Andrew Desiderio

Senior Congressional Reporter, Punchbowl News

Andrew Desiderio is a Senior Congressional Reporter for Punchbowl News, covering the Senate as well as national security and foreign policy. With nearly a decade of experience covering Congress, Desiderio has chronicled every major legislative battle of the Trump and Biden administrations, including two impeachments, classified congressional investigations, the federal government's Covid-19 response, foreign aid packages for Ukraine, and more. Desiderio has traveled the country covering dozens of Senate and House races, in addition to several overseas trips covering congressional delegations to Germany, Lithuania, Spain, Canada and more. He previously covered House investigations and oversight of the Trump administration for POLITICO. Prior to joining Punchbowl News from POLITICO, Andrew covered Congress for the Daily Beast. He also previously worked at BBC News and RealClearPolitics.