Domenico Montanaro
Domenico Montanaro is NPR's senior political editor/correspondent. Based in Washington, D.C., his work appears on air and online delivering analysis of the political climate in Washington and campaigns. He also helps edit political coverage.
Montanaro joined NPR in 2015 and oversaw coverage of the 2016 presidential campaign, including for broadcast and digital.
Before joining NPR, Montanaro served as political director and senior producer for politics and law at PBS NewsHour. There, he led domestic political and legal coverage, which included the 2014 midterm elections, the Supreme Court, and the unrest in Ferguson, Mo.
Prior to PBS NewsHour, Montanaro was deputy political editor at NBC News, where he covered two presidential elections and reported and edited for the network's political blog, "First Read." He has also worked at CBS News, ABC News, The Asbury Park Press in New Jersey, and taught high school English.
Montanaro earned a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Delaware and a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University.
A native of Queens, N.Y., Montanaro is a life-long Mets fan and college basketball junkie.
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There couldn't be two governors with more opposite ideologies than the Florida Republican and the California Democrat, but few minds were likely changed.
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It was billed as a Red State-Blue State debate between men with different governing ideologies: Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis, running for the GOP presidential nod, and Calif. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom.
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It's a tradition that ironically features an American president sanctioning an event sponsored by a lobbying group, which advocates the opposite of what actually takes place at said event.
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The anti-vaccine political scion is running as an independent for president, is threatening both parties and is polling higher than any independent in 40 years. But those high numbers tend to fade.
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Americans are split over whether Israel's response to the Hamas attack has been too much or about right — with a majority of Democrats saying it's been too much.
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An equal number say Israel's response to Hamas' attack has either been too much or about right. A majority of Democrats now say it's been too much, driven by people of color and younger respondents.
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Democrats began the week worried about polls showing President Biden would lose to Donald Trump in 2024. But their spirits were lifted when abortion-rights issues did well in Tuesday's election.
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Five Republican candidates met for the third debate of the 2024 presidential race to address issues like abortion rights, international conflict and the future of Social Security.
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House Republicans are trying once again to nominate a new speaker to lead the chamber. A candidate forum is planned for Monday.
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In his Oval Office speech, President Biden reiterated his strong support for Israel in the wake of a deadly attack by Hamas. But it isn't making political waves in a deeply divided America.