Claire Donovan

Her story

Claire is one of seven kids in an Irish Catholic family in Milwaukee. Her dad was a union electrician and her mom an emergency room nurse, and with six siblings she learned early that if you want an answer, you have to ask twice.

She studied journalism at Marquette University and covered the statehouse in Madison, where she earned a reputation for staying after every press conference to ask the question nobody else did.

Now she covers the White House from the briefing room, the West Wing and Air Force One.