Jonathan Karl

Jonathan Karl
Karl in 2022
Born
Jonathan David Karl

(1968-01-19) January 19, 1968
EducationVassar College (BA)
OccupationJournalist
Employers
TitleChief White House correspondent, ABC News
Term2012–2021
Political partyIndependent
Children2
RelativesAllan Karl (brother)
94th President of the White House Correspondents' Association
In office
2019–2020
Preceded byOlivier Knox
Succeeded byZeke Miller

Jonathan David Karl (born January 19, 1968) is an American political journalist and author. Throughout his career, Karl has covered the White House, Capitol Hill, the Pentagon, and the U.S. State Department, and has reported from more than 30 countries, covering U.S. politics, foreign policy, and the military.

Karl has been the Chief Washington Correspondent for ABC News and co-anchor of This Week with George Stephanopoulos. Karl served as the Chief White House Correspondent for ABC News from December 2012 through the end of the first Trump administration in January 2021.

He is the author of the 2020 book Front Row at the Trump Show and the 2021 book Betrayal: The Final Act of the Trump Show. Both books are New York Times bestsellers. His latest book, Tired of Winning: Donald Trump and the End of the Grand Old Party, was released in 2023.