“First lady Melania Trump will attend a reception for Gold Star families Monday, her first public appearance since being hospitalized for several days last month,” USA Today reports.
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“Congress’ website for the U.S. Constitution was changed to delete the last two sections of Article I, which include provisions such as habeas corpus, forbidding the naming of titles of…
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) said that the FBI “had agreed to his request to help track down dozens of Democratic Texas state lawmakers who left the state to prevent a…
“The White House is sending nine Cabinet secretaries across the country to try to sell President Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ to skeptical voters — a move underscoring the administration’s increasing…
Jonathan Martin: “Congressional Republicans have, with little resistance, accepted all manner of indignities since Donald Trump’s rise to power. They’ve been made to answer for his likening a porn star’s…
“Intel shares fell over 3% premarket after President Trump called on the company’s chief executive to resign because of his past ties to China, the latest challenge to hit the…
“Less than five years after urging rioters to ‘kill’ police at the Capitol, a former Jan. 6 defendant is working as a senior adviser for the Department of Justice, which…
“Crime is trending down in D.C.for the second straight year, even as the White House ramps up federal enforcement — and President Trump portrays the city as dangerously lawless,” Axios…
President Trump ordered the Commerce Department to begin working on a new census, emphasizing that those who are in the country illegally will not be counted in the total, The…
Punchbowl News: “If you speak to Democratic voters, all they want to focus on is finding someone who can take on President Donald Trump. They complain that Democratic leaders and…
“One of House Republicans’ most vulnerable incumbents — already under scrutiny for his prolific trades after he campaigned against letting lawmakers buy or sell stocks — is about to face…
CNN: “The vice president has tended to get involved in key priorities right as they reach their thorniest points, relying on his close ties to Trump and relationships across the…
“Leading Democrats are sounding the alarm over Donald Trump’s reported plan to divert funds from the U.S. nuclear arsenal to convert a luxury jet gifted by Qatar into a new…
“One of Joe Biden’s former top communications advisers is set to appear for a scheduled interview Thursday in the House Oversight Committee’s probe of the former president’s cognitive decline and…
Paul Krugman: “On Tuesday Donald Trump went on CNBC to explain why the European Union is facing a tariff of ‘only’ 15 percent. But what he said was simply delusional…
“The Trump administration has moved forward with a plan to end collective bargaining with federal unions across a swath of government agencies, even after arguing in federal court that it…
“President Trump’s punishing new tariffs on more than 90 countries snapped into place after the stroke of midnight Thursday, the latest escalation in a global trade war that has started…
An in-person meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin “has been agreed,” according to a Kremlin official and “and it could possibly take place next week at…
“Donald Trump’s global tariffs took effect at 12.01am in Washington on Thursday, pushing American import duties to their highest level in a century as the US president launched a new…
“U.S. trading partners are lobbying the White House for exemptions to sweeping new tariffs that went into force on Thursday, as countries seek ways to muffle the impact on their…
Vice President JD Vance’s aides reportedly had the Army Corps of Engineers “take the unusual step of changing the outflow of a lake in Ohio to accommodate a recent boating…
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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