CNN reports that the law designed to ban insider trading on Capitol Hill — which passed with a rare show of bipartisanship — “isn’t exactly as advertised. A loophole could still allow family members of some lawmakers to profit from inside information.”
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Wall Street Journal: “America’s two political parties have traded places economically. Where Americans once referred to upper-income ‘country club Republicans’ and blue-collar ‘lunchpail Democrats,’ they now see a working-class GOP…
“A federal judge has ruled that recent mass layoffs at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services were likely unlawful and ordered the Trump administration to halt plans to…
“Democrats are rushing to portray Vice President JD Vance as the central figure behind the passage of the GOP’s megabill, with potential 2028 rivals arguing it will come back to…
Elon Musk has predicted Steve Bannon is “going back to prison” after the two former Trump advisors reignited their bitter feud this week, the Daily Beast reports. Bannon, in turn,…
“The Trump administration has declined to release nearly $7 billion in federal funding that helps pay for after-school and summer programs, support for students learning English, teacher training and other…
“Donald Trump’s multitrillion-dollar tax bill is running into Republican resistance in the House as moderate and ultra-conservative GOP lawmakers threaten to defy the president and sink his domestic agenda,” Bloomberg…
Los Angeles Times: “A fire-and-brimstone Pentecostal preacher, Swaggart bragged he had more followers than Oral Roberts or Jim Bakker, lived a luxuriant life on a 100-acre compound in Baton Rouge,…
“The University of Pennsylvania said on Tuesday that it had struck a deal with the federal government that will limit how transgender people may participate in its athletic programs, bowing…
Tara Palmeri: “It’s not just a bill — it’s President Trump’s entire legislative agenda wrapped into one. The only major piece of legislation this Congress will pass. And, some argue,…
Jonathan Chait: “In their heedless rush to enact a deficit-exploding tax bill so massive that they barely understand it, Senate Republicans call to mind a scene in The Sopranos. A…
President Trump signaled support for New York City Mayor Eric Adams — for whom he made federal corruption charges disappear — and threatened to arrest Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani, New…
“My sincere hope is that this is not the final product. This bill needs more work across chambers and is not ready for the President’s desk. We need to work…
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) apologized to Zohran Mamdani (D) after she falsely claimed in a radio interview that the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City had made “references…
Democrats are already vowing to make President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” a centerpiece of their strategy for taking back the House of Representatives in 2026, Axios reports. Save to Favorites
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is facing an explosion of internal anger among his members over the Senate’s changes to President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” Axios reports. Said Rep. Ralph Norman…
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) made the “agonizing” decision to vote for Senate Republicans’ version of the “big, beautiful” bill after winning key concessions on federal health and food-aid programs for…
Associated Press: “It was a surprising statement from Attorney General Pam Bondi as the Trump administration promises to release more files from its sex trafficking investigation of Jeffrey Epstein: The…
“President Donald Trump’s administration cancelled a major contract to supply emergency kits for rape survivors in Congo as violence surged in the east this year, leaving thousands without access to…
CNN: “They say supplies have gone unordered, appointments go unscheduled, and medical staff fear that these conditions might not only encourage doctors and nurses now working in the over-strained system…
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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