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Josh Hawley Backs Down After Trump Backlash

January 14, 2026 at 3:16 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) is shifting his position and says he will now vote with Senate Republican leaders to defeat a resolution that aims to block President Trump from using military force against Venezuela, The Hill reports.

Denmark’s Army Chief Is Ready to Defend Greenland

January 14, 2026 at 1:57 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

The Atlantic: “Danish forces are moving to the island to show NATO—and Trump—that they’re serious about security.”

Secret Service Agent Blabbed About Vance’s Travel

January 14, 2026 at 12:57 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A Secret Service agent assigned to Vice President JD Vance has been placed on leave after he was caught on undercover video spilling details about Vance’s travel plans and how the vice president is protected, Mediaite reports.

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Majority Don’t Support Trump’s Military Intervention

January 14, 2026 at 12:25 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

More than half of U.S. adults believe President Trump has “gone too far” in using the U.S. military to intervene in other countries, according to a new AP-NORC poll.

Americans Overwhelmingly Don’t Want Greenland

January 14, 2026 at 12:22 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new Quinnipiac poll finds an overwhelming majority of Americans — 86 percent — oppose the United States trying to take Greenland by military force, while just 9 percent support it.

A smaller majority — 55 percent — oppose the United States trying to buy Greenland, while 37 percent support it.

Venezuelans Say Machado Should Lead Country

January 14, 2026 at 11:39 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new AtlasIntel poll finds a majority of Venezuelans want María Corina Machado to lead their country, contradicting Donald Trump’s claim that the opposition leader doesn’t have the support to rule.

More than half of Venezuelans living in their homeland — 51.6% — say Machado should take over, compared with 14% who endorse Delcy Rodríguez, who assumed the presidency this month following Trump’s military intervention.

A new Economist poll finds Venezuelans are pretty pleased with the ousting of Nicolas Maduro, even if their vision for its future differs from that of Trump.

Skeletal Remains of Former Mayor Washed Up on Beach

January 14, 2026 at 11:34 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

The remains of a former Oregon mayor Edwin Asher have been identified two decades after his disappearance, according to the forensics laboratory that helped confirm the ID, CBS News reports.

MAGA Thinks Maduro Will Prove Trump Won in 2020

January 14, 2026 at 11:00 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Yvonne Wingett Sanchez: “In the days after American commandos raided Nicolás Maduro’s compound and whisked him out of Venezuela, Mike Lindell wasn’t ruminating about the dramatic military operation or oil prices—he was reviving a long-dead conspiracy theory.”

“Lindell, better known as the ‘MyPillow guy,’ was celebrating because, in his telling, a possible witness to the theory that Venezuela conspired with election-equipment companies to rig the 2020 presidential election against Donald Trump was now in U.S. custody.”

Said Lindell: “I’m hoping now that Maduro will actually come clean and tell us everything about the machines and how they steal the elections.”

The Atlantic Sues Google Over Digital Ads

January 14, 2026 at 10:55 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

The Atlantic is suing Google “alleging the tech giant’s model of serving ads to publishers has become a monopoly and that it has falsely claimed its ad serving practices would serve the Atlantic’s interest — only to enrich itself instead,” The Wrap reports.

Review Finds No Widespread Illegal Voting by Migrants

January 14, 2026 at 10:46 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“It was a common refrain for Donald Trump and his allies during the 2024 campaign: The Biden administration was purposely encouraging mass numbers of immigrants to cross the border in order to vote illegally,” the New York Times reports.

“As president, Mr. Trump has pushed his administration to address the alleged crimes, including prompting many states to upload tens of millions of voter records through a federal immigration verification tool run out of the Department of Homeland Security.”

“But with the review underway, the results so far indicate there is no evidence of widespread fraud.”

Quote of the Day

January 14, 2026 at 10:44 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“If you told him Martians came and stole votes, he’d be inclined to believe it.”

— Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), quoted by the New York Times, in secret grand jury testimony on Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss.

U.S. Withdraws Some Forces from Middle East

January 14, 2026 at 10:30 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“The Pentagon has begun withdrawing some U.S. troops and assets from a key base in Qatar as a precautionary measure while President Trump weighs whether to take military action against Iran,” the Washington Post reports.

Keir Starmer Open to Social Media Ban for Children

January 14, 2026 at 10:27 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Keir Starmer said he is open to the idea of an Australian-style ban on social media for young people after becoming concerned about the amount of time children and teenagers are spending on their phones, The Guardian reports.

Trump Heckler Suspended from His Job

January 14, 2026 at 10:19 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

TJ Sabula, a 40-year-old United Auto Workers line worker at the factory President Trump visited yesterday, told the Washington Post that he was the one who called Trump a “pedophile protector.”

He also said he has been suspended from work pending an investigation.

Said Sabula: “As far as calling him out, definitely no regrets whatsoever.”

Trump’s Base Isn’t Deserting Him

January 14, 2026 at 10:00 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Yair Rosenberg: “For months, major media outlets have run story after story about the alleged crack-up of Trump’s MAGA base, sourced to a specific set of elite right-wing influencers. These accounts have been widely shared and celebrated by liberal readers and pundits.”

“And yet for months, that crack-up has failed to meaningfully materialize in polls and focus groups, and the allegations of MAGA infighting have borne little resemblance to the real-world trajectory of conservative politics, where Trump still reigns supreme.”

Cawthorn’s Comeback Attempt Met with Mixed Reception

January 14, 2026 at 9:46 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Former Rep. Madison Cawthorn’s (R-NC) comeback House bid in Florida is being met with skepticism from some Republicans, who doubt he will be able to win, The Hill reports.

An Emboldened Trump Places His Bets

January 14, 2026 at 9:00 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

New York Times: “Mr. Trump appears newly emboldened, buoyed by the seeming success of striking Iran’s nuclear sites and sending an Army Delta Force team in to seize Nicolás Maduro from his bed. If Mr. Trump is successful — and if his luck holds — the world may look back at these remarkable few months as a burst of American interventionism and say that Mr. Trump managed to bury Iran’s nuclear program in rubble and oversaw the fall of repressive regimes in Venezuela, Iran and Cuba.”

“Of course, wiping out repressive regimes and ushering in a new era of freedom for people in different parts of the world are not part of Mr. Trump’s national security strategy…”

“Nonetheless, there is a new argument brewing among some Republicans in Washington. They say that despite the MAGA credo that Washington should avoid foreign entanglements, an exception can be carved out for getting rid of repressive leaders who once shouted, ‘Death to America.'”

FBI Searches Home of Journalist

January 14, 2026 at 8:57 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“FBI agents searched the home of a Washington Post reporter on Wednesday, as part of what officials said was an investigation into the possible sharing of government secrets,” the New York Times reports.

“It is unclear what reporting or what sensitive information prompted the inquiry and search. But it is exceedingly rare, even in investigations of classified disclosures, for federal agents to search a reporter’s home.”

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goddard-bw-snapshotTaegan 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.

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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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