The Comcast Corp.-owned news channel announced Monday that Daniels, 36, will join the morning edition of “The Weekend,” a three-hour program airing Saturdays and Sundays. He will be joined by Washington Post journalist Jonathan Capehart and another co-host to be named soon.

MSNBC has officially found its new Senior Washington Correspondent in Eugene Daniels, a Politico alum who has appeared on the network multiple times. Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough welcomed the latest addition on "Morning Joe" on Monday.

Eugene Daniels confirmed this morning that he will be departing Politico to take a full-time role as MSNBC’s senior Washington correspondent. The announcement was made on Morning Joe this morning. Daniels also will be a co-host of The Weekend along with Jonathan Capehart,