A government website for women seeking information about reproductive health and abortion rights was seemingly taken down just hours after President Trump assumed office, the Daily Beast reports.
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President Trump urged Senate Republicans on Sunday to overrule the chamber’s parliamentarian in order to pass key parts of his sweeping domestic policy bill, The Hill reports. Save to Favorites
The Senate is poised to pass its version of President Trump’s sweeping domestic policy bill, despite a few Republican lawmakers dragging their feet and some last minute horse trading. But…
“This bill is a real piece of shit it and it would be excellent if that’s all anyone talked about for the next few days. Super interested in your think…
Playbook: “At this 11th hour, the megabill is effectively duct-taped together.” Save to Favorites
Every major health system in Louisiana is warning Speaker Mike Johnson and the rest of the state’s congressional delegation that the Senate GOP’s planned Medicaid cuts “would be historic in…
“President Trump said that there will be a temporary pass issued for migrants working at farms and in the hospitality industry to allow employers to have more control after the…
Sen. Thom Tillis, a Republican who has represented North Carolina in Washington for a decade and has clashed with President Donald Trump as recently as Saturday, announced Sunday he will…
“White House officials will host Kentucky state Sen. Aaron Reed in the coming weeks for a discussion about challenging GOP Rep. Thomas Massie in next year’s Republican primary,” Politico reports….
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President Trump said that Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has to “do the right thing” if he’s elected, “or they’re not getting any money,” CNBC reports. Said Trump: “Whoever’s mayor…
“The United States obtained intercepted communication between senior Iranian officials discussing this month’s military strikes on Iran’s nuclear program and remarking that the attack was less devastating than they had…
President Trump said he doesn’t think he’ll need to extend the July 9 trade deadline he has imposed on countries to secure deals with the US to avoid higher tariffs,…
President Trump suggested he might back eventual sanctions relief for Iran “if they can be peaceful,” combining threats and the prospect of diplomacy after US strikes aimed at destroying Iranian…
The CBO estimates that the Republican reconciliation bill that the Senate is considering will increase the deficit by nearly $3.3 trillion between 2025 to 2034, Bloomberg reports. Punchbowl News says…
“Iran could start producing enriched uranium again ‘in a matter of months’, the head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog said, adding there is no military solution to stop Iran from…
Politico: “Paul, Weiss wasn’t the first firm to be the focus of such an executive order, but it would go on to be the first to negotiate a deal with…
Russia launched the most extensive aerial bombardment of Ukraine since its full-scale invasion, signalling a sharp escalation in Moscow’s campaign and further undermining fragile hopes for a negotiated end to…
“Low-income Americans would lose health coverage and government food assistance on an unprecedented scale under the giant Republican policy bill,“ the New York Times reports. “But to hear President Trump…
“After a brief interlude, Elon Musk on Saturday resumed his public wrestling match with President Donald Trump, ripping into the president’s domestic policy bill as ‘utterly insane and destructive’ just…
President Trump lashed out at Israeli prosecutors over the corruption trial facing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying that the United States having given billions in aid to Israel is…
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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