Hugo Lowell (born March 30, 1999) is a British-American congressional reporter based in Washington DC. He has reported for Guardian US, and has appeared as an analyst on BBC News and MSNBC.^[10][11]

Lowell was born in New York City. He was educated at the Dalton School and St Paul's School, London.

Lowell started his career as a sports reporter for the i (newspaper) in 2017, covering the IAAF world athletics championships in London, for which he was named a finalist at the British Sports Journalism Awards, and the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Moscow. He moved to Guardian US as a freelance congressional reporter in 2021, covering House and Senate leadership and the January 6 select committee.

Lowell has broken several high-profile stories, including news that the January 6 committee would subpoena former Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows^[14], and that former President Donald Trump would instruct top aides like Meadows to defy congressional subpoenas.^[13] He also reported that hoCapitol attackCapitol attack, Trump called aides at the Willard hotel in Washington DC and sought ways to stop Joe Biden's certification.^[15]

Lowell was first to report the contents of a powerpoint presentation Meadows turned over to the January 6 committee that recommended Trump declare a national security emergency to return himself to office.^[12] He regularly appears as a political analyst on MSNBC, as well as on BBC News, BBC World Service, LBC and Times Radio.