“Republican senators are laying the groundwork to vote before Christmas on a Democratic-drafted resolution to circumvent the blockade that Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R) has placed in front of more than 400 military nominees,” The Hill reports.


“Republican senators are laying the groundwork to vote before Christmas on a Democratic-drafted resolution to circumvent the blockade that Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R) has placed in front of more than 400 military nominees,” The Hill reports.
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Wall Street Journal: “The court is about to take up a question that, while not directly about the Federal Reserve, could determine whether President Trump can fire the Fed chair.”…
“Alphabet’s Google created an illegal monopoly that allowed it to control parts of the online advertising industry, a federal judge ruled Thursday, a decision that could upend one of the…
Gabriel Sherman: “The more the media reports on the president’s norm busting and law flouting, the more he digs in. It’s already created an administration essentially immune to traditional accountability…
“Ed Martin, the Republican activist serving as interim U.S. attorney in Washington, has hired a longtime Trump ally who boasts about his combative style to be an adviser, including on…
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT), writing in the Financial Times: “Economists and pundits have spent the last two weeks frantically trying to decode what President Donald Trump’s ultimate aim is with…
Jonathan Chait: “Trump’s ploy is almost insultingly simple. He has seized the power to arrest any person and whisk them to Bukele’s notorious Terrorism Confinement Center, where they will be…
“The Trump administration is offering the Washington, DC headquarters of the Department of Housing and Urban Development for sale as it seeks to reduce its real estate footprint for a…
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“Donald Trump’s second presidency has been defined by his conviction to govern alone, with escalating disregard for the courts or Congress,” the Washington Post reports. “As he approaches his 100th…
“The state and local tax deduction — the subject of one of the most contentious fiscal fights in Congress — is a write-off that most Americans will never claim, even…
A former spokesman for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has been arrested and charged with “exposure of sexual organs,” a third-degree felony under Florida law, the Tampa Bay Times reports….
“A doctor born in the United States says she received an email from federal immigration authorities demanding that she leave the country immediately,” NBC News reports. Save to Favorites
Julian Zelizer: “Back in 1973, historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. issued a warning. In his classic book, The Imperial Presidency, Schlesinger confessed that — like many liberals — he had…
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) “raised nearly $10 million in the first three months of 2025, a stunning total for a House member and almost two-thirds of what she raised total…
“Russia’s Supreme Court lifted a ban on the Taliban, the latest step in growing relations between Moscow and the Islamist group in Afghanistan,” Bloomberg reports. “A handful of countries, including…
Michelle Berenfeld: “In about 80 years, roughly the same length of time between the end of World War II and now, the Roman Republic was transformed into a dictatorship. If…
Susan Page: “You know you have a problem when the warning by a federal judge − that he sees ‘probable cause’ your administration has committed criminal contempt − wasn’t the…
William Kristol: “So the Trump administration’s attack against Harvard continues and intensifies. Its assault on private institutions that remain beyond their control, on the institutions of civil society that retain…
Just hours after proclaiming that the Trump administration is “restoring free speech rights to Americans,” FCC chairman Brendan Carr implicitly threatened a media company over its editorial decisions. Said Carr:…
“We are all afraid… It’s quite a statement. But we are in a time and a place where I certainly have not been here before. And I’ll tell ya, I’m…
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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