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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Now, we're giving you an update on the story of an explosion in midtown Manhattan. Reports shortly before 8 this morning came about an explosion close to the New York Port Authority.
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The move stops short of declaring a national emergency, which the president had pledged to do. -
"It's a team like very few people have seen," Trump said of Florida and federal officials. -
More than 6 million of the state's electricity customers were experiencing power outages as of Monday.
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One child dressed up as President Obama. -
Speaking in Florida Thursday, Trump also criticized People writer Natasha Stoynoff's looks, arguing that he wouldn't have made a move on her. -
Donald Trump courted hard-liners on immigration in the primary campaign. But he signaled Wednesday night he'd be in favor of a path to legalization for some immigrants in the U.S. illegally.
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The foundation would give up its most recognizable parts, including its major global health and wellness programs. -
Just over two months after Manafort was brought on to bring some structure to Donald Trump's presidential bid, the Washington insider has resigned from the campaign. -
Paul Nehlen, who is challenging Paul Ryan in the Wisconsin primary, defended Donald Trump's criticism of Muslim dad and attorney Khizr Khan.
