“Until the war is over, anything is legal.”
— Rudy Giuliani, in an interview on ABC News, saying that taking Iraq’s oil would have been legal.
Save to Favorites“Until the war is over, anything is legal.”
— Rudy Giuliani, in an interview on ABC News, saying that taking Iraq’s oil would have been legal.
Save to Favorites“As he walked into court for the first day of his first criminal prosecution, Donald Trump hoped to make clear that it was the system, not him, that was really…
Time: “In the first three months of this year, the official campaign committees for the five Democrats who represent districts that voted for Donald Trump in 2020 are outraising the…
“President Joe Biden will deliver an abortion-focused speech in Florida next week, capitalizing on a looming abortion ban there to make a broader case for reproductive rights,” Politico reports. “The…
Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) told Fox News that Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) is to blame for the chaos engulfing the House GOP caucus on Friday. Said Donalds: “Matt’s vacating Kevin…
“A young man set himself on fire after dousing himself with a flammable liquid in Collect Pond Park, across from the courthouse. As onlookers screamed, bright orange flames engulfed the…
“Twelve jurors and six alternates have been chosen in the Manhattan trial of Donald J. Trump, who is accused of falsifying business records to cover up a sex scandal that…
“Apparently Donald Trump needs to catch up on some sleep, as the former president appeared to doze off in a New York City courtroom yet again on Friday,” the Daily…
Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), the former chair of the January 6 select committee, has filed legislation that would strip Secret Service protection for anyone sentenced to jail for a felony….
New York Times: “Interviews in Mr. McCormick’s hometown, as well as a review of public records, news coverage from his childhood and his own words, suggest that he has given…
“So they have to do everything they can to keep him out of that White House ’cause they know Donald Trump gets in for four more years, the jig is…
“The hush money trial was never going to be good for Trump, but the first week in court proved just how disruptive and damaging it will be for his 2024…
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the conviction of Republican operative Jesse Benton for orchestrating an illegal payment from a Russian national to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and…
Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) announced Friday that he will co-sponsor Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-GA) resolution to remove Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) from the top job, becoming the third House…
The House cleared a key procedural hurdle and will consider aid to Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific tomorrow, 316 to 94, Punchbowl News reports. Once again, House Democrats helped save…
Russell Berman: “Democrats are betting that they can reverse long-held conventional wisdom on voting behavior. Support is generally thought to flow from the top of the ticket down: State and…
“Donald Trump has long used the legal cases against him to drive money to his campaign. It now looks like that may be the most effective tool he has going,”…
“A petition to protect reproductive freedoms in the Nevada Constitution can advance to the November ballot, the State Supreme Court ruled Thursday,” the Las Vegas Review Journal reports. “The initiative…
“It is a shame. I am sitting here for days now from morning until night in that freezing room. Freezing! All for this. This is your result. It is very…
Manhattan prosecutors identified seven new violations by Donald Trump of the gag order against him in the “hush-money” criminal case. The judge is expected to take up the violations next…
“Jury selection is set to resume Friday morning in Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York,” the Washington Post reports. “Twelve jurors have been picked to hear the case,…
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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