Chris Johnson is Chief Political & White House Reporter for the Washington Blade. Johnson attends the daily White House press briefings and is a member of the White House Correspondents' Association. He's worked with the Washington Blade since 2008 and was a founding employee of the paper when it relaunched under local ownership in 2009. Before coming to the Blade, Johnson covered defense issues for Inside Washington Publishers and previously wrote for MIRS newsletter, a Lansing-based publication covering state political news in Michigan. A Michigan native, Johnson graduated with honors from the University of Michigan in 2003 with a degree in English and Creative Writing.   Google

White House mum on Prop 8 case

Carney defers questions to Justice Department

December 11, 2012 | Comments Off

54 groups call on Obama to take action for bi-national couples

Letter asks DHS to place on hold marriage-based green card applications

December 10, 2012 | 1 Comment

Tenn. activists rally for ENDA executive order

Sanders faults nat'l groups for not providing strategy

December 10, 2012 | 2 Comments

Prop 8 attorneys confident court will strike down marriage ban

Olson hopes U.S. gov't will take part in lawsuit

December 7, 2012 | 1 Comment

Supreme Court takes up Prop 8, DOMA cases

Justices to settle two major issues on same-sex marriage

December 7, 2012 | 6 Comments

Discharged service members among first to marry in Wash.

Cammermeyer planning to wed as new law takes effect

December 6, 2012 | 1 Comment

Senate panel advances lesbian judicial nominee

Chen would be first out Asian-American to sit on federal bench

December 6, 2012 | Comments Off

White House still withholding ENDA executive order

Carney says administration will leave issue to Congress

December 5, 2012 | 9 Comments

Obama ‘looking carefully’ at Hochberg for commerce secretary

Export-Import chief would be first openly gay Cabinet member

December 5, 2012 | 7 Comments

Still no news from Supreme Court on marriage cases

Next conference for justices to consider Prop 8, DOMA is Friday

December 3, 2012 | Comments Off