Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) claimed she’s always been against a TikTok ban because of her “libertarian” leanings but apparently probably forgot she was on television calling for a ban in 2022.
Save to FavoritesRichard Haass: “There is no easy option without downsides. The best course of action for Trump now would be to give Iran one last chance to accept a diplomatic deal….
“Elon Musk may have stopped sparring with President Donald Trump online, but the former presidential adviser and megabacker isn’t done publicly sniping at members of Trump’s administration,” Politico reports. “The…
“As President Donald Trump’s tariffs and his tax-and-spending bill change by the hour, his party is getting accustomed to a new reality: No one knows what’s going on with the…
William Kristol: “The fact is, for all the talk about rejecting ‘globalists,’ the experience of the Trump administration is one of intervening, repeatedly, in global affairs. There is no Fortress…
“Sen. Josh Hawley is urging GOP leaders to strike Senate Finance Committee language altering a key Medicaid financing provision, warning he’s already hearing from House Republicans that it can’t clear…
Politico: “Russ Vought’s relationship with Republican appropriators was already strained. Then he started talking about pursuing the ultimate end-run around their funding power heading into the fall.” “The White House…
“Democrats and clean energy advocates are ratcheting up pressure on a handful of Republican senators to salvage billions of dollars in projects, ahead of an expected vote next week on…
The latest Strength in Numbers/Verasight poll finds President Trump’s approval on foreign policy sits at 39% to 53%. G. Elliot Morris: “If the news agenda shifts to covering Trump on…
Molly Ball: “The Trump administration’s aggressive deportation program is testing the political bounds of what Americans will tolerate, spurring a backlash from voters and some Republicans and testing the administration’s…
“Sen. Rand Paul is a frequent thorn in GOP leadership’s side. But his recent break over border security funding in President Donald Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ has top Republicans pushing…
“Following a week of immigration whiplash, President Trump’s border czar Tom Homan confirmed Thursday that immigration raids will continue in the agriculture and hospitality industries,” Axios reports. “The Trump administration…
The Senate parliamentarian has ruled many of the Banking Committee’s reconciliation provisions violate the Byrd Rule, according to an announcement from Senate Budget Committee Democrats, Punchbowl News reports. This deals…
“Russia is on the verge of a recession, its economy minister said on Thursday, the first public admission that the country’s war economy is starting to cool three years after…
“Eight in 10 Americans want legally required and publicly released cognitive tests and disease screenings for U.S. presidents — and age limits on the presidency,” according to the latest Axios-Ipsos…
President Donald Trump criticized Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell after the central bank kept rates steady for a fourth time, CNBC reports. Trump said “Too Late” Powell is costing the…
“World leaders accelerated diplomatic efforts on Friday to end the Israel-Iran war, as Iran’s top diplomat prepared to meet in Switzerland with senior European counterparts, and President Trump raised hopes…
David Graham: “The president appointed an intelligence chief who resents the intelligence community as much as he does. But reality is setting in.” Save to Favorites
The latest episode of Trial Balloon is live for members. It’s been 10 years since Donald Trump became a near permanent fixture in our lives… A MAGA civil war has…
Helen Lewis: “To a degree that seems bizarre to me as an outsider, the American party system, particularly on the Democratic side, defers to incumbents. (Since the 2022 midterm election,…
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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