“Kevin McCarthy became the shortest-tenured US House speaker in 147 years on Tuesday, ousted by Republican hardliners who toppled him with a rarely used maneuver that had never before succeeded,” Bloomberg reports.
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“Small packages from China are still subject to tariffs of 120%, a White House official confirmed Monday — a major blow for U.S. consumers seeking cheap goods from e-commerce retailers…
“House Republicans unveiled the cost-saving centerpiece of President Donald Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ late Sunday, at least $880 billion in cuts largely to Medicaid to help cover the cost of…
Nate Silver: “Democrats clearly do have a pathway to a Senate majority in 2028. Republicans currently control 53 Senate seats, and Democrats 47. Between 2026 and 2028, there are three…
The day after being sworn in as Germany’s new chancellor, Friedrich Merz boarded a plane to Paris. There, he stood side-by-side with French President Emmanuel Macron and unveiled a sweeping…
“Edan Alexander, a 21-year-old American-Israeli soldier who was captured while serving near the border with Gaza, was released as part of a deal between the U.S. and Hamas,” the Wall…
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Jonathan Chait: “When President Donald Trump launched his trade war on the world, he issued a stern warning: ‘Do not retaliate and you will be rewarded.’ China ignored the warning….
“President Donald Trump raised the possibility of flying to Turkey on Thursday to join potential conversations over the war in Ukraine between Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Russia’s Vladimir Putin,” Bloomberg reports….
“Democratic senators are having private conversations about how to help Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) in the wake of an explosive report that the first-term Pennsylvania senator is behaving erratically and…
President Trump called it “stupid” for him to turn down the gift of a luxury Boeing jet from Qatar, praising the free present from the Arab nation as a “great…
“The Trump administration spent at least $21 million transporting migrants to Guantanamo Bay on military aircraft between January 20 and April 8,” NBC News reports. “The naval base there currently…
House GOP tax writers are discussing including a $30,000 SALT cap in their tax bill, Punchbowl News reports. Deductions would be limited to people making less than $400,000 per year….
Garrett Graff: “The corruption bothers me a great deal, but I want to talk today about a different reason the gift boggles the mind: The national security risk.” “To put…
“I don’t believe there is any problem of American politics and American public life which is more significant today than the pervasive civic ignorance of the Constitution of the United…
New York Times: “Under a federal law, the attorney general can appoint an interim U.S. attorney for up to 120 days. But soon after taking office in January, the Trump…
President Trump said Monday that China would “open itself up to American business” after the two countries agreed to temporarily slash most of the tariffs on each other’s goods, CNBC…
The Founding Fathers were crystal clear about the dangers of foreign influence. So much so, they wrote explicit language into the Constitution to guard against it: “No person holding any…
“Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. went for a swim in Rock Creek yesterday,” the Washingtonian reports. “Health officials typically advise avoid swimming in that DC waterway, because sewage from…
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The U.S. and China agreed to a temporary truce in their trade war—one that has rattled global markets and strained supply chains across the world’s two largest economies. The particulars…
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.
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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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