“President Donald Trump’s expansive efforts to use federal funding as a cudgel against political opponents and programs he considers ‘woke’ remain mired in court more a year since his return to the White House,” Bloomberg reports.
“By the start of 2026, U.S. judges had halted his funding cuts and limits, or the government took steps to resolve issues after being sued, in more than half of 167 spending fights reviewed by Bloomberg News as of Jan. 16.”
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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.