Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) said that it’s time for his party to move forward on infrastructure legislation without Republican agreement, asserting that members of his party “cannot just sort of twiddle our thumbs at the negotiating table while the time fritters away,” CNN reports.
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John Ganz: “If you were writing a hackneyed novel or film about an authoritarian America, it would go exactly like this: a figure close to the regime is assassinated, a…
New York Times: “A comedian steps onto the stage and makes a joke or barbed comment that offends a powerful leader. Or maybe it’s a cartoon or television program that…
ABC News chief Washington correspondent Jonathan Karl described a “major escalation” in President Trump’s crusade to punish his perceived enemies, Mediaite reports. Karl later commented on X: “President Trump has…
Annie Lowrey: “Donald Trump is altering the tax code for the benefit of millionaires and billionaires. That is the simplest conclusion to draw from the passage of the One Big…
“The conservative outrage over the late night host Jimmy Kimmel became apoplectic on Wednesday after Brendan Carr, the Federal Communications Commission chairman, went on a podcast and suggested the regulatory…
“The Republican-controlled House on Friday passed a stopgap bill to fund the government until just before Thanksgiving, daring Democrats in the Senate to reject the measure and risk a shutdown…
“Senate Republican leaders have made consequential moves this year to weaken or end-run minority power when it stands in the way of their ambitions during the second Donald Trump administration…
“Reps. Don Bacon (R-NE) and Ro Khanna (D-CA) plan to introduce a bill to exclude one everyday product from President Donald Trump’s tariffs: coffee,” the Washington Post reports. “Their bipartisan…
Out next month: Lessons from Bobby: Ten Reasons Robert F. Kennedy Still Matters by Chris Matthews. Save to Favorites
Republican pollster Christine Matthews told Politico she has identified a key group of swing voters that could help decide the 2026 midterms: weighted vest-wearing women. These fitness-conscious suburbanites are typically…
A new Washington Post-Ipsos poll finds that Americans disapprove of President Trump’s performance on crime by a 10-percentage-point margin and oppose him ordering the National Guard to other cities by…
AP-NORC poll: “The share of Republicans who see the country headed in the right direction has fallen sharply in recent months…Today, only about half in the GOP see the nation…
A new Emerson College poll in California voters finds 51% plan to vote in favor of Proposition 50 in the November special election, which would authorize temporary changes to congressional…
“Gov. Gavin Newsom has raised roughly $70 million in less than two months for the California ballot measure to redraw the state’s congressional lines, with the family of the prominent…
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, 74, declined to confirm whether he would run for reelection in 2028, telling Punchbowl News: “My first focus is winning in 2026, getting back the…
President Trump suggested that he is working to reestablish a U.S. presence at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, four years after America’s chaotic withdrawal from the country left the base…
Jon Stewart responded to the cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert by delivering a “government-approved” monologue, which consisted of nothing but praise for President Trump. Said Stewart: “If you’ve…
The Economist: “The war in Gaza has undermined one of the world’s closest alliances.” Save to Favorites
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.