National Journal

National Journal is a digital media organization located in Washington, D.C. It focuses on reporting the latest political happenings and tracking new political and policy trends. The magazine has been in circulation since 1969. It was owned by Times Mirror from 1986 until 1997, when David G. Bradley acquired it. Today, National Journal, along with The Hotline, is part of the National Journal Group, which is a branch of Atlantic Media.

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Marie Gluesenkamp Perez’s Wilderness Survival Guide for Dems

3 days ago | nationaljournal.com | Erika Filter

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA 03) has a simple message for her fellow Democrats: make politics more relevant to regular voters. The co-chair of the moderate Blue Dog Coalition said the party can find its way out of the political wilderness by tackling issues that impact everyday Americans, such as right-to-repair laws or even dimming the brightness of headlights.
What’s at stake in the U.S.-EU trade negotiations?

3 days ago | nationaljournal.com | Cristina Maza |Philip Athey

European officials have a little over a month to hammer out the terms of a trade agreement with the mercurial Trump administration, or risk steep tariffs from the bloc’s largest trading partner. The July 9 deadline for a U.S.-EU trade deal comes at a chaotic time for U.S. trade policy, as courts challenge the legality of Trump’s use of the International Economic Emergency Powers Act, a 1977 law that allows the president to bypass Congress during an economic emergency, to impose steep tariffs.
Q&A with Sam Feist

1 week 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.
Trump looms over New Jersey governor’s race

1 week 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.
I Am SAM

1 week ago | nationaljournal.com | Kirk Bado

Democrats are still searching through the wreckage of 2024 for a black box that will tell them why everything went so wrong for their party. Their latest scavenging expedition centers around recouping their losses among young men, following a record-setting 12-point gender gap.
Congress pushes for Russia sanctions as Trump’s effort to end the Ukraine war flops

2 weeks ago | nationaljournal.com | Cristina Maza

President Trump’s efforts to end the war in Ukraine yielded few results this week, sparking fears that Washington will abandon the push for peace. During a two-hour phone call Monday between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Russian leader refused to agree to the 30-day ceasefire that Trump wanted. Instead, Putin said each side could draw up a memorandum with terms to end the war, a suggestion most analysts interpret as a delay tactic.
The vanishing swing voter has made politics more boring (and tougher for Democrats)

3 weeks 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.
Congress wants to allocate billions of dollars to an ambitious missile defense project that would scrap decades of nuclear deterrence policy

1 month ago | nationaljournal.com | Casey Wooten |Cristina Maza |Philip Athey

Republicans want to allocate billions of dollars to a controversial missile defense project that could upend decades of U.S. nuclear deterrence. As Congress begins work on a massive budget reconciliation package designed to cut trillions in federal spending, House Republicans released a proposal to allocate nearly $25 billion as a down payment for a program known as the Golden Dome.
'Do something': How Tim Kaine has found a way to slow Trump's agenda (with the help of a few Republicans)

1 month ago | nationaljournal.com | Savannah Behrmann |Charlie Cook |Kirk Bado

Tim Kaine no longer wears his Senate member lapel pin to work. Instead, the Democrat has been sporting one with Virginia’s seal, which he said serves as a daily, physical reminder to be “on guard against tyranny.”“It's a woman emphasizing virtue, standing atop a monarch who's been knocked over and his crown has fallen off. [It's] the only state that has a motto that, instead of being a positive celebration, is more of a warning or rebuke,” Kaine said.
Where Latino voters can swing the Senate

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.