Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) told CNN that if Democrats don’t “take action” on impeachment by September 1, “we should just shut it down.”
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Save to Favorites“President Donald Trump said Saturday that other nations will send ships to help keep the Strait of Hormuz open amid fears that Iran may restrict the flow of oil and…
Jonathan Chait: “Hegseth’s presentation gave no remotely skeptical viewer any new reasons to trust that the administration expected the war to go as it has nor that there is a…
New York Times: “Dissatisfied by expanding losses and dwindling readership, Mr. Bezos is demanding that The Post embrace some of the same ideas that brought him riches at Amazon, including…
President Donald Trump rebuffed efforts by Middle Eastern allies to start diplomatic negotiations aimed at ending the Iran war that started two weeks ago with a massive U.S.-Israeli air assault,…
Politico: “The executive orders are notable as the president has remained unusually quiet when it comes to the housing legislation battle gearing up on Capitol Hill, where GOP lawmakers are…
Wall Street Journal: “Ship transits through the narrow waterway have fallen from over 150 a day to single digits by this week, according to monitoring firms. Iran is suspected in…
“The White House is more tightly controlling the messaging and policies—including around vaccines—coming from the Department of Health and Human Services ahead of the midterm elections,” the Wall Street Journal…
A new Politico poll, conducted across five countries, “reveals a stark disconnect between how Americans see their country and how several top allies do.” “As the Trump administration’s aggressive posture…
“I’m glad I’m not on the ballot.” — Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), to Politico when asked how he was feeling about the November elections. Save to Favorites
New York Times: “The reason there is no true alternative comes down to a combination of geography, political tensions and economic competition among the region’s oil powers. There have been…
“A surpise guest appeared at a recent campaign rally for Viktor Orban’s party in eastern Hungary: a Ukrainian prisoner of war freed from Moscow’s captivity,” Bloomberg reports. “How he got…
“When American service members killed in action are returning to the United States in flagged-draped coffins, and even more Americans have lost limbs or suffered terrible brain injuries or are…
“Fearing a tougher-than-expected race for one of Texas’s two Senate seats, Republicans are trying to cast Democratic candidate James Talarico as a radical leftist out of step with voters,” the…
Punchbowl News: “It might be easy to forget that the Department of Homeland Security is shutdown, unless you’ve been watching the Senate floor these recent days.” “That DHS shutdown is…
Bloomberg: “The department’s efforts to build an AI-enabled fleet of drones that can attack by air and sea have been marked by false starts, missed deadlines and strategic incoherence.” Save…
Playbook: “In the 15 days since President Donald Trump launched Operation Epic Fury on Iran, Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) is approaching nearly a dozen media appearances, offering his often visceral…
“If the White House hoped tapping 40% of the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve would quickly push down oil prices, it hasn’t worked,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “News this week…
“Russia is stepping up its tests of systems designed to keep millions of people from accessing information online in times of political unrest, shutting off mobile internet access in the…
“Jared Kushner, one of the U.S. government’s chief negotiators in the Middle East, is trying to raise more money for his private equity firm from governments in the region,” the…
“Oil shocks are bad for economic growth and bad for inflation. So it can be worrisome when they land when growth is already middling and inflation stubborn,” the Wall Street…
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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