Matt Viser

Washington, D.C.

White House reporter

Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Matt Viser is a White House reporter for The Washington Post. He joined The Post in October 2018, covering the midterms and the 2020 presidential election. While covering the Biden administration, he has won the Gerald R. Ford Journalism Award for Distinguished reporting on the Presidency and the White House Correspondents' Association's Aldo Beckman Award for Overall Excellence in White House Coverage. He was previously the deputy chief of the Washington bureau for the Boston Globe, where he covered Congress, the presidential campaigns in 2012 and 2016, and John Kerry’s tenure as secretary of
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Hunter Biden pleads guilty in tax case, avoiding second criminal trial

Judge Mark Scarsi asked Hunter Biden if he understood a guilty plea meant he could face up to 17 years in prison and fines of up to $1.3 million. Biden said yes.

September 5, 2024
Hunter Biden and his wife, Melissa Cohen-Biden, arrive in federal court on Thursday in Los Angeles.

Jury selection set to begin in Hunter Biden’s second trial, on taxes

After being convicted in June on gun charges, Hunter Biden is accused of failing to pay at least $1.4 million in federal taxes from 2016 through 2019.

September 5, 2024
President Joe Biden's son Hunter steps off Air Force One at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Aug. 25.

Harris says she will put a Republican in her Cabinet if elected

In first major interview since Biden’s withdrawal, Harris calls Trump’s attack on her identity “same old tired playbook.”

August 29, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris and running mate Tim Walz, during their interview with CNN’s Dana Bash at Kim’s Cafe in Savannah, Ga.

Harris’s campaign has raised $540 million since launch, Democrats say

The amount raised since Biden bowed out on July 21 amounts to “a record for any campaign in history,” the Harris campaign manager says.

August 25, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Thursday.

Democrats head into the weekend energized by convention in Chicago

Former president Donald Trump said Thursday it would be a “great honor” to receive the independent candidate’s endorsement.

August 23, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff are met onstage Thursday by Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and his wife Gwen Walz at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

Harris campaign releases new ad to build on convention momentum

The ad, focused on the middle class, will air in seven battleground states.

August 23, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris walks onstage ]Monday during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

The story behind Kamala Harris’s ‘When we fight, we win’ slogan

Harris did not coin the phrase: It’s been used for years, and she only adopted it recently. But it has become one of her signature lines.

August 22, 2024
Attendees cheer as Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris takes the stage during the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

Tim Walz bolstered by Clinton, Pelosi and Oprah in formal debut as Harris’s VP

The night was designed to introduce him as a teacher and a football coach, a father and a husband, a former congressman and current governor who now could be the nation’s No. 2.

August 22, 2024
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz walks onstage Wednesday on the third day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

Biden’s swan song

President Biden’s speech on the opening night of the Democratic National Convention was not the speech he was expecting to give just a few months ago. But after exiting the 2024 presidential race in July, Biden took one last victory lap at the convention.

August 20, 2024

The Campaign Moment: Biden passes the torch

President Biden’s speech on the opening night of the Democratic National Convention was not the speech he was expecting to give just a few months ago. But after exiting the 2024 presidential race in July, Biden took one last victory lap at the convention.

August 20, 2024