Ron Elving
Ron Elving is Senior Editor and Correspondent on the Washington Desk for NPR News, where he is frequently heard as a news analyst and writes regularly for NPR.org.
He is also a professorial lecturer and Executive in Residence in the School of Public Affairs at American University, where he has also taught in the School of Communication. In 2016, he was honored with the University Faculty Award for Outstanding Teaching in an Adjunct Appointment. He has also taught at George Mason and Georgetown.
He was previously the political editor for USA Today and for Congressional Quarterly. He has been published by the Brookings Institution and the American Political Science Association. He has contributed chapters on Obama and the media and on the media role in Congress to the academic studies Obama in Office 2011, and Rivals for Power, 2013. Ron's earlier book, Conflict and Compromise: How Congress Makes the Law, was published by Simon & Schuster and is also a Touchstone paperback.
During his tenure as manager of NPR's Washington desk from 1999 to 2014, the desk's reporters were awarded every major recognition available in radio journalism, including the Dirksen Award for Congressional Reporting and the Edward R. Murrow Award from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. In 2008, the American Political Science Association awarded NPR the Carey McWilliams Award "in recognition of a major contribution to the understanding of political science."
Ron came to Washington in 1984 as a Congressional Fellow with the American Political Science Association and worked for two years as a staff member in the House and Senate. Previously, he had been state capital bureau chief for The Milwaukee Journal.
He received his bachelor's degree from Stanford University and master's degrees from the University of Chicago and the University of California – Berkeley.
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President Trump is the first living president to have his face on a coin. He's also reshaping Washington in his image, and working to influence midterm elections.
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President Trump signed an executive order to change the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America to provoke Canadian leaders. Meanwhile, the new Fed chair says inflation continues to be a problem.
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Trade talks with Canada collapse hours before a new tariff deadline. President Trump threatens Iran with an "Economic D-Day" the same week the U.S. national debt surpassed $40 trillion.
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A shortage of some munitions as well as the problems with the USS Lincoln have the Trump administration on the defensive. Meanwhile, what the latest primaries show about Democratic enthusiasm.
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DHS was originally conceived in the interest of unity and harmony — and the phrase "homeland security" was originally meant to be reassuring. -
We look at what President Trump's decision to attack Iran means, what kind of support he has in Iran and what this moment means for his administration.
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Another batch of Epstein files and the continuing controversies involving the Department of Homeland Security are dominating the political conversation this weekend.
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The last time the United States held a national military parade was in June 1991, timed to welcome returning veterans of the 100-day Persian Gulf War. -
Budget reconciliation may not be catchy, but it's been a vital tool for many presidents, including Ronald Reagan, whose first federal budget was a watershed in the history of federal fiscal policy. -
We look at President Trump's embrace of Vladimir Putin as he turns his back on U.S. ally, Ukraine, as well as mass firings at government agencies and how that will affect the services they provide.
