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“The White House is signaling to GOP lawmakers that President Trump’s massive tax package isn’t an a la carte menu: It’s a prix fixe meal,” Axios reports. “While officials want…
A new Meeting Street Insights (R) poll finds 68% of voters said cutting Medicaid benefits to pay for tax cuts is a bad idea — including 44% of Republicans. And…
Playbook: “Howard Lutnick was one of six Cabinet members appearing live on Fox News last night between the hours of 4 p.m. and 10 p.m. — along with Attorney General…
“The haphazard rollout of President Trump’s tariff policy threatens to put the Federal Reserve in a lose-lose scenario: Navigate a recession or manage a period of stagflation,” the Wall Street…
“Just days after winning a stunning election on an anti-Trump platform, Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada on Tuesday will meet with President Trump, who has imposed tariffs on Canada,…
“President Trump’s grand economic vision relies on a simple tradeoff: that Americans will accept short-term personal sacrifice — higher prices, fewer options, slimmer profits — in service of long-term national…
“During his campaign and the early part of his current presidency, President Donald Trump promised an economic boom that would take off upon his return to the White House —…
“Germany faced a political crisis on Tuesday after Friedrich Merz, the winner of the recent election, failed to secure enough support in parliament to be confirmed as the country’s next…
“Ed Martin’s troubled bid to become U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia is in real doubt after the Senate Judiciary Committee announced it wouldn’t consider his nomination this week,”…
New York Times: “Long after these taxes have become entrenched, congressional Republicans are now considering curtailing or ending them as one way to achieve the steep federal spending reductions proposed…
Deadline: “Clint Eastwood’s 1979 classic Escape From Alcatraz was shown on a South Florida PBS station the night before.” “Trump was at Mar-a-Lago for most of the weekend.” Save to…
“A newly declassified memo released on Monday confirms that U.S. intelligence agencies rejected a key claim President Trump put forth to justify invoking a wartime statute to summarily deport Venezuelans…
“In a ruling that could put an end to nearly six months of legal battles over North Carolina’s contested Supreme Court election, a federal judge on Monday ruled against the…
“President Donald Trump and his top aides have settled on a decidedly non-Trumpian message for American businesses and consumers panicked by his trade war: Be patient,” Politico reports. “Ahead of…
“Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said Monday she won’t seek the top Democratic position on the Oversight Committee, citing the caucus’ preference for seniority,” Politico reports. Said Ocasio-Cortez: “It’s actually clear…
“American military forces have taken down some of the tents they hurriedly set up on an empty corner of the U.S. naval station at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, three months after…
“President Donald Trump has been making calls to Republican senators on behalf of Ed Martin, his controversial nominee to serve as US attorney for Washington, DC, who faces a difficult…
“The Trump administration is ending an air-quality monitoring program at national parks across the country,” the Washington Post reports. Save to Favorites
“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth used Signal more extensively for official Pentagon business than previously disclosed, engaging in at least a dozen separate chats,“ the Wall Street Journal reports. “In one…
“The Trump administration on Monday asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit that seeks to sharply restrict access to the abortion pill mifepristone — taking the same position as…
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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