Kyle Cheney is an American journalist working as a congressional reporter for ''

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'' and as a political analyst for

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and

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Early life and education

Cheney was raised in

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. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in journalism from

Boston University Boston University (BU) is a Private university, private research university in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. BU was founded in 1839 by a group of Boston Methodism, Methodists with its original campus in Newbury (town), Vermont, Newbur ...

in 2007, where he was an editor of the university's student newspaper, ''

The Daily Free Press ''The Daily Free Press'' is the student newspaper of Boston University. It is a digital-first publication with daily online content and a monthly print edition on Thursday during the academic year. ''The Daily Free Press'' is staffed by about 2 ...

''.

Career

Cheney began his career as a reporter covering Massachusetts politics for the

State House News Service The State House News Service is an independent, privately owned news wire service that has been providing in-depth coverage of Massachusetts state government since 1894. It provides a continuous daily feed of news stories about state-governmen ...

in 2006. He moved to ''Politico'' in 2012 as a reporter covering healthcare and news surrounding the

Affordable Care Act The Affordable Care Act (ACA), formally known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and informally as Obamacare, is a landmark U.S. federal statute enacted by the 111th United States Congress and signed into law by Presid ...

implemented by the

Obama administration Barack Obama's tenure as the 44th president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20, 2009, and ended on January 20, 2017. Obama, a Democrat from Illinois, took office following his victory over Republican nomine ...

. Cheney was part of the politics team assigned to cover the 2014 midterm elections and then the Republican caucus during the

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. He joined the Congress team after the

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. In 2019, Cheney became one of the leading reporters for ''Politico'' on

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and has broken numerous stories about the Trump impeachment inquiry led by House Democrats. He has regularly appeared on CNN, MSNBC, and

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''.''

Personal life

Cheney is married to Hannah Cheney, senior manager of editorial content at

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, and has a daughter.

References

External links

Kyle Cheney on Twitter
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