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“The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the Trump administration may start enforcing a ban on transgender troops serving in the military that had been blocked by lower courts,” the…
Charlie Cook: “While Democrats’ odds of taking back the Senate are long, an announcement Monday afternoon should remind us why we can’t dismiss the possibility entirely.” “Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s…
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) told the HuffPost that resisting President Trump is “not good enough.” Said Sanders: “The American people, I think, not only want resistance to Trump, but I…
“President Donald Trump endorsed Vivek Ramaswamy on the night Ramaswamy kicked off his campaign to be Ohio’s next governor,” NBC News reports. “More than two months later, term-limited Gov. Mike…
President Trump announced that the U.S. will stop its intense bombing campaign against the Houthis in Yemen after almost two months, saying the rebels had told Washington they “don’t want…
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) called the GOP megabill incorporating President Trump’s agenda “the most important, the most consequential legislation that we’ll ever be involved in in our lifetimes, and arguably…
President Trump wrote on social media just before meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney that he wanted to work with Carney but didn’t want to “subsidize” his country. Wrote…
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney clearly stated that President Trump’s aspiration for taking control of Canada is a nonstarter, the New York Times reports. Said Carney: “It’s not for sale….
“Senator Chuck Schumer and his allies are working aggressively to stretch a Senate map that offers precious few opportunities for Democrats to reclaim a majority in 2026, recruiting deep into…
Mattel CEO Ynon Kreiz told CNBC he does not foresee toy manufacturing coming to America. Instead, the company expects to raise prices in the U.S. to offset President Trump’s 145%…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed in congressional testimony that no negotiations with China over tariffs have occurred since President Trump announced his controversial new trade policy roughly a month ago….
Fast Company: “Ever since the inauguration in January, the White House’s X account has served up a cosmic gumbo of horn-tooting and antagonistic trolling. Reflecting the president’s relentless command of…
“Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), a key vote on the Senate Judiciary Committee, says he will not support Ed Martin’s nomination to serve as U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia,…
“Everything seems aligned for blue-state Republicans to finally win their long-fought battle to raise the cap on the state and local tax deduction, with President Donald Trump and House GOP…
“Hackers have targeted GlobalX Air, one of the main airlines the Trump administration is using as part of its deportation efforts, and stolen what they say are flight records and…
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Time: “In the Trump White House’s first 100 days, ‘Biden’ was the fifth most frequently used word.” “The former President’s last name was uttered more than ‘border’ and just less…
“Friedrich Merz won a second-chance vote to become Germany’s chancellor on Tuesday afternoon, rebounding from a morning defeat in Parliament that threatened to hobble the next government before it was…
Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA) said that Republicans will be “hard pressed” to finish their megabill by Memorial Day, Politico reports. “Republicans are still sorting through major divisions on how deeply…
“The United Kingdom and India struck a bilateral trade agreement Tuesday, lowering tariffs on key exports such as U.K. whisky and cars, amid a global trade war initiated by the…
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.
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