“The partial government shutdown that began early Saturday morning is on track to continue at least into Tuesday, which is the earliest the House is now expected to vote on a $1.2 trillion funding package due to opposition from Democrats and internal GOP strife,” Politico reports.
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Bill and Hillary Clinton agreed to sit for separate depositions as part of the House Oversight Committee’s probe into Jeffrey Epstein, Punchbowl News reports. The Clintons’ lawyers wrote to Oversight…
“The three most powerful Republicans in Washington are trying to tamp down a GOP rebellion in the House in order to end the government shutdown that began Friday night,” Punchbowl…
A little-noticed change at the United States Postal Service could complicate mail voting in 2026. The agency now applies many postmarks at regional processing centers — not the local post…
“Speaker Mike Johnson is planning to meet with Rules Committee Republicans shortly before the panel convenes this afternoon to take up a massive shutdown-ending funding package,” Politico reports. “The meeting…
Federal lobbying spending hit $5.24 billion in 2025, reaching the highest level ever recorded by a wide margin, Legistorm reports. This was a $768 million increase from 2024 and the…
NOTUS: “Researchers estimate that well over 3,000 data sets have been removed from public access. The current reality is that the federal government is no longer a reliable source of…
“Top Justice Department officials have stripped Ed Martin of the bulk of his expansive responsibilities, leaving the staunch ally of President Donald Trump on the sidelines of many of the…
Republicans are suddenly sweating a special election in Texas. In a state Senate district that Donald Trump carried by 17 points, Taylor Rehmet (D) won by 14 points — a…
Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) told Semafor that bipartisan talks over reviving Affordable Care Act subsidies aren’t dead yet.Save to Favorites
President Trump urged Republicans to “nationalize” the voting process in order to block “crooked” Democrat-led states from allowing illegal immigrants to vote, which the president said is going to make…
Rep. James Comer (R-KY), the chairman of the Oversight Committee, rejected an offer from Bill and Hillary Clinton to testify in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, just days ahead of an…
“Something’s broken. The motherboard’s fried. We’re short-circuiting somewhere.” — A staffer for Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC), speaking to New York Magazine.Save to Favorites
“Sen. Tina Smith is endorsing Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan as her successor over Rep. Angie Craig, taking sides in a hotly contested primary to fill Smith’s Senate seat that’s…
Nate Silver: “It’s prudent to consider worst-case scenarios. What makes the situation especially hard to assess is that there’s no particularly clear precedent for the situation the United States finds…
President Trump announced the U.S. and India have reached a trade deal and will immediately move to lower tariffs on each other’s goods, CNBC reports. Trump added that Prime Minister…
New York Magazine profiles Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC). “She was obsessed with monitoring her reputation online. In addition to reportedly having her staff create burner accounts to defend her, Mace…
“By any measure, the FBI’s search of an election center in Fulton County, Ga., last week was extraordinary. Agents seized truckloads of 2020 ballots, as President Trump harnessed the levers…
Democrats are approaching their political comeback the only way they can: one step at a time. First come the midterms. If they want any real leverage, they need to win…
Quinta Jurecic: “On the basis of the record available so far, the case against them appears factually weak, legally shoddy, and marred by a baffling series of procedural irregularities that…
“Middle East powers are working to arrange a meeting between the US and Iran as the Islamic republic signals that it is preparing to hold negotiations with the Trump administration…
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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