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Heritage Foundation staffers are revolting over Kevin Roberts’ defense of Tucker Carlson, with one calling it “an absolute shitshow,” CNN reports. Save to Favorites
Jonathan Chait: “Having initially judged Greene to be a wildly uninformed conspiracy theorist, I was similarly predisposed to dismiss her evolution as a kind of revenge for being slighted. But…
President Trump privately described New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (D) as a “talented politician,” calling him “slick” and “a good talker,” the New York Times reports. He also insisted,…
“We’re getting calls about polls being closed. They are closed because we do not have elections today. Kentucky votes next year. You cannot vote today in Kentucky for the mayor…
A mounting federal investigation into former CIA director John Brennan is now getting close to grand jury subpoenas, MSNBC reports. Save to Favorites
A new Emerson College Poll finds 41% of voters approve of the job President Donald Trump is doing in office, while 49% disapprove. This reflects a four-point drop in approval,…
Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) decision not to run for reelection was so closely guarded that she filmed two versions of her announcement video — one for a reelection bid and…
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is privately telling confidants that Vance is the frontrunner for the 2028 Republican nomination and that he’d support the vice president if he chooses to…
“Allies of President Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are looking to the Make America Healthy Again movement to boost Republican prospects in next year’s…
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“A wave of flight cancellations hit the United States on Friday morning, bringing home the effects of the government shutdown to many more Americans,” the New York Times reports. Washington…
Punchbowl News: “The Senate is expected to vote today — for the 15th time — on the House-passed stopgap funding bill. Democrats will block it. What happens after that is…
Traditionally, the next presidential campaign begins almost immediately after the midterm elections — especially when the sitting president isn’t seeking another term. But that probably won’t happen after next year’s…
Out next week: The First Eight: A Personal History of the Pioneering Black Congressmen Who Shaped a Nation by Jim Clyburn. “Today, South Carolina congressman James E. Clyburn is renowned as…
“New York is quietly preparing for a Donald Trump takeover of the country’s largest city,” Politico reports. “A wide range of New York’s most prominent civic leaders have for weeks…
“Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy is set to headline a meet-and-greet event for his son-in-law, Michael Alfonso, who is running for Congress in Wisconsin, but the White House did not…
“The Congressional Budget Office, lawmakers’ nonpartisan bookkeeper, was hacked by a suspected foreign actor, potentially exposing the key financial research data Congress uses to craft legislation,” the Washington Post reports….
President Trump has pardoned the disgraced former Speaker of the Tennessee House Glen Casada (R) and one of his co-conspirators after their corruption convictions and sentencing, WSMV reports. Save to…
Punchbowl News: “During a closed-door caucus meeting on Thursday, Democrats came to the consensus that they should continue to hold out for a better deal in the wake of Tuesday’s…
“I will praise Nancy Pelosi. She had an incredible career for her party. I served under her speakership in my first term in Congress and I’m very impressed at her…
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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