Abby Phillip is a White House reporter covering the Trump administration for The Washington Post. She previously was a national political reporter covering the 2016 election, focusing on the Democrats and Hillary Clinton's presidential run. Previously she was a general assignment reporter for the Post.. She began her journalism career as a. White House reporter and blogger for POLITICO. There, she also covered campaign finance and lobbying.. Abby later joined ABC News as an ABC News Fellow in New York and then was a digital reporter for the network in Washington, covering politics. She has written and produced stories for ABC News programs including This Week with George Stephanopoulos, Nightline, and ABCNews.com.