USA Today measured which Super Bowl commercials people liked best. President Trump’s came in dead last.

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Of the two dozen House members over the age of 80 years old, 13 are running for reelection, NBC News reports. By the end of this year, their average age…
Jaime Dupree reports the House actually sent the wrong version of the three-year Obamacare subsidies bill to the Senate last week, and had to pass a resolution to quietly get…
“U.S. forces seized a sixth oil tanker on Thursday morning,” the Wall Street Journal reports. Save to Favorites
Nancy Youssef: “Enough U.S military power remains in the Middle East to launch a strike on Iran’s security forces or even its nuclear program.” “But there may not be enough…
Cook Political Report: “Ten months out from Election Day, it’s increasingly clear that Democrats are in a strong position to win control of the House this November.” “All the major…
“Rebranding the Department of Defense as the Department of War will cost between $10 million and $125 million — but could cost hundreds of millions more if lawmakers make it…
“President Donald Trump unveiled a multipart proposal on Thursday aimed at lowering prescription drug prices and reducing health insurance premiums, as well as increasing pricing transparency. He also vowed to…
In an interview with Reuters, President Trump expressed frustration that the Republican Party could lose control of the House of Representatives or the Senate in this year’s midterm elections, citing…
Donald Trump rode a promise of sweeping immigration enforcement all the way back to the White House in 2024. Just a year into his new term, it seems he’s already…
Time: “Breathtaking bluntness defined Trump’s foreign policy in his first year back in the White House… The sprawl of activity, unmatched by any modern American President, is the Trump Doctrine…
Politico: “Reykjavík is concerned about America’s growing territorial ambitions, after Politico reported that President Donald Trump’s nominee for ambassador to Iceland Billy Long joked in Washington that Iceland will be…
David Plouffe: “In election after election last year, Democrats had big wins everywhere. Voters who swung hard to President Trump swung hard back. These moments are incredibly rare. Trust me.”…
“An appeals court on Thursday reopened the possibility that Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University graduate and pro-Palestinian protester jailed for months by the Trump administration, could be detained as the…
A new AP-NORC poll finds that 40% of adults approve of Donald Trump’s performance as president, with 59% disapproving. The also shows “subtle signs of vulnerability for the Republican president….
“Joe Rogan’s comparison of U.S. immigration raids to Gestapo operations, made during a podcast episode earlier this week, has sparked speculation about whether the wildly popular podcaster, who endorsed Donald…
New York Times: “Harvard recently dropped to No. 3 on the ranking. The schools racing up the list are not Harvard’s American peers, but Chinese universities that have been steadily…
New York Times: “On Thursday, Ms. Machado is expected to meet in Washington with Mr. Trump, with whom she has repeatedly sought to curry favor by proposing to share the…
“A fierce crackdown by Iranian security forces that has killed thousands of people protesting against the country’s autocratic leaders has forced demonstrators off the streets in some cities, with residents…
One senior House Republican offered harsh words about President Trump’s attempts to address concerns about rising costs, which GOP lawmakers have struggled to find their own cohesive response to, NOTUS…
“President Donald Trump threatened to deploy U.S. military forces to quell protests in Minnesota in response to violent encounters involving federal immigration agents,” Bloomberg reports. Wrote Trump, on Truth Social:…
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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