Aishah Hasnie serves as an anchor and White House correspondent for FOX News Channel (FNC) based in Washington D.C. She joined the network in February 2019. Previously, Hasnie served as a senior national correspondent and congressional correspondent for the network.Read More
In this capacity, Hasnie has interviewed German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Taiwanese Ambassador Alexander Yui, then presidential candidate Donald Trump and others. Hasnie contributed to the extensive live coverage of then President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance being sworn into office from Washington, D.C. Hasnie also provided coverage of the 2024 Republican National Convention. Prior to this, she provided live analysis and reporting from the ground in Iowa throughout the 2024 caucus and the days leading up. Hasnie contributed to FNC's 2022 Midterm Election coverage as well as the Georgia Senate runoff election. Previously, Hasnie provided live coverage from Poland following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In addition, Hasnie reported on the border crisis live from the Rio Grande as a correspondent.
From 2011 until she joined FNC in 2019, Hasnie served as an anchor and investigative reporter at WXIN-TV, the FOX affiliated television station in Indianapolis, IN. There, she helmed the 4PM/ET newscast First at Four. Previously, she spent three years at WANE-TV (CBS) in Fort Wayne, IN as an investigative reporter and substitute anchor. As an Emmy-nominated journalist, her work has also been recognized by the local Indiana Associated Press and the Society of Professional Journalists.
In 2020, she was named a New York Woman of Impact by Variety for her coverage of the coronavirus, specifically for the report she contributed to on how the pandemic impacted Muslim Americans during the Ramadan season.
Hasnie received her bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism from Indiana University where she was also a Dick Yoakam Broadcast Journalism Scholar. She currently mentors several working journalists there. Born in Pakistan, Hasnie grew up in Bedford, IN and has also lived in Saudi Arabia.