A new NBC News/Marist poll in Arizona finds Kyrsten Sinema (D) with a 6-point lead over Martha McSally (R) in the U.S. Senate race, 50% to 44%.
Last month, Sinema’s lead was just three points.
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Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA) was met with boos, jeers and laughs during a town hall in Decorah, Iowa, on Wednesday, NBC News reports. Multiple times during the question and answer…
“President Trump on Wednesday said he would nominate Emil Bove, a top Justice Department official who previously served as his criminal defense attorney, to a seat on a federal appeals…
A new Emerson College survey of New York City’s Democratic primary for mayor finds 35% of voters support Andrew Cuomo (D) on the first round of the ballot, 23% support…
President Trump pardoned former Rep. Michael Grimm (R-NY) as part of his latest round of clemencies, the New York Post reports. Grimm, a former FBI agent and business owner, served…
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President Trump said he will “take a look at” pardoning a group of men charged with planning to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) in 2020, calling the case —…
“OpenAI led a group of American technology giants that won a deal last week to build one of the world’s largest artificial-intelligence data centers in Abu Dhabi,” the Wall Street…
President Trump wasn’t happy when a reporter asked him about the “TACO trade” on Wall Street, which stands for Trump Always Chickens Out, Politico reports. Said Trump: “Don’t ever say…
Garrett Graff: “A lot of attention has come in recent days to the sheer size of the corruption racket surrounding the president and the White House. The New York Times…
“President Trump promised to eliminate taxes on Social Security benefits. Instead, the House tax-and-spending bill includes a half measure,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “The legislation passed by the House…
Nate Silver: “As you can see from the Catalist data, it’s actually common for most dropoff voters to be Democrats: this also happened to the party in 2012, 2016 and…
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President Trump was asked in the Oval Office about his reaction to Elon Musk’s criticisms of the budget reconciliation bill exploding the federal debt, The Hill reports. Said Trump: “Well,…
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“President Vladimir Putin’s conditions for ending the war in Ukraine include a demand that Western leaders pledge in writing to stop enlarging NATO eastwards,” Reuters reports. “Russia also wants Ukraine…
Rep. Nancy Mace’s (R-SC) former staff told Wired they were assigned to create “burner” accounts on social media which were used to bolster Mace’s reputation online. Said one ex-staffer: “We…
“The White House plans to send a small package of spending cuts to Congress next week,” Politico reports. “The planned transmission of the ‘rescissions’ bill, confirmed by two Republicans granted…
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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