Rudy Giuliani signaled that President Trump and his legal team are severing ties to Michael Cohen, Politico reports.
Said Giuliani: “We have complained to them that he’s violated the attorney client privilege, publicly and privately.”
“Giuliani confirmed the two sides have ended their joint defense agreement to share information.”
Save to FavoritesThe Yale Budget Lab says the new tariff rates President Trump announced late Thursday are the highest in nearly a century and will cost the average family about $2,400 this…
“It makes me sick that she is claiming to be a victim. This is the same woman that grabbed my arm and forced me into a room to be raped…
“Mayor Eric Adams’ re-election campaign submitted faked and fraudulently obtained petition signatures in his effort to secure a spot on the November ballot as an independent candidate,” Gothamist reports. “Gothamist…
The Wall Street Journal found that right-wing podcasters discussed the Jeffrey Epstein scandal in over 3,000 episodes of 125 podcasts this year and that these discussions “grew more than eightfold…
Eric Trump’s stake in a four-month-old Bitcoin mining venture could be worth $367 million when it goes public in coming weeks, Bloomberg reports. Save to Favorites
Hawaii Gov. Josh Green (D) said he is considering a 2028 campaign for president, with a possible platform of healing the nation after the bitterly divisive era of American politics…
“Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein now serving a 20-year prison sentence for sexually exploiting and abusing teenage girls, was moved to a minimum-security prison camp in Texas,”…
Jason Leopold: “We know from news reports that Trump’s name was in the Epstein files. But what hasn’t been reported is that an FBI FOIA team redacted Trump’s name —…
In a rowdy town hall on Thursday night, Rep. Bryan Steil (R-WI) was booed when he expressed support for President Trump’s trade policies, ABC News reports. Save to Favorites
President Trump instructed Republican senators to “vote the exact opposite” of Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME). Said Trump: “Republicans, when in doubt, vote the exact opposite of Senator Susan Collins. Generally…
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) took a tumble on the Senate floor yesterday but appeared to be fine even though she tipped over a desk. Save to Favorites
“The Trump-era special counsel who scoured the Russia investigation for wrongdoing gathered evidence that undermines a theory pushed by some Republicans that Hillary Clinton’s campaign conspired to frame Donald Trump…
Jesse Ferguson: “There’s a word Democrats need to ban from their vocabulary if they want to rehab our brand and win elections again: accomplishments.” “Every time we use that word,…
“Elon Musk contributed $15 million to President Trump and congressional Republicans just days after his public blowup with Trump, an indication the tech billionaire was looking to make peace with…
Paul Krugman: “It’s highly likely that what we’re seeing is the effect of Trump’s tariffs — or more precisely the uncertainty that his erratic tariff policy has created.” “Contrary to…
“As the world digests Donald Trump’s self-declared tariff day, a heavy fog shrouds what happens next,” Bloomberg reports. “But it’s increasingly clear that the president’s rationale for imposing an array…
“Supply constraints and high demand have driven up the cost of beef, with 100% ground beef prices in June surpassing $6 per pound for the first time since data collection…
It’s August, and the Senate is still stuck in Washington. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) tried to explain the stalled negotiations to adjourn for the August recess: “It looked…
“A group of House and Senate Democrats who attended Harvard are threatening their alma mater with a ‘rigorous’ investigation if the school cuts a deal to end hostilities with President…
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.