“Michigan has experienced the largest increase in its unemployment rate of the 50 states over the last year and currently has one of the worst jobless percentages in the nation,” the Detroit News reports.


“Michigan has experienced the largest increase in its unemployment rate of the 50 states over the last year and currently has one of the worst jobless percentages in the nation,” the Detroit News reports.
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Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) “allegedly had an affair with a senior aide who later died after dousing herself with gasoline and setting herself on fire,” the Daily Mail reports. “Regina…
“President Trump cast doubt on Ukraine’s ability to defeat Russian forces, backing off an earlier upbeat assessment as he looks to bring the war to an end and prepares for…
Former FBI director James Comey asked a federal judge to dismiss the criminal case against him, calling it a vindictive prosecution driven by President Trump’s long history of personal animosity…
Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) accused Democrats of hating the military and serving for purely political reasons, the New York Times reports. Said Perry: “They hate the military. That’s only a…
Paul Ingrassia, President Trump’s embattled nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, told a group of fellow Republicans in a text chain the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday should…
“A divided U.S. appeals court ruled on Monday that Donald Trump can send National Guard troops into Portland, Oregon, despite objections by the leaders of the city and state, giving…
“The Trump administration is exploring ways to pay air traffic controllers while the federal government is shut down,” Politico reports. “It’s part of the Trump administration’s effort to control the…
Top White House economic advisor Kevin Hassett on Monday predicted the government shutdown is “likely to end sometime this week,” CNBC reports. He suggested Democrats were waiting to vote to…
“If you wanted a sense of how this shutdown is hardening Republicans’ views and creating unity in an otherwise fractured House GOP, Speaker Mike Johnson held a news conference with…
President Trump said “that the US would destroy Hamas if the militant group didn’t continue to honor the ceasefire with Israel, with a fragile truce resuming after a weekend of…
“A panel of federal appeals court judges appeared skeptical Monday of President Donald Trump’s use of unconventional methods to install loyalists as top prosecutors without Senate confirmation,” Politico reports. “A…
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A new AARP/Gotham Polling survey finds Zohran Mamdani leading the New York City mayoral race with 43%, followed by Andrew Cuomo at 29% and Curtis Sliwa at 19%. In a…
“Speaker Mike Johnson is resisting calls to swear in Democratic Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, saying Monday that he will administer the oath of office to her after the Senate votes to…
“Demolition crews have begun tearing down part of the White House to build President Donald Trump’s long-desired ballroom despite his pledge that construction of the $250 million addition wouldn’t ‘interfere’…
The deadline for U.S. colleges and universities to sign a deal with the Trump administration — the “compact” devised by the Department of Education in exchange for priority treatment on…
“U.S. envoys met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday aiming to corral Israel and Hamas to get the Gaza ceasefire plan back on track after an explosion of violence…
“The Argentine peso has fallen below the level it reached before the US Treasury began purchases earlier this month, in a sign that the Trump administration’s financial support is failing…
“More Americans are struggling to make their monthly car-loan payments, a sign that lower-income consumers are under growing financial pressure,” the New York Times reports. “The share of subprime auto…
President Trump and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese “signed a deal supplying the United States with minerals and rare earths from Australia, part of the Trump administration’s effort to seek…
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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