Alexandra Miller

Alexandra Miller

Politics Reporter

Alex is based in New York City covering national politics. Prior to her move, she covered all things Washington for more than seven years, leading Scripps News' coverage of President Trump’s first impeachment, both from inside the hearing room and on the ground in Ukraine. In one of her most memorable stories with Scripps News, Alex traveled to Poland with Holocaust survivors to look at the parallels between that time period and the rise of nationalism today. Prior to her time at Scripps News, Alex was a political reporter for Gray Television’s Washington Bureau and a local news reporter in Charlotte, North Carolina. Alex has also worked as an adjunct professor at her alma-mater, the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland.

Recent Work
Voters at the Cody Rodeo are not happy with their Congresswoman, Liz Cheney.
NewsyPolitics

Liz Cheney Fighting Battles In Both D.C. And At Home In Wyoming

APPolitics

Congress Likely To Miss Police Reform Deadline

Congressman Adam Kinzinger
APPolitics

Rep. Kinzinger's 'Country First' Initiative Tested In Texas Race

U.S. Capitol
J. Scott Applewhite / APPolitics

President Biden Making His First Address To Joint Session Of Congress

President Barack Obama walks with Vice President Joe Biden back to the Oval Office of the White House.
Pablo Martinez Monsivais / APPolitics

NBC Poll: President Biden More Moderate Than Obama

Woman holding Black Lives Matter sign
APU.S.

Chauvin Verdict Renews Focus On Federal Police Reform

Officer William Evans lies in honor
ASSOCIATED PRESSPolitics

Capitol Officer Lies In Honor: 'He Became A Martyr For Our Democracy'

Transgender rights activist Caitlyn Jenner speaks at the 4th Women's March in Los Angeles.
APPolitics

Caitlyn Jenner Mulls Run For California Governor

A migrant family crosses the border into El Paso, Texas, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
APPolitics

Biden Administration Allowing Most Migrant Families To Stay

Migrant family is given an initial health screening at a border patrol facility.
U.S. Border PatrolPolitics

Feds Lean On Cash-Strapped Border Towns To COVID Test Migrants

A man scales the border wall in El Paso
Megan Smith / NewsyPolitics

Newsy Captures Border Arrests Of 8 Migrants, Including Kids, On Camera

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and a GOP delegation at the U.S.-Mexico border
Megan Smith / NewsyPolitics

Republican Lawmakers Tour Border Facility Holding Migrant Children

Supporters in Minneapolis outside the Derek Chauvin trial.
APPolitics

House Police Reform Legislation Advances To Senate

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., right, watches as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks,
AP/ Jacquelyn MartinPolitics

Senate To Vote On COVID Bill After Reading All 600 Pages Aloud

Maj. Gen. William Walker
APPolitics

Head Of D.C. National Guard Says He Had To Wait Hours To Deploy Jan. 6

Senate hearing on Capitol Hill about the January 6th attack.
APPolitics

Law Enforcement Missed Warnings In Days Leading Up To Capitol Attack

Rep. Madeleine Dean and Harry Cunnane with Newsy's Alex Miller
NEWSYPolitics

'Under Our Roof' Follows A Family Facing One Member's Substance Use

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
APPolitics

Rep. Greene Not The Only Lawmaker Sharing Fringe Ideas Online

Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman (image provided by HuffPost)
AP/ Igor BobicPolitics

Lawmakers Push To Award Capitol Officer Congressional Gold Medal

An Officer wearing a 'Make America Great Again Hat' hands his megaphone to a protestor.
Rico La StarzaU.S.

Video: Capitol Officer Seems To Work With Rioters To Aid More Officers

President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a rally Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington.
AP/Jacquelyn MartinPolitics

Democrats Preparing To Impeach President Trump For Second Time

Christina Portwine
Christina PortwineU.S.

Defense Bill Could Encourage Military Members To Report Sexual Assault

Truman announcing the Allied armies won an unconditional surrender from German forces on all fronts in 1945.
APPolitics

What Joe Biden Can Learn From President Harry Truman

Health care workers prepare to test motorists for COVID-19 at a testing site outside McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket, R.I.
AP/ David GoldmanScience and Health

Most Senators Planning To Take COVID Vaccine

Gen. Lloyd Austin III
AP/ Pablo Martinez MonsivaisPolitics

Biden DOD Nominee Could Break Barriers, But Confirmation Faces Hurdles

President-elect Joe Biden and Janet Yellen
AP/ Andrew HarnikPolitics

President-elect Biden Nominates Obama-era Officials To Economic Posts

Biden with newly announced cabinet appointments.
AP/ Carolyn KasterPolitics

Biden Builds Cabinet With Foreign Policy And National Security First

President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris
AP/ Carolyn KasterPolitics

President-elect Biden Unveils COVID-19 Advisory Board

Mohammed Saleh
Newsy / Jeff WickPolitics

Fla. Business Owner Flipping Vote To Biden: "I Just Want To Survive"

President Donald Trump and former vice president Joe Biden debate in Nashville, Tennessee
Jim Bourg / APPolitics

President Trump And Joe Biden Face Off In Final Debate