New York Times: “As Democrats try to fire up their fatigued base, two contests for the Virginia legislature will serve as the first measure of partisan enthusiasm since Donald Trump’s victory.”
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“The House won’t vote on a resolution to impeach President Donald Trump today after Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.) failed to call up his proposal this afternoon,” Punchbowl News reports. “This…
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President Biden’s inner circle “grew so small in 2023 and 2024 that even members of his Cabinet weren’t included,” CNN reports. Said one Cabinet member: “Access dropped off considerably in…
“On Thursday, the Supreme Court will take up a case that could decide how quickly President Donald Trump can implement his second term agenda as it hears arguments about nationwide…
“Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, is moving the assembly of the president’s daily intelligence brief from the CIA headquarters to her own complex,” the New York Times reports….
“Some National Weather Service forecasting teams are so critically understaffed that the agency is offering to pay moving expenses for any staff willing to transfer to those offices,” the Washington…
“President Donald Trump’s new pick for surgeon general wrote in a recent book that people should consider using unproven psychedelic drugs as therapy and in a newsletter suggested her use…
Rep. Nick Begich (R-AK) “said he supports Republicans’ plan to pay for their megabill by shifting some food aid costs to states — a move that hits Alaska and other…
Fortune: “As an American citizen, Pope Leo XIV could be required to file a tax return with the U.S. government, and his tax liability may reach six figures. Because the…
New York Times: “The expansion of the administration’s third-country deportation program appears to have two aims in the service of its overarching goal to remove millions of immigrants from the…
House Republicans are rushing to schedule a vote next week on what they’re calling President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill”—a sweeping budget package meant to enshrine his second-term agenda into law….
A rogue Trump impeachment push was criticized as “idiotic” and “horrible” in a closed-door House Democratic meeting Wednesday, Axios reports. The comments from Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) were met with…
A new Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll finds Kamala Harris would lead Donald Trump in a theoretical rematch by 5 percentage points, 47% to 42%. However, when limited just to people…
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Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) told CNN he would vote no for the GOP megabill in its current form. However, Senate Majority Leader Thune (R-SD) told Semafor it’s unlikely Congress will…
The Economist: “According to our analysis, America is splitting into two different economies and markets: one conservative, the other liberal. People on each side think about the economy differently, they…
“Negotiations to craft a new deduction cap for state and local taxes have gone sideways, with Speaker Mike Johnson saying he now needs the weekend to try to reach a…
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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