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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Biden says the reasoning in the leaked Supreme Court draft would mean "every other decision related to the notion of privacy is thrown into question," including contraception and gay marriage. -
The push to alter the filibuster and sidestep a Republican blockade of two voting rights bills was doomed by Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona. -
The announcement by the West Virginia Democrat dooms the $2 trillion social spending and climate legislation, which needs support from every Senate Democrat in order to pass through the 50-50 chamber. -
With a major voting bill stalled, the vice president told NPR that she won't negotiate changes to Senate rules publicly, "but I'm certainly having conversations with folks." -
Congressional leaders took seven months to negotiate the $900 billion package, which was passed with overwhelming majorities that could overturn a presidential veto. -
After anti-Trump texts between FBI agents, expect conservative allies of the president to allege that special counsel Robert Mueller and his investigators have an anti-Trump agenda. -
Republicans Sen. Mike Lee and Jerry Moran have put their names in the no column, bringing to four the GOP senators opposed. As it stands, there aren't enough votes for an Obamacare replacement. -
The Senate GOP leader said he agrees that Russian involvement in the U.S. election needs to be investigated, said "the Russians are not our friends" and expressed confidence in the CIA. -
FBI Director James Comey says the emails "appear to be pertinent" to the inquiry of Hillary Clinton's server. Agents found the emails in early October but haven't been able to examine the contents. -
In an interview with NPR, the former secretary of state reflected on the state of the GOP and the legacy of former first lady Nancy Reagan.
