“People want me to run for president all the time … I don’t like it. Can you imagine how controversial I’d be? You think about Clinton and the women. How about me with the women? Can you imagine?”
— Donald Trump, quoted by the New York Post in 1999.
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Utah. Gov. Spencer Cox (R) came under fire Thursday after his 2023 Pride Month declaration eliminated all mention of LGBTQ+ people, Axios reports. Meanwhile, conservatives lambasted Cox as “woke” for…
“President Biden on Friday commended Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) for his role in reaching an agreement on the debt ceiling, highlighting a rare moment of bipartisanship between the White House…
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has changed her position on the public release of the tapes documenting the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, warning Friday that their release could “put the…
A Utah parent filed a challenge to have the Bible removed from public school libraries, citing passages describing sex and violence, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. The committee appointed to…
“The Republican National Committee released its first presidential debate’s criteria Friday that require candidates to have at least 40,000 unique donors, earn at least 1 percent in certain polls and…
“In a reversal of its election integrity policy, YouTube will leave up content that says fraud, errors or glitches occurred in the 2020 presidential election and other U.S. elections,” Axios…
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“Alexei Navalny, Russia’s most famous opposition leader, on Friday shared letters showing how he has poked fun at prison authorities for several months with a host of bizarre requests for…
Central Intelligence Agency Director Bill Burns traveled secretly to China last month for official meetings with Chinese intelligence officials, the Financial Times reports. It’s the highest-level trip a U.S. official…
“President Joe Biden has tentative plans to travel to the West Coast this month, kick starting in earnest the process of raising the vast sums of money he will need…
“The United States did not sanction the recent press conference by its ambassador to South Africa, Reuben Brigety, in which he revealed an alleged arms sale to Russia,” the Mail…
“A key cooperator in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of former President Donald Trump is pleading for leniency for a convicted Jan. 6 felon: his cousin,” Politico reports. “It’s a…
“The FBI is scheduled to bring an internal law enforcement document that some Republicans claim will shed light on an allegation that then-Vice President Joe Biden was involved in a…
“Attorneys for Donald Trump turned over material in mid-March in response to a federal subpoena related to a classified U.S. military document described by the former president on tape in…
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) “has signed a law requiring the Iowa caucuses to take place in person, potentially escalating a fight with Democrats who plan to offer a mail-in…
Twitter’s head of trust and safety, Ella Irwin, “has resigned from the social media company, which has faced criticism for lax protections against harmful content since billionaire Elon Musk acquired…
“House Republicans are asking the Justice Department to turn over information about special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into Donald Trump, including details on whether any FBI employees on 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.
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