officials believe was one of the most pivotal exchanges between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump during Tuesday’s presidential debate.
Patti LaBelle, Common performing sound checks ahead of DNC night two in Chicago
Aug 20, 2024
In Chicago, the Obamas are set to take the stage Tuesday night for remarks at the Democratic National Convention, but they’re not the only marquee names expected to appear.
Democrats to highlight threat to democracy they say Trump poses, giving speaking roles to January 6 committee lawmakers
Aug 19, 2024
Democrats gathered in Chicago this week for their national convention will highlight the threat to democracy that they say former President Donald Trump poses, giving prominent speaking roles to lawmakers, as well as to a Capitol Police officer injured during the January 6, 2021, riots.
US National Security Council spokesman rebukes Israeli finance minister as ‘dead wrong,’ amid push for ceasefire talks
Aug 9, 2024
John Kirby, the spokesman for the US National Security Council, issued a stark rebuke Friday of the Israeli finance minister over comments undercutting a ceasefire proposal between Israel and Hamas, calling Bezalel Smotrich’s comments “dead wrong.”
Biden says he doesn’t have confidence in a peaceful transition of power if Trump loses
Aug 7, 2024
President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he doesn’t have confidence there’ll be a peaceful transition of power if former President Donald Trump loses in November, pointing to comments from the Republican nominee suggesting the only way he’d lose is if the election is stolen from him.
White House says reports of Hamas leader’s assassination in Iran ‘don’t help with the temperature going down’
Jul 31, 2024
The White House on Wednesday said reports of the assassination of a Hamas political leader in Iran “don’t help with the temperature going down,” while repeating calls for a ceasefire deal that would see the release of hostages held by Hamas.
Longtime Biden aide Anita Dunn departing the White House
Jul 30, 2024
Longtime Biden aide Anita Dunn is leaving the White House next week, according to a source familiar, and joining a super PAC supporting Vice President Kamala Harris.
President Joe Biden tests positive for Covid-19 at pivotal moment in reelection campaign
Jul 18, 2024
President Joe Biden tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday, disrupting a key campaign event meant to shore up support with Latino voters at a critical juncture in the election.
Biden surprises NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg with the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Jul 9, 2024
President Joe Biden awarded the nation’s highest civilian honor to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in remarks marking the alliance’s 75thanniversary Tuesday evening, gifting the Norwegian diplomat with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in a surprise ceremony kicking off this week’s NATO summit.
Biden administration announces new sanctions against Russia ahead of G7 summit
Jun 12, 2024
President Joe Biden will arrive at the G7 summit in Italy with over 300 new sanctions aimed at further isolating and financially weakening Russia.
Harris blasts Rep. Byron Donalds for comments on Black families under Jim Crow
Jun 10, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris, in an interview published Monday, criticized a suggestion made last week by Republican Rep. Byron Donalds that Black families were “together” during the Jim Crow era of racial segregation.
About
Donald (DJ) Judd is a White House producer. Most recently, he was a video producer and traveled to 26 states while covering the 2020 presidential election, including Mayor Pete Buttigieg’s campaign, the Iowa Caucuses, and President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign.
Judd joined the CNN Political Unit to cover the 2018 midterm elections. He previously served as a desk editor for politics on the newsgathering team for CNN’s Washington news desk. Before CNN, Judd spent five years at CBS News, where he covered the 2016 presidential election with the CBS Political Unit and worked as a researcher at the CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley.
Born and raised in New York, New York, Judd attended Princeton University in New Jersey, where he studied American Politics and Environmental Studies. He is conversational in Mandarin Chinese and volunteered with the Beijing Volunteer Association during the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
