“It’s likely that the next president, whoever she will be, will have a few appointments to make.”
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Save to Favorites“It’s likely that the next president, whoever she will be, will have a few appointments to make.”
— Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, quoted by the Associated Press.
Save to FavoritesA new USA Today/Suffolk University Poll found 65% expect a guilty verdict on at least some of the 34 felony charges that Donald Trump tried to affect the 2016 election…
“Reversing one of her own decisions, the federal judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case granted his request on Monday to postpone the deadline for a crucial court…
“Hamas informed negotiators on Monday that not all of the 33 hostages who would be freed in the first phase of a possible cease-fire deal with Israel are still living…
“Israeli troops took control of the Rafah border-crossing area in Gaza on Tuesday morning, with Hamas saying all aid flows from Egypt had stopped,” Bloomberg reports. Save to Favorites
“Vladimir Putin began his fifth term Tuesday as Russian leader at a glittering Kremlin inauguration, setting out on another six years in office after destroying his political opponents, launching a…
“Donald Trump mocked Montana Sen. Jon Tester’s weight at a fundraiser Saturday night in Palm Beach, Fla., comparing the Democrat’s appearance to that of a pregnant woman,” the Washington Post…
“Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) emerged from a two-hour meeting with Speaker Mike Johnson and said she will continue to talk to the Louisiana Republican Tuesday, pausing her campaign to…
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) pitched herself for a top NRA job as early as last fall, Axios reports. Noem offered to step down early as governor for the…
“Israel launched a volley of strikes in the Gazan city of Rafah and said it would continue military operations there, even as the Biden administration has openly warned against the…
China has hacked the U.K. Ministry of Defense, Sky News reports. “The cyberattack was on a payroll system with current service personnel and some veterans. It is largely names and…
“Sen. Bob Menendez will be allowed to argue at his federal corruption trial that he thought he was acting for the ‘good of the public’ when helping Egypt and Qatar,…
“Rep. Henry Cuellar’s (D-TX) indictment marks the third high-profile Hispanic lawmaker to have been indicted in recent months,” Politico reports. “Critically, the influential Congressional Hispanic Caucus is coming to his…
The RNC has hired 28-year-old former bikini model Elizabeth Pipko as one of its newest spokespeople, the New York Post reports. Save to Favorites
“Donald Trump will return to Minnesota next week as he tries to add the state to his electoral calculations despite two prior defeats,” MPR News reports. “Trump has reportedly told…
Prosecutors in Donald Trump’s “hush money” trial said they have “a little more than two weeks of their case left, citing a few Fridays off in the coming weeks,” the…
“A U.S. soldier was detained in Russia last week,” NBC News reports. “He had been stationed in South Korea and traveled to Russia on his own and not on official…
Donald Trump spent several minutes at a donor event over the weekend acknowledging Rod Blagojevich, the former Democratic governor of Illinois “whose lengthy prison sentence after being convicted of corruption…
At 41.4%, Donald Trump’s favorability rating is the lowest in the Decision Desk HQ/The Hill average since last December. Trump’s net favorability rating of -13.0% is lower than Joe Biden’s…
“Kristi Noem’s story about killing her dog made headlines across America. But it wasn’t news to people who worked on her first book, where the tale made it into a…
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is expected to meet privately, one-on-one, with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) on Monday at 3:30 p.m. amid speculation that she may trigger a motion to…
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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