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— Rep. Tom Rooney (R-FL), quoted by the New York Times, on the high stakes for Republicans in Georgia’s 6th congressional district special election.
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Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), a rice farmer who served in political office in California for more than two decades, died suddenly, NBC News reports. He was 65. Washington Post: “LaMalfa’s…
“The U.S. Mint began circulating new coins to ring in the 250th anniversary of the United States on Monday,” the Washington Examiner reports. “There will be four new designs of…
Dan Bongino said that his podcast may be returning soon and described working for President Trump as “an otherworldly experience.” Save to Favorites
“The U.S. may have decided it no longer wants to be the world’s policeman, but the military operation that captured Venezuela’s autocratic president shows it is far more willing now…
“Venezuela’s new leader has a narrow path to survival: Appease both the hard-line remnants of Nicolás Maduro’s regime and President Trump at the same time,” the Wall Street Journal reports….
President Trump will address House Republicans at the newly renamed Kennedy Center this morning for a start-of-election-year rally, as GOP lawmakers gather to discuss their 2026 strategy, Politico reports. Save…
“George Conway spent most of his adult life as a Republican, and until just a few weeks ago, he was living full time in the Washington, D.C., suburbs,” the New…
“More than two weeks after the deadline to release the vast trove of files connected to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, Justice Department officials disclosed Monday that they’re still reviewing millions…
Playbook: “Trump posted an almost entirely all-caps Truth Social message with a series of medical exhortations that many doctors and public health experts have said largely lack evidence, from telling…
“As many in Washington were easing into the new year, there was a flurry of activity last week in the prosecution of Brian Cole Jr. — the man accused of…
NOTUS: “Even before the year began, Democrats and Republican strategists began sketching out how the SCOTUS ruling — which could allow for nearly unlimited coordination between party committees and individual…
President Trump executed a rare about-face on Russian President Vladimir Putin, telling reporters that U.S. officials do not believe Ukraine sent a drone attack against one of Putin’s residences, the…
Axios: “Some Democrats are grumbling at their party’s largely oppositional stance to President Trump’s raid to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, saying privately that their colleagues should be celebrating.” “These…
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), a doctor who provided the decisive vote to install Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as he nation’s top health official, decried the change to the country’s vaccine…
The Economist: “There is growing talk that the Trump administration is working on a deal to present to Greenland. Mr Trump has repeatedly compared the situation to a large real-estate…
“Five years ago today, Donald Trump and a mob of his supporters urged Congress to do what voters and courts would not: Allow him to rule over a country whose…
“María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader, repeatedly praised President Trump on Monday during a prime-time appearance on Fox News, her first televised interview since the United States captured Nicolás…
President Trump told NBC News the United States would be involved in Venezuela for the foreseeable future and that the country was not ready to hold elections. Said Trump: “No,…
“No place was hit harder than Cuba by the shock waves that Saturday morning’s U.S. military seizure of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro sent throughout Latin America and the world,” the Washington…
“Stephen Miller, a top aide to President Trump, asserted on Monday that Greenland rightfully belonged to the United States and that the Trump administration could seize the semiautonomous Danish territory…
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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