Published on
21/07/2026 - 11:02 GMT+2
Daniele Compatangelo, La7's Washington correspondent and president of the White House Foreign Correspondents' Association (WHFCA), has died suddenly at the age of 50 following a sudden illness, according to Italy's ANSA news agency.
Compatangelo, who covered US politics for more than two decades and recently secured an exclusive telephone interview with Donald Trump, led the association representing foreign journalists accredited to the White House and other US government institutions.
His relationship with the White House and his last major scoop
