Nicholas Ballasy

Nicholas Ballasy - Nicholas Ballasy is the Senior Video Reporter for The Daily Caller covering Congress and national politics. Ballasy has interviewed a wide range of political leaders and celebrities including former President Bill Clinton, Sen. John McCain, Sen. John Kerry, former Gov. Mitt Romney, former House Speakers Nancy Pelosi and Newt Gingrich, Kevin Spacey, Tom Hanks, Whoopi Goldberg, Richard Dreyfuss, Harrison Ford, Matt Damon, Joan Rivers, Gloria Estefan, Jon Stewart, Dave Matthews, Stevie Wonder, etc. His work has been featured by CNN, Fox News, NBC, CBS, ABC, The Drudge Report, Washington Post, New York Times among others.

10:50 AM 05/25/2012

Bishop Harry Jackson, senior pastor at Hope Christian Church, is leading a coalition of 176 religious leaders against President Barack Obama’s declared support for gay marriage and the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act.  (more)

5:02 PM 05/24/2012

In his speech on the Startup Act 2.0, Virginia Democratic Sen. Mark Warner said Congress cannot “cut and tax” it’s way out of debt, calling the situation a "fiscal cliff." (more)

1:07 PM 05/23/2012

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he has "no problem" with the Obama campaign’s attacks on GOP challenger Mitt Romney’s time as the CEO of Bain Capital. (more)

4:01 PM 05/22/2012

Weighing in on the Obama campaign's criticism of GOP opponent Mitt Romney’s work as the CEO of Bain Capital, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell labeled the Obama administration the “most anti-business” White House since “the Carter years.”  (more)

11:11 PM 05/21/2012

In a video interview with The Daily Caller, Oklahoma Republican Sen. Tom Coburn said former President George W. Bush’s time in office was “a missed opportunity of tremendous proportions,” particularly due to the creation of a new unfunded entitlement program. (more)

1:15 PM 05/21/2012

WASHINGTON – U2 singer and humanitarian Bono said that even though the world is “broke,” the wealthiest countries should still provide humanitarian aid to the developing world. (more)

3:23 PM 05/18/2012

President Obama “almost” took House Speaker John Boehner's “breath away” by announcing his support for a debt limit increase with no spending cuts in a meeting with congressional leaders. (more)

10:59 PM 05/17/2012

Oklahoma Republican Sen. Tom Coburn told The Daily Caller in a video interview that he views Timothy Geithner as the “most partisan treasury secretary” the U.S. has had in “a long time,” but stopped short of calling for his resignation. (more)

12:23 PM 05/17/2012

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi labeled House Speaker John Boehner’s position on the debt limit "immature" and "irresponsible." (more)

4:09 PM 05/16/2012

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi did not see the CBS/New York Times poll showing former Gov. Mitt Romney’s lead over President Obama among women voters but said the Democratic party’s “agenda on women” has been “a strong one.” (more)

12:58 PM 05/16/2012

In an interview with The Daily Caller, Luis Alberto Moreno, the President of the Inter-American Development Bank, described the lessons Latin America learned during its debt crisis and said the U.S. has to do “something” about its current debt situation. (more)

12:06 PM 05/15/2012

Oklahoma Republican Senator Tom Coburn told The Daily Caller in a video interview that the federal government is in the “midst of committing murder to our republic" and predicted that the U.S. faces a financial meltdown in 2-5 years. (more)

6:40 PM 05/09/2012

Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta called Indiana Republican Sen. Richard Lugar a "statesman" in "every sense of the word," adding that it would be a “great legacy for him” if the U.S. could ratify the law of the seas treaty before he leaves Congress. (more)

11:29 AM 05/09/2012

Actresses Linda Evans and Linda Gray, who came to Capitol Hill to support Meals on Wheels, told The Daily Caller that they are not going to campaign for a candidate in the next presidential election. (more)

8:48 AM 05/08/2012

WASHINGTON --- District of Columbia Councilman and former Mayor Marion Barry told The Daily Caller that Congress should do “whatever the president wants,” adding that the American people “need more stimulus” spending. (more)

11:45 PM 05/04/2012

WASHINGTON -- Emmy Award-winning actor LeVar Burton, who met with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan in Washington to discuss education technology, told The Daily Caller that the U.S. “can’t afford to sacrifice another generation” to “bureaucratic politics.” (more)

1:47 PM 05/03/2012

Jesse Tyler Ferguson, who plays Mitchell on the ABC primetime television show “Modern Family,” told The Daily Caller that he feels “more connected” with President Barack Obama on gay rights issues than any past president that he can remember. Ferguson said he “obviously” wants “more” from Obama, but said he is “very encouraged.” (more)

12:33 PM 05/03/2012

CNN “Situation Room” anchor Wolf Blitzer told The Daily Caller that he is “sure” the Obama campaign and White House are “going by the rules” regarding presidential visits verses campaign events. (more)

11:54 AM 05/02/2012

Actress and activist Rosario Dawson told The Daily Caller that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney can “use" his heritage to make immigration issues “very personal” in the general election. (more)

1:37 PM 05/01/2012

Business owner and television personality Martha Stewart told The Daily Caller that she thinks President Barack Obama has “tried really hard” in his first term but has met “a little opposition.” (more)

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