Lexie Schapitl
Lexie Schapitl is a production assistant with NPR's Washington Desk, where she produces radio pieces and digital content. She also reports from the field and assists with production of the NPR Politics Podcast.
Schapitl first came to NPR as a Washington Desk intern in 2017. She has previously worked as an associate producer with NPR's newscast unit, a social media manager with Vox and a reporting intern with Newsday. A New Jersey native and University of Maryland graduate, Schapitl is a fan of Maryland basketball, trivia, musicals and the New York Mets.
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The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, a union of 1.3 million workers, will not endorse Vice President Harris or former President Donald Trump for president, after decades of backing Democrats. -
Former President Donald Trump told crowds in Wisconsin and Michigan that he would make IVF treatment free if he wins a second term. “I was always for IVF," Trump told them. -
Kate Cox, a Texas woman who sued her state when she was denied an abortion there, announced that she is pregnant during the DNC’s delegate roll call. -
Earlier this year, tens of thousands of Democratic primary voters cast ballots marked “uncommitted" in protest of Biden's policy on Israel and Gaza. So how are those voters feeling now, with Harris? -
We hear from voters in Michigan, a so-called "Blue Wall" state along with Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, who had been lukewarm on President Biden's reelection bid.
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Wexton spoke on the House floor Wednesday using an "augmentative and alternative communication" program. -
President Biden addressed the nation for the first time since dropping out of the race for president and endorsing Vice President Harris. -
How did the coconut tree emerge as the emblem of the vice president's most devoted, or at least most-online followers? It's a story more than a year in the making. -
The father of three is currently the junior senator of Ohio, and author of the 2016 memoir, 'Hillbilly Elegy', a New York Times bestseller. -
President Biden dropped out of the 2024 race and endorsed Vice President Harris to be the nominee. Here are some of the Democrats viewed as potential candidates for the race ahead.
