Rachel Scott

Rachel Scott is the award-winning senior congressional correspondent for ABC News, reporting from Capitol Hill across all programs and platforms, including "Good Morning America, "World News Tonight with David Muir," "Nightline," "This Week with George Stephanopoulos," "20/20," ABC News Live, ABC News Digital and ABC Audio.

Scott also serves as the network's lead campaign correspondent. Scott covered every moment of an unprecedented 2024 campaign cycle: she reported live on the ground from Butler, Pennsylvania moments after the attempted assassination on Trump, she anchored the network's live coverage of President Biden dropping out the race and was inside the federal court room for Trump’s felony trial.  

Scott has conducted several exclusive interviews with leaders from both parties, including Donald Trump, Kamala Harris and Mike Pence. She was also part of the international press pool traveling with President Biden for his first official meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin where she pressed Putin on human rights abuses.

Her reporting on the impacts of the landmark Roe v. Wade decision received an Emmy® Award and was recognized by the Peabody Awards as a winner in 2021 and as a finalist in 2023 for her work with anchor Diane Sawyer.

Scott began covering Capitol Hill as the incoming congressional correspondent on Jan. 6, 2021, providing live reports during the insurrection.

Before covering Capitol Hill, Scott was a White House correspondent and a Washington, D.C., correspondent. In 2020, she provided extensive, on-the-ground coverage of the nationwide protests over police brutality and the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on communities of color.

Her career began at ABC News as a production associate for ABC News Live in 2016.