Betsy Klein - Senior White House Producer
Betsy Klein
Senior White House Producer
Betsy Klein is a senior producer based in Washington covering the White House.
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Biden set to use his pardon power Monday for Thanksgiving turkey tradition
Nov 20, 2024
With just two months until he leaves office, President Joe Biden is gearing up to utilize his presidential pardon power for fowl reasons.
Biden administration requesting roughly $100 billion for disaster relief
Nov 18, 2024
The Biden administration is sending a roughly $100 billion request to Congress to help Americans impacted by a series of major and record-breaking natural disasters in 2023 and 2024, including Hurricanes Helene and Milton, calling on lawmakers to pass the needed relief with “bipartisan and bicameral support.”
Melania Trump unlikely to move to the White House full time as first lady: ‘This time is different’
Nov 16, 2024
Melania Trump is unlikely to move to Washington full time in her second go-round as first lady, multiple sources told CNN, once more showing signs of her willingness to buck tradition as she returns to her high-profile but unelected role on the world stage.
Melania Trump expected to skip Wednesday White House meeting with Jill Biden
Nov 12, 2024
Melania Trump is not expected to attend the traditional White House meeting with first lady Jill Biden, sources familiar with her plans said.
Trump still hasn’t signed ethics agreement required for presidential transition
Nov 9, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump has not yet submitted a series of transition agreements with the Biden administration, in part because of concerns over the mandatory ethics pledge vowing to avoid conflicts of interest once sworn in to office, CNN has learned.
Harris concedes the election, but not ‘the fight that fueled this campaign’
Nov 6, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris offered an uplifting, positive charge to her supporters as she conceded the 2024 presidential election, acknowledging the stinging loss while committing to a peaceful transfer of power and vowing to “fight.”
What we know about the transition so far
Nov 6, 2024
With the presidential election called for President-elect Donald Trump, the Biden administration is now preparing for a peaceful transfer of power to its predecessor 76 days from now – even though Trump’s team has actively skipped a series of key deadlines during the initial planning process.
White House works to Trump-proof Biden’s legacy ahead of tight election
Nov 1, 2024
On the day President Joe Biden announced he would not seek reelection, he convened his senior team at the White House, asking for a plan to “run through the tape” in his final six months in office, implementing key laws and cementing foreign policy, chief of staff Jeff Zients told political appointees on a call this summer.
Biden casts a ballot he once wanted to be on
Oct 28, 2024
When President Joe Biden entered a voting booth in Delaware on Monday to cast his early ballot for Vice President Kamala Harris, it wasn’t necessarily the moment for which he’d been planning a few months ago.
Nonpartisan experts and Democrats warn Trump is shirking transition duties
Oct 23, 2024
Former President Donald Trump and his team still have not taken critical steps toward preparing for a potential presidential transition if he wins the White House, with nonpartisan experts and Democrats raising alarms with just 13 days to go before Election Day.
Harris says Trump’s putting politics over people with his hurricane response: ‘He really lacks empathy on a very basic level’
Oct 23, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday said she thinks former President Donald Trump has no empathy for others as he continues to spread misinformation about the federal response in the wake of Hurricane Helene.
Biden says of Trump: ‘We gotta lock him up … politically’
Oct 22, 2024
President Joe Biden told New Hampshire Democrats on Tuesday that “we gotta lock him up,” referring to former President Donald Trump, before quickly adding, “Politically lock him up.”
Jill Biden unveils a reimagined White House tour
Oct 21, 2024
First lady Dr. Jill Biden unveiled a reimagined public tour of the White House Monday aimed at making the People’s House more accessible, interactive and educational for visitors.
Biden administration unaware of Trump-Putin calls, but top adviser says it ‘would raise red flags’ if true
Oct 18, 2024
A top US official indicated that the Biden administration was unaware of reported conversations between Russian President Vladimir Putin and former President Donald Trump since Trump left office – but suggested that such calls would “raise red flags.”
Biden warns hurricane-relief funding needed soon as he calls on Congress to ‘step up’
Oct 11, 2024
President Joe Biden and other leaders are warning that Congress will soon need to pass additional funding to fill the federal government’s rapidly dwindling disaster-relief coffers after two major hurricanes slammed into the southeastern US.
As Trump delays transition process, Biden and Harris teams push forward with post-election planning
Oct 10, 2024
Former President Donald Trump’s team has blown past a pair of key deadlines for his presidential transition in a break from precedent that could have longterm national security ramifications.
About
Betsy Klein is a senior producer based in Washington covering the White House.
Klein has covered the Biden, Trump, and Obama administrations, plus a range of domestic and foreign policy issues, the federal government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the economy, America’s first families, numerous historic presidential trips and summits, and the 2020 and 2024 campaigns of Donald Trump and Joe Biden.
She was a 2016 campaign embed, traveling the country to cover the Iowa caucuses, the presidential campaign of Sen. Ted Cruz, and Sen. Tim Kaine’s bid for the vice presidency.
Klein joined CNN’s political team in 2014. She began her career at ABC News, where she won an Emmy as part of the “Good Morning America” team. She graduated from Duke University with a degree in Cultural Anthropology.
