Overview
- Fox News said Melugin has moved to D.C. and will begin covering all facets of Congress immediately.
- Network president and executive editor Jay Wallace praised his dedication and grasp of national issues as fitting for the complex Capitol beat.
- Melugin called the assignment an honor and described Congress as one of the most consequential beats in journalism.
- Since joining Fox News in 2021, he has been a prominent reporter on immigration, spending roughly half his tenure on the U.S. southern border.
- Before Fox News, he worked as an investigative reporter at KTTV in Los Angeles, earning three local Emmys and two Golden Mike awards, and he has covered major breaking news events and the 2022 and 2024 election cycles.