Priscilla Alvarez - Correspondent
Priscilla Alvarez
Correspondent
Priscilla Alvarez is a correspondent covering the White House for CNN.
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Biden tells Netanyahu US will not participate in any counter-strike against Iran
Apr 14, 2024
President Joe Biden and senior members of his national security team, seeking to contain the risk of a wider regional war following a barrage of Iranian missiles and drones directed toward Israel, have told their counterparts the US will not participate in any offensive action against Iran, according to US officials familiar with the matter.
Harris goes on the offensive over abortion rights in Arizona: ‘Trump did this’
Apr 12, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday placed the blame squarely on Donald Trump as she went on the offensive over abortion rights in Arizona and across the country.
Federal judge rules that migrant children in desert camps need to be in safe and clean facilities
Apr 5, 2024
Migrant children held in open-air desert camps are in federal custody and required to be expeditiously processed and placed in “facilities that are safe and sanitary,” a federal judge in California said in a court order late Wednesday.
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White House responds to GOP criticizing Biden over Transgender Day of Visibilty
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Mar 30, 2024
Republicans are taking aim at President Joe Biden for proclaiming Easter Sunday as the Transgender Day of Visibility, though the two days only coincided this year by chance. CNN’s Priscilla Alvarez reports.
Lawmakers unveil $1.2 trillion government funding package ahead of shutdown deadline
Mar 22, 2024
Lawmakers unveiled a $1.2 trillion government funding package on Thursday, setting up a high-stakes sprint to pass the legislation as a shutdown deadline looms at the end of the week.
Biden tries to turn the tables on Trump’s use of a classic political attack line
Mar 21, 2024
President Joe Biden is opening a new line of attack against former President Donald Trump this week, flipping the script on the classic Reagan-era “Are you better off than you were four years ago?” question to remind voters of life during his predecessor’s tenure.
Feds investigate terror claims after a Lebanese migrant is apprehended at US southern border
Mar 18, 2024
Federal law enforcement officials have launched an investigation following a US Border Patrol report of the apprehension of a man at the Texas border who said he was a member of a foreign terrorist organization and had come to the United States in order to build a bomb, CNN has learned.
Kamala Harris becomes first VP to visit abortion provider with Planned Parenthood visit
Mar 15, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris went to a Planned Parenthood clinic in Minnesota on Thursday, the first time a sitting US president or vice president is believed to visit an abortion provider.
Biden administration discussing using Guantanamo Bay to process possible influx of Haitian migrants
Mar 13, 2024
The Biden administration is discussing using Guantanamo Bay to process Haitian migrants if there is a mass exodus to the US amid worsening conditions in the country, according to a US official.
Harris acknowledges heightened emotions around crisis in Gaza amid increasing voter concerns
Mar 12, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris acknowledged the heightened emotions surrounding the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, saying in an interview with Snapchat that she understands the frustration as the campaign tries to quell voter concerns.
Biden-Trump rematch kicks off in Georgia with dueling visits
Mar 10, 2024
Sixty miles of Georgia highway and a political universe apart, Joe Biden and Donald Trump kicked off the sequel to their 2020 contest in earnest Saturday with competing rallies in what could be a decisive state this November.
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Biden drops campaign ad addressing his age
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Mar 9, 2024
President Joe Biden released a new campaign ad addressing his age. CNN’s Priscilla Alvarez is on the campaign trail with president.
Judge tosses Texas lawsuit challenging Biden parole policy for migrants of certain nationalities
Mar 9, 2024
A federal judge in a surprising ruling has dismissed a Texas lawsuit against a Biden administration policy that allows migrants of certain nationalities to fly to the United States if they have US sponsors.
Fact Check: Trump claims 325,000 migrants ‘were flown in from parts unknown’
Mar 7, 2024
In remarks Tuesday night, former President Donald Trump said, “It was announced that 325,000 people were flown in from parts unknown. Migrants were flown in — airplane — not going through borders, not going through that great Texas barrier.”
About
Priscilla Alvarez is a correspondent covering the White House for CNN.
Since joining CNN in 2019 as a reporter, Alvarez has covered immigration politics and policy, traveling across the country and along the US-Mexico border to provide first-hand accounts on the ground, as well as major breaking news out of the White House. She has broken a variety of stories on the White House and immigration beats, including President Biden considering executive action on the border.
She was also part of the team nominated for an Emmy for CNN’s coverage of Haitian migrants converging at the border.
Alvarez, who is fluent in Spanish, is based in Washington, D.C., where she’s on the board of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists DC chapter. She is a graduate of Virginia Tech where she majored in journalism and world politics and policy.