David Gergen: “It’s difficult to remember a Congress that has put the nation so much at risk in the service of ideology and to hold onto office. Partisans on both sides are grievously failing the country.”

Save to FavoritesDavid Gergen: “It’s difficult to remember a Congress that has put the nation so much at risk in the service of ideology and to hold onto office. Partisans on both sides are grievously failing the country.”

Save to Favorites“After more than 12 years in Congress, Rep. Eric Swalwell is eyeing a new workplace: the California governor’s mansion,” MSNBC reports. “According to two sources familiar with the matter who…
The BBC apologized to President Trump after criticism over how a documentary edited his Jan. 6 speech, and said it does not plan to rebroadcast the program, Axios reports. Save…
“The Justice Department on Thursday joined a Republican-led lawsuit that seeks to block a new Democratic-drawn congressional map in California that voters approved last week,” NBC News reports. “The redrawn…
The Washington Post looks at how Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has worked to appease President Trump in the past year in order to fend off a complete federal takeover…
“In text messages sent in 2017, disgraced financier and registered sex offender Jeffrey Epstein appears to position himself as a middleman between president Donald Trump’s administration and Microsoft cofounder Bill…
“President Donald Trump’s push to send a tariff rebate check to Americans would take an act of Congress, his top economic advisers acknowledge,” Politico reports. “Support among Republicans on Capitol…
“Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) has stood by her signature on the discharge petition to force a vote on releasing the Epstein files, but White House officials say her decision is…
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has instructed U.S. diplomats to consider obesity alongside various chronic medical conditions as among the reasons to reject foreigners seeking U.S. visas, Politico reports. Save…
A new Reuters/Ipsos poll finds that 44% of Democrats said they were “very enthusiastic” about casting their ballot next year, compared with just 26% of Republicans. Cost of living remains…
“We do need to stand up to him, but a shutdown, with all the pain it is bringing to the very people we want to help, is just not the…
Associated Press: “Many are left feeling that their livelihoods served as political pawns in the fight between recalcitrant lawmakers in Washington and are asking themselves whether the battle was worth…
A top housing official in President Trump’s administration has referred Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) to the Justice Department for a potential federal criminal probe, based on allegations of mortgage and…
“Back pay owed to federal workers for the time they were furloughed during the government shutdown is expected to land in their bank accounts early next week,” CNBC reports. Save…
“House Republicans are fuming that their Senate counterparts can now sue the federal government if their digital data is subpoenaed, acquired or accessed without notifying them, and they’re vowing to…
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) has been hospitalized after a fall near his home, which caused minor injuries to his face, CBS News reports. “Fetterman fell to the ground after feeling…
President Trump told Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in a phone call last month that, with the Gaza war ending, he expects Saudi Arabia to move toward normalization with…
“A Justice Department lawyer on Thursday defended the legality of Lindsey Halligan’s appointment as acting U.S. attorney to a skeptical federal judge who’s weighing whether to dismiss cases she brought…
NBC News: “Now, the party is about to plunge back into the tricky policy debate that once cost them seats in the House.” “This time around, though, Republicans are mostly…
Tara Palmeri: “No American president has ever faced credible allegations of direct association with a pedophile’s global sex-trafficking network. Trump’s defenders will scream ‘hoax.’ His critics will call it accountability….
“Jeffrey Epstein is back in the news — and it couldn’t have come at a worse time for the president,” Politico reports. “Following a brutal week for President Donald Trump…
Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.
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