Although ousted FBI Director James Comey declined a request to testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee behind closed doors, a close associate tells the New York Times “he is willing to testify, but wants it to be in public.”
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Lisa Rubin: “In an era where fidelity to the whims of Trump is far more important than allegiance to any conservative legal agenda, much less the rule of law, Trump…
Evan Osnos: “In a matter of weeks, the flood of cash swirling around the White House swamped whatever bulwarks against corruption remained in American law and culture.” Save to Favorites
“The Justice Department has abruptly dropped its effort to force Peter Navarro, President Trump’s trade adviser, to turn over hundreds of his emails dating to the first Trump administration to…
“Elon Musk’s grievances with the Trump administration extend beyond the level of spending in the president’s signature bill,” ABC News reports. “Musk has privately expressed frustration about a portion of…
The Congressional Budget Office estimates an increase of 10.9 million people without health insurance under President Trump’s budget bill, the AP reports. Stat: “The official projections from the Congressional Budget…
In a striking twist to President Trump’s “America First” trade policy, U.S. automakers may actually shift more production to China. It’s precisely the opposite of what Trump promised. Join now…
“The BBB will increase by orders of magnitude the scope, scale and speed of removing illegal and criminal aliens from the United States. For that reason alone, it’s the most…
President Trump insists Russia wouldn’t have attacked Ukraine if he were president, but every time he says it Russia attacks Ukraine again, Will Saletan notes. Save to Favorites
“The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office on Wednesday released a revised estimate of the cost of President Donald Trump’s tax-cut bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives, concluding it will…
Former anonymous Trump critic Miles Taylor writes in Time that he’s on a blacklist now that President Trump has directed the Department of Justice to investigate him. Writes Taylor: “This…
“I guess he’d better change the locks.” — Jimmy Kimmel, noting on his show that Donald Trump gave Elon Musk a ceremonial “key to the White House” last week. Save…
President Trump angrily urged Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to cut interest rates, “minutes after the payroll firm ADP reported the lowest private-sector jobs report in years,” CNBC reports. Save…
“Iran’s supreme leader effectively rejected a U.S. proposal that allows temporary uranium enrichment in the country before ending it completely, forcing the White House to reconsider its approach as tensions…
President Donald Trump has nominated Derrick Anderson, who fell short in his congressional bid last year, to serve as assistant secretary of defense for special operations and low-intensity conflict, Defense…
Elon Musk just made things much harder for Republicans — and Donald Trump. His blistering critique of Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” calling it “pork-filled” and “a disgusting abomination,” lands like…
NBC News: “Operation At Large, a nationwide, ICE-led plan already underway to ramp up arrests of unauthorized immigrants, includes more than 5,000 personnel from across federal law enforcement agencies and…
Paul Krugman: “On May 12 Donald Trump suddenly reduced the tariff on China from 145 percent to 30 percent. This may seem like a big reduction. But while the higher…
Washington Post: “Now elected leaders across the nation and world are worrying about who will be next, officials and experts said, weighing the benefits of a high-profile meeting with the…
“It’s shaping up to be the year from hell for Ron DeSantis,” Politico reports. “The Florida governor has been in a war of words and blame with the Republican state…
New York Times: “It turns out that the sprawling legislation to advance tax and spending cuts and to cement much of President Trump’s domestic agenda included a raft of provisions…
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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