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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Trump supporters are the least likely to say they will seek a COVID-19 vaccine when one becomes available to them. Of the hesitancy among Republicans, Dr. Anthony Fauci says, "I just don't get it." -
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." -
Sixty-two percent approve of the job the president is doing handling the pandemic, but he gets a lower 49% overall job approval rating, signaling potentially tough legislative fights ahead. -
!["Cases are up because we have the best testing in the world," President Trump said in an interview that aired Sunday. "I'm glad we do [testing], but it really skews the numbers." In fact, cases are rising at a faster rate than tests.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/07fe2ba/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3699x2061+0+10/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2020%2F07%2F19%2Fap_20200466952404_wide-edc0d36e5ee12473f026a6f4073ce7c2092a4fd0.jpg)
In a Fox News interview, the president weighed in controversially on the pandemic and issues of race. -
New COVID-19 cases are on the rise in almost half the states, including spikes in Florida, Texas and Arizona, where the president is headed Tuesday. -
The president is trailing former Vice President Joe Biden in polls. Biden is heading to Houston to meet with George Floyd's family Monday, while Trump will hold a law enforcement roundtable. -
"Mask usage is going to help us get this economy reopened," the president's national security adviser said on Sunday. -
Three-quarters are concerned that a second wave of the coronavirus will emerge as states reopen, a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds. But Americans' outlooks vary by political party. -
President Trump has alleged criminal activity by the Obama administration, while former President Barack Obama said Saturday that some "so-called grownups" are falling down on the job. -
The nation's top infectious disease expert spoke remotely during a unique Senate health committee hearing on the coronavirus pandemic.
!["Cases are up because we have the best testing in the world," President Trump said in an interview that aired Sunday. "I'm glad we do [testing], but it really skews the numbers." In fact, cases are rising at a faster rate than tests.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/735d2a4/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3699x2061+0+10/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2020%2F07%2F19%2Fap_20200466952404_wide-edc0d36e5ee12473f026a6f4073ce7c2092a4fd0.jpg)
