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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President Biden's approach to legislating so far is winning plaudits from political strategists, left and right. His massive jobs and infrastructure plan poses a new challenge.
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President Biden is doubling his original COVID-19 vaccination goal to 200 million shots in arms by his 100th day in office. -
Banned from the likes of Twitter and Facebook, Trump says he may launch his own social media platform. But there are reasons to be skeptical that it could help him regain his once-ubiquitous presence.
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Many Democrats hope President Biden's endorsement of changing the Senate filibuster could help push through more ambitious and progressive legislation.
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Democrats passed the $1.9 trillion bill on a party-line vote, and Republicans do not appear ready to compromise on infrastructure, voting rights, the minimum wage, immigration or much else.
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In his prime-time address, the president projected that all Americans will be able to get in line for a vaccine by May 1. He also denounced "vicious hate crimes against Asian Americans."
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A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds most Americans approve of President Biden's handling of the pandemic, right as Biden is set to deliver a primetime address on the pandemic.
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Donald Trump makes his first post-presidency speech at the annual CPAC conference.
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The former president will headline the annual conservative conference with a Sunday address, his first speech since leaving office. His baseless election fraud claims could also get heavy play.
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The Senate found former president Donald Trump not guilty on an impeachment charge of inciting an insurrection, by a 57-43 vote, acquitting the former president in his Senate trial.
