“A super PAC with ties to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign is shutting down in an effort to put an end to building questions about the closeness of the two operations,” the Washington Post reports.
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President Trump told the Times of Israel on Sunday that a decision on when to end the war with Iran will be a “mutual” one that he’ll make together with…
“President Trump heads into the second week of the Iran war under growing pressure to address surging gasoline prices, stretched-thin munitions stockpiles and sustained opposition to the conflict among voters,…
“A woman who claims she was abused as a minor by both Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump has given the FBI vivid accounts that include aspects of her life corroborated…
“U.S. oil futures have followed their biggest weekly rise ever by surging as much as 20% in Sunday evening trading, vaulting above $100 a barrel for the first time since…
“Iranian state TV announced Sunday that Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the country’s late supreme leader, has been named his successor,” the AP reports. “The younger Khamenei had long been considered…
“Iranian missile and drone attacks have disrupted the flow of commerce through one of the global economy’s most critical hubs, paralyzing much of the ocean and air traffic that carries…
“Israel’s strikes on 30 Iranian fuel depots Saturday went far beyond what the U.S. expected when Israel notified it in advance, sparking the first significant disagreement between the allies since…
“Another American service member has died in the war with Iran, the Pentagon said on Sunday, bringing the number of American troops killed in the conflict to seven,” the New…
“The Trump administration is preparing an economic deal with Cuba that could be announced soon,” USA Today reports. “The details of the prospective deal and exact timing are not known….
“The Trump Organization filed several previously unreported trademark applications last week in connection with America’s 250th anniversary celebration, all featuring the president’s name as a centerpiece of the highly-anticipated festivities,”…
One of Jeffrey Epstein’s prison guards, Tova Noel, Googled Epstein about an hour before his body was found in his cell, People reports. Noel and Michael Thomas, who was also…
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) was interviewed on Fox News by Maria Bartiromo about the Iran war: GRAHAM: You just wait to see what comes in the next two weeks. BARTIROMO:…
Richard Haass: “America did have other viable options, above all diplomacy, especially as no convincing case has been made that an imminent threat had to be dealt with militarily. The…
“Iran’s top national security official, speaking on national television as the war entered a second week, said Tehran would not surrender or let up on retaliatory strikes and vowed to…
“The U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran have unfolded at unprecedented speed and precision thanks to months of planning, a massive assemblage of military force and a cutting-edge weapon never…
Senator Flávio Bolsonaro is narrowing his gap with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Brazil’s looming election, with a new poll showing both effectively tied in a potential runoff…
As President Trump has increasingly embraced Venezuela’s Delcy Rodríguez as interim president, opposition leader María Corina Machado has been largely left behind as she prepares her return to Venezuela, the…
Wall Street Journal: “The campaign, undertaken side by side with the Americans, would transform the region’s strategic landscape with Israel as an unrivaled military power. And it would mark a…
Politico: “Crenshaw’s downfall is in part a cautionary tale for the politicians looking to rise quickly in today’s political-media ecosystem, as well as a counterpoint to the idea that all…
“In a resounding affirmation of Gen Z’s power to overthrow the political old guard, Nepali voters have handed a commanding majority to a party headlined by a 35-year-old ex-rapper,” the…
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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