Former Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) announced a bid for Senate in Wyoming Thursday, becoming the first Republican to jump into the race and setting up a potential clash with her successor in the House, Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), Politico reports..
Save to Favorites“President Joe Biden wants to fund his $4.1 trillion infrastructure and family policy agenda with a huge pile of tax increases on corporations and the wealthy. The business community is…
The Rev. Franklin Graham told Axios that a potential 2024 presidential bid by Donald Trump would “be a very tough thing to do.” Said Graham: “If he still has energy…
A new CBS News/YouGov poll found 67% of Republican voters don’t believe President Biden won the 2020 election fair and square, suggesting former President Donald Trump’s false claims of widespread…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said there was no clear end in sight to the violence between Israel and Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the New York Times reports….
A commander in the Space Force was removed from his post following comments he made while promoting his self-published book, which argues that Marxist ideologies are becoming common in the…
“Even as Greg Abbott and many fellow Republicans were still basking in what they called Texas’ ‘most conservative 48 hours’ in history, a former one-term state senator announced he would…
“The grassroots effort to punish Gov. Brian Kemp largely fizzled at key Republican meetings across the state this weekend even as record crowds of activists continued a relentless focus on…
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) told NBC News that he would “love to move on” from former President Trump, but Kevin McCarthy “gave Trump his leadership card.” Said Kinzinger: “Trump set…
Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) told CNN that his GOP colleagues downplaying the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol building is “absolutely bogus.” Said Upton: “Bogus. It’s absolutely bogus. It’s absolutely…
“We’ve lost the White House, the House and the Senate over the past four years, and to continue to, you know, do the exact same thing and expect a different…
Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) told NBC News that Republicans could not simply “excommunicate” former President Trump from its ranks, although he declined to say whether or not he believed Trump…
“Rep. Matt Gaetz, the Florida Republican mired in controversy, told a crowd of Republican activists Saturday that sexual misconduct allegations involving him are as benign as legislative earmarks,” NBC News…
“A federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., has begun issuing subpoenas in a criminal investigation into the nomination of San Diego developer Douglas F. Manchester as ambassador to the Bahamas…
“The Republican who now leads the Arizona county elections department targeted by a GOP audit of the 2020 election results is slamming former President Donald Trump and others in his…
BuzzFeed News: “Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) was kicked off a commission established to mark the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa massacre on Friday, just one week after he signed…
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said that President Biden doesn’t have the “energy of Donald Trump” after meeting with him for the first time in Biden’s presidency, The Hill…
Pro-Trump lawyer Lin Wood’s bid to bring “chaos” to South Carolina’s GOP was halted on Saturday when he failed to unseat the party’s chairman after baselessly accusing the incumbent of…
A group of high-profile scientists published a letter calling for renewed investigation into the origins of COVID-19 — including the theory that it spilled out of a Chinese virology lab….
Associated Press: “Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm says the nation is ‘over the hump’ on gas shortages following a ransomware cyberattack that forced a shutdown of the nation’s largest gasoline pipeline….
The Verge: “China landed its first pair of robots on the surface of Mars on Friday, state-affiliated media confirmed on social media, becoming the second country to do so successfully….
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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