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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The House voted overwhelmingly to approve a bipartisan deal to lift the debt ceiling and cap spending. That's in part due to the work of lawmakers who usually fly under the radar. -
A deal between White House and House Republican negotiators to raise the nation's borrowing limit still must pass Congress.
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DeSantis has made the culture wars central to his political identity — and intends to run that way in the GOP primary for president.
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A year after the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, the NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll found the highest percentage in a decade said ending gun violence trumps protecting gun rights.
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Joe Biden and Republicans in Congress cannot agree on a path forward to avoid debt default even though Americans want to raise the debt ceiling without cutting spending, according to a new NPR poll.
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As President Joe Biden seeks a second term in office, a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll shows that a majority of Americans are concerned about his mental fitness.
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Trump was found liable for sexual abuse and defamation. But Trump, to be expected, dismissed all that in a CNN town hall and continued his conspiracy about the 2020 election he lost.
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The political world is reacting after a federal jury determined former President Donald Trump is liable for battery and defamation in a civil lawsuit brought by E. Jean Carroll.
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Republicans are lambasting Democrats' attempts at uniform ethics standards at the Supreme Court as partisan politics. It's just the latest chapter in a decline in national unity.
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Respondents say they are mostly supportive of abortion rights, though they want it restricted to three months generally. But they are also opposed to severe restrictions many Republicans are pushing.
