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Andrew Desiderio

Senior Congressional Reporter

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Punchbowl News

Preston's Summary

Andrew Desiderio is a Senior Congressional Reporter at Punchbowl News. With nearly a decade of experience, he covers Congress, national security, and foreign policy, chronicling significant legislative battles and investigations during the Trump and Biden administrations. Andrew's work has been featured in POLITICO, Yahoo News, and POLITICO Europe, among others.

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Geo Focus

United States (National)

Coverage Attributes:

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Informative: 53 %
Opinion: 23 %
Interviews Q&as: 7 %
Government Announcement: 5 %
Legal Policy Regulation: 4 %

Themes Covered:

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Most Recent Topics:

  • Conflict & War
  • Current Affairs
  • Geopolitics
  • Global & Security
  • International Affairs
  • Politics
  • Public Policy
  • Security Policy

Pitching Insights

Andrew Desiderio's articles primarily cover local news, particularly politics and crime. This suggests a preference for stories related to these themes within the United States, California, and specifically Santa Rosa.

Given his focus on evolving stories and breaking news, he may be interested in receiving pitches about developing political or criminal events in the aforementioned regions. Additionally, as he covers entertainment news to some extent, relevant story ideas tied to this theme could also be of interest.

If you have insights into local political developments or emerging crime-related issues in the specified areas that align with Andrew's coverage themes, those would likely resonate strongly with him.

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Articles

Punchbowl News

Inside Blanche's confirmation timeline

Inside Blanche's confirmation timeline

By: Laura Weiss, Andrew Desiderio, Jake Sherman

Top Senate Republicans and the Trump administration are aiming to confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general by the end of the summer, according to multiple sources familiar with the plans.

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Congress and the new Iran deal

Congress and the new Iran deal

By: Jake Sherman, John Bresnahan, Andrew Desiderio

The House is out of session this week; the Senate is in. President Donald Trump left around 3:15 a.m. today for Évian-les-Bains, France, where he'll attend the G7 summit.

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Judging Thune and Schumer

Judging Thune and Schumer

Thune had just about the worst luck over the past couple of months, getting blindsided repeatedly by a president who sometimes seems not to care that much about the fate of his congressional majorities.

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