Nicholas Ballasy
Nicholas Ballasy has been breaking news for more than a decade in the nation’s capital and questioning political leaders about the most pressing issues facing the nation. Since 2008, Ballasy has interviewed former President Bill Clinton, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, former President Donald Trump, Sen. Mitt Romney, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. John McCain, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former Vice President Al Gore, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and more.
He’s also conducted on-camera interviews with many of the most influential figures in the Hollywood, music and business worlds about their political activism such as George Clooney, Kevin Spacey, Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Whoopi Goldberg, George Lucas, James Cameron, Michael Moore, Kelsey Grammer, Harrison Ford, Eva Longoria, Gloria Estefan, Quincy Jones, Dave Matthews, Stevie Wonder and more.
Media outlets and television shows including NBC News, ABC News, Fox News, CNN, The Washington Post, Inside Edition, New York Times, Politico, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Access Hollywood and others have featured his reporting.
In addition to covering news on Capitol Hill such as the passage of landmark legislation like Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform, the Affordable Care Act, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act as well as the government shutdown, Ballasy has covered the 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020 presidential elections, the inauguration of Barack Obama in 2009 and 2013, Donald Trump’s inauguration, the White House Correspondents Dinner red carpet and more. Ballasy has appeared on the One America News Network and Fox Business Network to provide political analysis and discuss his reporting.
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