Amita Kelly
Amita Kelly is a Washington editor, where she works across beats and platforms to edit election, politics and policy news and features stories.
Previously, she was a digital editor on NPR's National and Washington Desks, where she coordinated and edited coverage for NPR.org as well as social media and audience engagement. She was also an editor and producer for NPR's newsmagazine program Tell Me More, where she covered health, politics, parenting and, once, how Korea celebrates St. Patrick's Day.
Kelly has also worked at Kaiser Health News and NBC News. She was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Fellow at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, where she earned her M.A., and earned a B.A. in English from Wellesley College. She is a native of Southern California, where even Santa surfs.
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Angry. Anxious. Hopeful. These are some of the responses we received from social media and public radio stations around the country. -
In an interview with NPR, President Obama forcefully defended his strategy against ISIS and encouraged Americans to "keep things in perspective."
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Both candidates have said they are running positive campaigns, but that could change in this week's debate. In the past, they have shown a willingness to turn tough on their opponents.
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After McCarthy dropped out of the House speakership race, there was a chaotic outpouring of reaction from Republicans. Listen in like a fly on the wall in that Capitol Hill hallway. -
House Speaker John Boehner announced he is stepping down at the end of October. Rank-and-file conservatives reacted with glee — again highlighting the sharp GOP divide. -
See NPR's archived chat from Wednesday's Republican presidential debates.
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Trump signed on to the Republican National Committee's pledge, saying he will support the eventual Republican nominee — something he wouldn't promise during the first debate.
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In a newly published interview, Donald Trump reportedly said Bush should "set the example." -
Among thousands of emails released this week, there was a particularly fishy one. -
While in Alaska, President Obama will be a guest on a survival show that takes celebrities into the wilderness to eat mice, rappel off cliffs and more.
