Domenico Montanaro

Domenico Montanaro appears in the following:

The truth about political ads: They can include lies

Monday, March 28, 2022

A recent ad in the Arizona gubernatorial campaign raises an old question: Can candidates simply lie in their paid ads? The short answer is yes.

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Biden says he was expressing moral outrage when saying Putin shouldn't stay in power

Monday, March 28, 2022

President Biden defended controversial remarks in which he appeared to call for regime change in Russia. "I was expressing the moral outrage that I feel, and I make no apologies for it," he said.

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Politics chat: Biden back from Europe; Justice Thomas scrutinized; Judge Jackson vote

Sunday, March 27, 2022

President Biden's diplomatic efforts with allies continue to put pressure on Russia; Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas under scrutiny; what's next for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.

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GOP questions for Jackson in her hearings were about midterm messaging — 4 takeaways

Wednesday, March 23, 2022

If Biden's Supreme Court nominee gets any GOP votes, it's pretty clear by the bitterness displayed during her confirmation hearing they likely won't come from Republicans on the Judiciary Committee.

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Ketanji Brown Jackson finishes her testimony in Supreme Court confirmation hearings

Wednesday, March 23, 2022

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson finishes her testimony in the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings for her Supreme Court nomination.

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The truth in political advertising: 'You're allowed to lie'

Thursday, March 17, 2022

A campaign ad for Kari Lake, a Republican candidate for Arizona governor, includes baseless claims of a rigged 2020 election. Can candidates lie in their paid ads? The short answer: yes.

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Fed's coming interest rate hikes may present another economic challenge for Democrats

Monday, March 14, 2022

In an attempt to curb high inflation, the Federal Reserve is expected this week to begin raising interest rates for the first time in three years.

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Colorado's governor treated COVID differently than many Democrats. It may pay off

Thursday, March 10, 2022

Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colo., canceled Colorado's state of emergency last July. As omicron surged, he refused to reinstate state-wide mask mandates. His approach seems to have made him popular.

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Russia's invasion puts a new light on Trump's Ukraine pressure campaign

Tuesday, March 08, 2022

With Russia's brutal invasion and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy being hailed as a hero, Trump's infamous 2019 call to Zelenskyy is put into a very different light.

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Biden gets a bounce after the State of the Union, NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll shows

Friday, March 04, 2022

After Tuesday's speech, the president saw a significant jump with Democrats and independents, as he may be seeing a rally-around-the-Ukrainian-flag moment.

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5 takeaways from Biden's State of the Union address

Wednesday, March 02, 2022

The president painted an optimistic view of life amid the pandemic in front of a Congress that appeared to be more unified than in recent years.

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The challenges Biden faces in his State of the Union address

Tuesday, March 01, 2022

As President Biden is set to make his first State of the Union speech, he and the country face pressing issues, from Russia's invasion of Ukraine to inflation and the continuing pandemic.

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A majority says Biden's first year was a failure, a new poll finds

Friday, February 25, 2022

President Biden is at just 39% approval. "These are sort of rock-bottom numbers," said the director of the survey, which was conducted before Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Trump praises Putin's moves as 'savvy'

Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Former President Trump praised Russian President Putin after the Kremlin recognized the independence of two breakaway, Russian separatist-controlled regions in eastern Ukraine.

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The politics of getting to the next phase of the coronavirus pandemic

Thursday, February 17, 2022

With the omicron surge fading, the Biden administration is looking to the next phase of the pandemic. Americans appear eager to get there.

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RNC censures Cheney and Kinzinger for their participation in Jan. 6 investigation

Friday, February 04, 2022

The Republican National Committee censured Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, and in the censure document labeled the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol "legitimate political discourse."

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Trump escalates racist rhetoric and plays on white grievance at recent rallies

Tuesday, February 01, 2022

The former president alleged in Texas over the weekend that Black prosecutors investigating him are "racist." And that was not the first example in recent weeks of Trump employing racist rhetoric.

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Why U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring now

Wednesday, January 26, 2022

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring. With a potential red wave coming in the midterm election, his move to step down now is about politics and the ideological direction of the court.

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For all of Biden's successes or failures, it's really about 'COVID, stupid'

Saturday, January 22, 2022

No matter all the other problems and mistakes — and accomplishments — that were detailed and worked over in his exhaustive press conference, as goes COVID, likely so goes the Biden presidency.

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As Biden marks 1 year in office, he'll hold a news conference

Wednesday, January 19, 2022

President Biden holds a rare formal news conference Wednesday — as voting rights legislation seems set to fail in the Senate. Voting rights is a key priority of the administration.

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