Domenico Montanaro

I cover voting.

I'm Domenico Montanaro, senior political editor and correspondent.

And I'm Mara Liasson, senior national political correspondent.

And we're going to dive into a bunch of the political stories we have not had a chance to dive into yet on the podcast this week.

I'm Miles Parks.

I cover voting.

I'm Domenico Montanaro, senior political editor and correspondent.

And I'm Mara Liasson, senior national political correspondent.

I also cover voting.

And I'm Domenico Montanaro, senior political editor and correspondent.

And Domenico, you are talking to us from Texas right now.

I have to imagine there are just campaign ads everywhere.

I'm Ashley Lopez.

I also cover voting.

And I'm Domenico Montanaro, senior political editor and correspondent.

And thank you for listening to the Empire Politics Podcast.

I cover politics.

And I'm Domenico Montanaro, senior political editor and correspondent.

So, Stephen, you were just reporting in Kansas on this really interesting Senate race.

Let's just start with the candidates.

I'm Stephen Fowler.

I cover politics.

And I'm Domenico Montanaro, senior political editor and correspondent.

Thank you for listening to the NPR Politics Podcast.

Ten billion dollars, that's what's been spent on the twenty twenty-six midterm elections so far.

NPR's Domenico Montanaro reports top spenders are getting in on the action.

You have someone like Elon Musk spending more than a hundred and fifty million dollars just on the Texas Senate race, basically pocket change to him, but it's a huge amount to regular people who are struggling to make ends meet.

And when people's budgets are such a big part of this campaign, you know, it really shows how important control of Congress is, though, to people who have money and want influence and access to power.

I cover the White House.

And I'm Domenico Montanaro, senior political editor and correspondent.

So Franco, let's start with the week at the White House.

President Trump's new White House press secretary gave her first briefing on Tuesday.

I'm Elena Moore.

I also cover politics.

And I'm Domenico Montanaro, senior political editor and correspondent.

And thank you for listening to the NPR Politics Podcast.

I cover politics.

And I'm Domenico Montanaro, senior political editor and correspondent.

And Maham, you've been doing some reporting on this.

Why are people turning to chatbots for political advice?

I'm Maham Javaid.

I also cover politics.

And I'm Domenico Montanaro, senior political editor and correspondent.

And thank you for listening to the NPR Politics Podcast.

I'm Tamara Keith, I cover politics.

And I'm Domenico Montanaro, senior political editor and correspondent.

And Karen Kasler from Ohio's Statehouse News Bureau is with us.

You're in Canton right now.

I'm Tamara Keith.

I cover politics.

And I'm Domenico Montanaro, senior political editor and correspondent.

And thank you for listening to the NPR Politics Podcast.

Recent surveys show Democrats ahead in key districts and states.

NPR's Domenico Montanaro has more on how much these polls can really predict.

The only thing people need to know at this point is that the compass is certainly pointing in Democrats' direction, and that's really all you need to know from a horse race perspective.

And that's because we are so expecting in our society such specificities out of polls-

when they're really not.

They're kind of more of a fuzzy target with a margin of error.

NPR's Domenico Montanaro reporting.

US stock market finished its record-setting week with more gains.

Now it is time to go to our listener mailbag and answer some questions about the midterms.

To do that, we're bringing NPR senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro.

Hi, Domenico.

Hey.

I'm Miles Parks.

I cover voting.

I'm Domenico Montanaro, senior political editor and correspondent.

I'm Mara Liasson, senior national political correspondent.