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Time: “The timing could not have been any worse for Republicans—or better for Democrats, who are in the midst of their own internal row over the decision by a handful…
“House Republicans on Wednesday released a titanic trove of 23,000 pages of documents from the estate of the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein after months of delays — shortly after Democrats…
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told Time the victim’s name blacked out in two of the emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate released by House Democrats on Wednesday is Virginia…
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“U.S. flight cancellations have fallen sharply over the last day as air traffic control absences shrank just hours before the House of Representatives is set to vote on a bill…
ProPublica: “Trump has granted clemency to allies, donors and culture-war figures — as well as felons who, like him, were convicted of financial wrongdoing. On Friday, he granted pardons to…
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President Trump appears to have snubbed Bank of America boss Brian Moynihan as he hosts a White House dinner with top Wall Street executives tonight – signaling a persistent rift…
Mark Leibovich: “For a president who wants to project vigor and command at all times, Donald Trump made the worst possible spectacle of himself in the Oval Office last Thursday.”…
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“Donald Trump has written to Israel’s president calling on him to pardon Benjamin Netanyahu, stepping up his unprecedented pressure campaign to end the Israeli prime minister’s long-running corruption trial,” the…
“The White House is plowing ahead with negotiations on tariffs, despite the fact the Supreme Court may soon strike down a large chunk of them. And foreign trading partners are…
Edward Luce: “As sex offenders go, Ghislaine Maxwell is in a category of one. Having been upgraded from a penitentiary to a prison camp — the equivalent of moving from…
“President Donald Trump is carving out his own brand of capitalism — launching extraordinary federal interventions in the economy through ownership stakes in private companies alongside sweeping tariffs, tax cuts…
“A Senate provision in a major spending package to end the partial government shutdown has rattled House Republicans and given new political ammunition to Democrats seeking to defeat the measure,”…
“Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent indicated that the Trump administration would soon unveil reductions in import duties on coffee, bananas and other foods — taking action after voter anger over the…
House Democrats released emails in which Jeffrey Epstein wrote that President Trump had “spent hours at my house” with one of Epstein’s victims, among other messages that suggested that the…
The BBC board held an unexpected meeting on Wednesday as the British broadcaster stares down a legal threat from President Trump, CNN reports. Save to Favorites
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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