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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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. -
Leaked confidential videos of two former Trump lawyers could shake up the Georgia election interference case. NPR's Scott Detrow and Domenico Montanaro talk with NYU's Melissa Murray.
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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. -
Republicans in Congress have been fighting publicly and privately and threatening their own ability to govern. A new NPR poll shows that voters want to see compromise.
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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. -
A year out from Election Day 2024, Democrats got some good news at the polls. But there's also concern in the party about President Biden's re-election campaign.
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Former President Donald Trump and his daughter Ivanka testified in the New York civil fraud trial against the Trump Organization.
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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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Elections wrapped up across the country Wednesday night with some stunning results. Abortion showed its salience once again, more than a year after the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision.
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Republican presidential candidates gather in Florida for their third primary debate Wednesday night. Former President Trump is holding a competing rally just miles away from the site of the debate.
