Michael Bloomberg “bemoaned a lack of solutions from the 2016 presidential candidates on Thursday night, the most explicit rationale he has offered for why he is considering a third-party campaign of his own,” the New York Times reports.


Michael Bloomberg “bemoaned a lack of solutions from the 2016 presidential candidates on Thursday night, the most explicit rationale he has offered for why he is considering a third-party campaign of his own,” the New York Times reports.
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“During the first two turbulent months of President Donald Trump’s term, the White House has shrugged off scrutiny of its most controversial policies with a simple assertion: The American people…
The Trump administration is planning a June 14 military parade through the streets of Washington, D.C., to mark the president’s 79th birthday, the Washington City Paper reports. Save to Favorites
Punchbowl News: “Speaker Mike Johnson has a rebellion on his hands. And this is supposed to be the easy part of passing President Donald Trump’s agenda.” “In the midst of…
China’s government said Tuesday it will “resolutely take countermeasures” if President Trump carries out his threat to impose an extra 50% tariff on Chinese goods, Axios reports. In a sign…
“The biggest technology companies and their chief executives donated millions to President Trump’s inauguration, hosted black-tie parties and dinners in his honor, and allowed him to announce and take credit…
“The U.S. Justice Department dispatched armed U.S. marshals to deliver a letter warning a fired career pardon attorney about testifying to congressional Democrats,” Reuters reports. Save to Favorites
Juliette Kayyem: “Deliberately insulting other countries is bad for the U.S. economy.” Save to Favorites
Seward Prasad: “Rather than fixing the rules that some U.S. trading partners took advantage of, Trump has chosen to blow up the entire system. He has taken the hatchet to…
“The Trump administration’s aggressive efforts to enact major elements of its agenda have led to a series of courtroom clashes between increasingly skeptical judges and the beleaguered lawyers responsible for…
Tom Nichols: “The Danes seem to believe him, and so should Americans.” Save to Favorites
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China says it “will fight to the end” if Trump follows through on his threat to raise the tariff on Chinese goods by an additional 50%, the Wall Street Journal…
“The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to resume use of the Aliens Enemies Act to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador,” Axios reports. “It’s a…
“House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris says he is open to the creation of a new 40% tax bracket for those earning $1 million or more, lending credence to an…
“Most Americans might be rightly focused on President Donald Trump’s trade war and the tariff drama that has devalued retirement accounts and nest eggs and has Americans sweating higher prices,”…
“Elon Musk is known for many things. Subtlety is not one of them,” the New York Times reports. “When Musk shared a grainy two-minute video at 4:59 a.m. Monday to…
Jonathan Lemire: “Advisers say the president is tuning out the markets and coverage and isn’t worried about the political impact of his tariffs—at least not yet.” Save to Favorites
Rep. John James (R-MI) announced on Monday that he would run for governor, jumping into an increasingly crowded, high-profile contest, the New York Times reports. Save to Favorites
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday said he plans to tell the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention soon to stop recommending fluoridation in communities nationwide, the AP…
“U.S. immigration authorities have revoked a spate of student visas for foreign nationals at major colleges including Harvard, Tufts and Stanford, in a growing number of cases that have raised…
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.
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