House GOP moderates are threatening to cut a deal with Democrats after Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) ruled out giving them a vote on extending expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies, Axios reports.
Save to Favorites“Former Illinois Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. fell short in his attempt to return to Congress on Tuesday, after resigning more than a decade ago amid a federal corruption investigation,” Politico…
Illinois voters pick their candidates for state and federal office, but five races stand out: The races for the open U.S. Senate seat and four open U.S. House seats in…
“Chief Justice John Roberts said hostility toward individual Supreme Court members was creating a dangerous environment, in his first public comments since the president blasted justices who voted to strike…
“President Donald Trump promised his endorsement was forthcoming in the GOP Texas Senate runoff and said he wanted whoever he didn’t pick to drop out. But now — preoccupied with…
“Voice of America employees have spent a full year on paid administrative leave while President Donald Trump’s administration has tried to shrink the international broadcaster to its ‘statutory minimum.’ That…
“Suddenly, CBS Evening News is back where executives at the news division behind the show hoped never to return,” Variety reports. “Viewership for the program has once again dropped below…
Donald Trump has always treated power as something to be tested first and explained later. So it’s not surprising that he’d launch a war on instinct — and say he…
“Russia has been expanding its intelligence sharing and military cooperation with Iran, providing satellite imagery and improved drone technology to aid Tehran’s targeting of U.S. forces in the region,” the…
“A federal judge threw a top prosecutor from the New Jersey U.S. attorney’s office out of his courtroom during a sentencing hearing this week and demanded that the office’s leadership…
“I’m pretty good at this stuff. If you can go through years of these press conferences and you’re a popular president of the United States that won in a landslide,…
Rachel Bade: “On the one hand, some Trump World allies argue that nothing will change. Wiles entire mantra as chief, after all, has been to, ‘let Trump be Trump’ —…
President Trump took credit for Venezuela having made the finals of the World Baseball Classic and raised the prospect of making it the 51st state. Save to Favorites
House Oversight Chair James Comer (R-KY) issued a subpoena to Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday, demanding she testify before lawmakers over her handling of the Epstein files, Politico reports….
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s law department on Tuesday sought a judge’s approval to stop representing the former mayor, Eric Adams, in a sexual assault lawsuit brought against him…
President Trump said presidents should not have a “learning disability,” specifically taking aim at California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a possible 2028 presidential candidate who has spoken openly about his dyslexia,…
“Is that boots on the ground? No, not like inside Iran where they’re in the cities. Where we go through circumstances that we’ve had in the past of large areas…
National Journal: “The Chicago River isn’t the only thing seeing green today as voters head to the polls in Illinois after millions of dollars in outside money flooded the airwaves….
“China is helping Cuba race to capture renewable solar energy as the United States imposes an effective oil blockade on the Caribbean island, creating its worst energy crisis in decades,”…
Elliot Cohen: “The war’s advocates may acknowledge that the Trump administration has done a clumsy job of arguing its case and that it has entered the conflict with only one…
Trump economic adviser Kevin Hassett told CNBC if the Iran war “were to be extended, it wouldn’t really disrupt the U.S. economy very much at all.” He added: “It would hurt…
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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