“House Democrats have experienced some growing pains as their old guard of leaders hang on, supporting their successors but also not totally letting go,” Politico reports.
“Yet lawmakers insist it’s working, in its own weird way.”


“House Democrats have experienced some growing pains as their old guard of leaders hang on, supporting their successors but also not totally letting go,” Politico reports.
“Yet lawmakers insist it’s working, in its own weird way.”
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“At Rep. Thomas Massie’s request, House Speaker Mike Johnson successfully appealed directly to President Trump for a truce,” Axios reports. “But Massie broke the truce just days later, accusing top…
“Brown University will pay $50 million in a deal with the Trump administration that will restore the university’s research funds and settle discrimination complaints,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “The…
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“The United States on Wednesday made good on its threats to apply 50 percent tariffs on Brazil two days ahead of schedule and slapped sanctions on the Supreme Court justice…
“President Donald Trump said Wednesday he had reached a trade deal with South Korea ahead of a self-imposed Aug. 1 deadline before broad new taxes on imports kick in, though…
A federal appeals court is set to weigh in tomorrow on the legality of President Trump’s “use of tariffs to address a range of commercial, political and diplomatic issues he…
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Wired: “The flood of crypto money in the 2024 election was one of the biggest breaks for the Trump campaign. Six months into the term, the relationship might be cooling.”…
President Trump went after Sen. Josh Hawley on over the Missouri Republican’s support for a committee-approved bipartisan bill to ban lawmakers, as well as the president and vice president, from…
Associated Press: “The ranks of Mexico’s missing exploded in the years following the launch of then-President Felipe Calderón’s war against drug cartels in 2006. A strategy that targeted the leaders…
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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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