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Robert Dominguez is the managing editor of the New York Daily News and has been an editor and reporter on various desks for the paper since 1993. He writes the Justice Story series and is editor ...

Education: University of Notre Dame, BA in political science and economics María Luisa Paúl is a reporter on The Washington Post's Morning Mix team. Paúl hails from Caracas, Venezuela.