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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In an interview on Tuesday, President Trump said his frustration with Jeff Sessions goes beyond his recusal from the Russia investigation: "I'm not happy with numerous things." -
The city hosted the Democratic National Convention that renominated Barack Obama in 2012. President Trump won North Carolina in 2016, a swing state key to his victory. -
Democrats say it was premature for Republicans on the House intelligence committee to conclude their Russia probe on Monday. That report cleared the Trump campaign of collusion with Russia in 2016. -
In the first 2018 primaries, Democrats put up their best numbers in Texas since at least 2002. Republican totals were higher in the end, after lagging in early voting. -
The president is meeting with students and teachers about school safety this week. The White House says he supports improving background checks, but the issue has languished after past shootings. -
If voters punished Republicans over the last shutdown, it was by giving them the Senate majority. Since then, a blinding news cycle had made each crisis only more forgettable than the last. -
It's not yet clear that there is enough support to restore government funding. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell laid out plans to consider immigration legislation in coming weeks if the shutdown ends. -
The president is marking the first anniversary of his inauguration with a government shutdown. Lawmakers are back at the Capitol trying to break the impasse — and playing the political blame game. -
The Navy rear admiral found himself in the spotlight when he offered a folksy and authoritative update on the president's physical exam in January. On Wednesday, he was picked for the Cabinet. -
The spending bill keeps the government open until mid-January and extends funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program. Fights over immigration and disaster funding will come in the new year.
