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New York Times: “Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina has told people she is so frustrated with the Louisiana Republican and sick of the way he has run the House…
Punchbowl News: “Republicans are coming to terms with a post-Trump political landscape where the party can no longer rely on the president’s coattails to win majorities.” “Memories of 2018 and…
Jonathan Martin: “The answer is that Trump is living his best life in this second and final turn in the White House.” “Coming up on one year back in power,…
Wall Street Journal: “The lawsuit names as defendants the Defense Department, as well as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell. It says the policies, enacted earlier this…
Federal prosecutors are “expected to seek to re-indict New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday in Norfolk, Va. on charges related to alleged mortgage fraud,” MS NOW reports. Save…
Playbook: “The defense secretary sees not one but two major crises coming to a head today. First up will be publication of the long-awaited inspector-general’s report on his role in…
“In a classified briefing for lawmakers scrutinizing the Trump administration’s killing of suspected drug smugglers around Latin America, top Republicans in the room appeared frustrated,” the Washington Post reports. “The…
“New polling shows many Americans have begun to blame President Donald Trump for the high costs they’re feeling across virtually every part of their lives — and it’s shifting politics,”…
“Economic pain is mounting quickly for America’s small businesses, raising the chances of a Main Street recession despite an AI-powered growth boom,” Axios reports. “The economic fortunes of mom-and-pop businesses…
“Sen. Elizabeth Warren and other Democrats are pressing the leaders of Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon.com and Meta to provide details on their donations to support President Trump’s White House ballroom—and…
“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shocked official Washington in mid-October when he announced that the four-star head of U.S. military operations in the Caribbean was retiring less than a year into…
Punchbowl News: “The deadline to extend Obamacare premium subsidies is just three weeks away. And Congress is nowhere on this issue.” 9There’s been no real push from party leaders on…
“A dormant government building in the nation’s capital may seem like an unlikely setting for the signing of a peace deal,” the New York Times reports. “But nearly nine months…
New York Times: “Less than a year out from midterm elections in which Republicans’ vanishingly small majority is at stake, Mr. Johnson’s grasp on his gavel appears weaker than ever,…
“The Pentagon knew there were survivors after a September attack on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea and the U.S. military still carried out a follow-up strike,” the…
“Confronted with a growing string of GOP underperformances in off-year elections, key pro-Trump activists see more MAGA — not less — as the only solution,” Axios reports. “The reaction suggests…
“President Trump didn’t tell Speaker Mike Johnson that he was granting a ‘full and unconditional pardon’ to Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) before announcing it on Truth Social this morning,” Axios…
Rep. Chuy García’s (D-IL) “handpicked successor is officially getting a challenge,” NBC News reports. “Mayra Macías is a lifelong Democrat and Chicago native who has worked on Latino advocacy and…
Time: “Initially, House Republicans were prepared to defend 16 incumbents who appeared most vulnerable. On Wednesday, there was talk of doubling if not tripling that firewall.” “Across the aisle, Democratic…
“Hiring by American businesses dropped last month, according to an estimate from payroll processor ADP, a further setback for a labor market that has slowed this year,” the Wall Street…
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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