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1 month ago | 
nationaljournal.com | James Downs |Nicholas Anastacio |Nicholas Anastácio |Kirk Bado
What’s the president watching at 3 in the morning? According to his own telling, he’s watching replays of congressional hearings on C-SPAN. The network, which for decades has brought viewers across the world an unfiltered view of government, is enjoying a renaissance of relevancy in recent years. Lawmakers across the aisle are tuning in, and, in response, the network is launching a new program aimed at toning down the partisan rhetoric.
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1 month ago | 
nationaljournal.com | Mary Frances McGowan |Nicholas Anastacio |Nicholas Anastácio
“We are facing the most corrupt president this nation has ever had,” Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill said at the final Democratic gubernatorial primary debate. “President Trump endorsed me because he knows I’m the only person that can unify our party,” Republican Jack Ciattarelli said at the final Republican gubernatorial primary debate. Despite losing the Garden State three times, President Trump is an omnipresent feature of New Jersey’s open governor’s race.
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1 month ago | 
nationaljournal.com | Nicholas Anastacio |Nicholas Anastácio |Charlie Cook
House and Senate races were a lot more interesting back when there were plenty of swing voters. Whether they were “pure independents”—those who consider themselves independent and do not tilt in either direction—or whether they were soft partisans aligned with one party but who didn’t need much to jump to the other side, there are just a lot fewer of those people around anymore.
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1 month ago | 
nationaljournal.com | Nicholas Anastacio |Nicholas Anastácio |Savannah Behrmann
The Latino vote remains a top target for both parties on next year’s Senate map after Republicans made inroads with this key group in the past two election cycles. In battleground states like Georgia, Michigan, and North Carolina, a couple thousand votes could make or break an election.
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2 months ago | 
nationaljournal.com | Kirk Bado |James Downs |Nicholas Anastacio |Nicholas Anastácio |Savannah Behrmann
Nine new senators and 63 new representatives came to Washington as President Trump returned to the White House. These members hail from wide-ranging backgrounds, contributing to what is the eighth consecutive Congress in a row to break diversity records.
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2 months ago | 
nationaljournal.com | Natalie Jackson |Nicholas Anastacio |Nicholas Anastácio |Charlie Cook
Expect a torrent of new polls coming out over the next week in advance of President Trump’s 100th day in office next Wednesday. Most are likely to present numbers that should cause heartburn for party strategists and operatives. The partisan spin will be predictable: Republicans will point to the Democratic Party’s favorability ratings being so badly underwater as to almost be in Titanic territory.
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Feb 25, 2025 | 
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.
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Feb 4, 2025 | 
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.
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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.
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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.
