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The White House issued a statement saying that it supports the House GOP’s reconciliation bill: “President Trump is committed to keeping his promises, and failure to pass this bill would…
Vice President J.D. Vance called Chief Justice John Roberts’ comments earlier this month that the judiciary’s role is to check the executive branch a “profoundly wrong sentiment” and said the…
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Sarah Longwell: “Having conducted hundreds of focus groups since 2018, I’ve become well-acquainted with the complex varietals of the American voter. Our rapidly shifting information landscape and cultural incohesion makes…
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President Trump will meet at 3 p.m. today with Speaker Mike Johnson and members of the House Freedom Caucus, Punchbowl News reports. Trump is expected to tell hardline conservatives that…
“House Republicans’ internal negotiations on the ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’ went south Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning, with GOP hardliners publicly digging in their heels against the legislation,” Axios…
Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME) “opted to run for reelection rather than for governor or Senate, but that doesn’t mean he’ll avoid a difficult race next year,” NOTUS reports. “The incumbent…
“The Trump administration moved on Wednesday to scrap proposed agreements for federal oversight of police departments in Minneapolis and Louisville, as part of a broader abandonment of efforts by previous…
A new postmortem on the 2024 election by the Democratic data firm Catalist delivers a sobering warning: The party’s biggest problem is with young voters. Support among voters under 30…
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“House Republicans are pushing to slash nearly $1 trillion from two of the nation’s bedrock safety net programs, Medicaid and food stamps, as part of their sweeping package aimed at…
Michigan state Rep. Jason Woolford (R) — who has sponsored legislation that requires children to “prove their gender” when asked — refused to answer when a colleague, Rep. Mike McFall…
New York Times: “The powerful Rules Committee began meeting after midnight on Wednesday morning and continued debating the measure as morning broke, while Republicans worked behind the scenes to hammer…
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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