Nicholas Anastacio

1 month ago | nationaljournal.com | Nicholas Anastacio |Nicholas Anastácio |Kirk Bado |Zac Weisz

President Trump’s campaign is once again soliciting donations from supporters and stockpiling cash, even though he won’t be on the ballot in 2026. As the Republican Party approaches its third midterm cycle with Trump—who doesn’t face another race or any major legal cases—as its de facto leader, the president has fewer reasons to hold onto his campaign money this time around.

2 months ago | nationaljournal.com | Kirk Bado |Nicholas Anastacio |Nicholas Anastácio

With 2024 in the rearview mirror, the money race is already underway for next year’s midterms. Year-end campaign finance reports filed Friday show vulnerable incumbents starting the 2026 cycle with millions in their war chests, including GOP senators leveled with primary threats. In-cycle Democratic senators entered the new year with an average of $3.5 million on hand, slightly more than the average GOP senator’s $3.4 million on hand.

Nov 12, 2024 | nationaljournal.com | Erin Durkin |Nicholas Anastacio |Nicholas Anastácio |Mary Frances McGowan

The election of Donald Trump for a second term holds many implications for the future of health care in the U.S.While policy experts and advocates are watching what a potential Republican Congress could deliver for the president, there are several areas of regulation that the future Trump administration could reverse or reform on its own.

Nov 3, 2024 | nationaljournal.com | Nicholas Anastacio |Nicholas Anastácio

After underperforming expectations two years ago, Republicans avoided bruising primaries earlier this year and are primed to take advantage of a favorable map to crack Democrats’ 51-49 majority in the Senate. This year, Senate Democrats are again on the defensive, fighting to keep 23 seats—including three in states former President Trump won twice and five in presidential battlegrounds. Republicans are defending 11 seats—all in states Trump won twice.

Aug 23, 2024 | nationaljournal.com | Savannah Behrmann |Katherine Swartz |Cristina Maza |Nicholas Anastacio |Nicholas Anastácio

Democrats capped off a historic convention Thursday as Kamala Harris accepted her party’s presidential nomination. In a month's time, she was able to unify the party behind her even amid fractures over Gaza and immigration. Democrats set forth a broad policy agenda as well.