“House committee chairs will begin having listening sessions next week with groups of Republican members on health care policy and the fate of expiring Obamacare subsidies,” Politico reports.

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“President Donald Trump’s plan to shore up Republicans’ House majority in the 2026 midterm elections by redrawing congressional maps is backfiring, at least for now,” the Washington Post reports. “When…
“Donald Trump went after Jimmy Kimmel again, calling for ABC to remove him from the air, Deadline reports. Said Trump, on Truth Social: “Why does ABC Fake News keep Jimmy…
New York Times: “Employers are signaling a more cautious approach to holiday hiring this year. Retailers that normally add staff for the Thanksgiving-to-Christmas rush, such as UPS, haven’t released their…
“Mao Zedong once said that China must wield both the pen and the gun against its adversaries. It is a strategy China is now intensifying for Taiwan,” the Wall Street…
“European officials pushed back against a U.S. proposal for ending the Ukraine war, saying that Kyiv must approve any plan and that the conflict must not end with a Ukrainian…
“Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett watched GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene apologize on national television for her role in perpetuating divisive rhetoric and immediately instructed her staff to see if the…
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“A week before he voted to significantly cut Medicaid, Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R-PA) dumped six figures’ worth of stock in a quartet of companies that manage nearly half of all…
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“Two months after Charlie Kirk’s assassination, a government-backed campaign has led to firings, suspensions, investigations and other action against more than 600 people,” Reuters reports. “Republican officials have endorsed the…
Axios: “Step back and survey the political landscape. Republicans aren’t only losing elections, they’re consistently losing support on prices and the economy, in all polls, big or small, Republican or…
There have been five threats of censuring lawmakers in the House of Representatives this week alone, NBC News reports. Axios: House members want to make it harder to censure each…
Paul Krugman: “It may be that Trump is — bear with me here — actually paying a price for telling Americans not to believe their own eyes. As I’ve written…
New York Times: “Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent tried to explain high beef prices over the weekend by blaming undocumented immigrants, saying they were bringing sick cows into the United States….
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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.
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