Arnie Seipel
Arnie Seipel is the Deputy Washington Editor for NPR. He oversees daily news coverage of politics and the inner workings of the federal government. Prior to this role, he edited politics coverage for seven years, leading NPR's reporting on the 2016, 2018 and 2020 elections. In between campaigns, Seipel edited coverage of Congress and the White House, and he coordinated coverage of major events including State of the Union addresses, Supreme Court confirmations and congressional hearings.
Seipel was on the presidential campaign trail for NPR in 2012 as a producer. He spent several years as an editor on Morning Edition. His NPR career began in 2008 as an administrative assistant, working stints on Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, Talk of the Nation, Weekend All Things Considered and delivering daily weather forecasts for NPR's former Berlin station before moving to the newsroom full time.
Seipel started out in journalism as an intern at the CBS News Washington Bureau and earned a bachelor's degree in government and politics from the University of Maryland.
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He has taken the lead in Iowa, but the Texas senator's strength goes beyond just good poll numbers. And his path to the nomination would have to go through more than just one state. -
The president was invited formally by House Speaker Paul Ryan. It will be a chance for Obama to lay out his agenda for his final 12 months in office. -
Thirty governors have expressed opposition to resettlement of Syrian refugees over security concerns in the wake of the Paris terrorist attacks. -
Many governors are asking for a review of screening procedures. The Obama administration planned to hold a call with them today.
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Governors in more than a dozen states have asked the federal government not to resettle any more Syrian refugees in their states, as presidential candidates also question the ability to screen them. -
After the terror attacks in Paris, law enforcement in New York City and Washington, D.C., have been taking security precautions, though officials says there have been no credible threats in the U.S.
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After a debate GOP campaigns saw as disastrous, the Republican National Committee named a new head of the debate process. But the campaigns agreed Sunday night to negotiate directly with broadcasters. -
The ad will air in Iowa and New Hampshire. Sanders' campaign is spending $2 million — the same amount his rival for the Democratic nomination, Hillary Clinton, spent on her first ad buy in August.
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In any other year, a popular governor of Ohio might be an ideal GOP presidential candidate. But this isn't any other year, as Kasich acknowledged in an NPR interview. -
The Wisconsin congressman spoke by phone Friday with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who chose Ryan as his running mate on the 2012 GOP presidential ticket.
