Mattingly and his wife are already parents to sons TJ, 6, Carter, 4, and daughter Brooke, 2. The couple live in Washington, D.C. where Mattingly has been covering the White House since Jan. 2021.

Phil Mattingly, CNN's new chief White House correspondent, tells PEOPLE about the unbelievably difficult — but incredibly rewarding — juggling act of covering politics and being an attentive ...