Former Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa said his country was aware that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was interfering in the 2016 US presidential election from the safety of Ecuador’s embassy in London, CNN reports.


Former Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa said his country was aware that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was interfering in the 2016 US presidential election from the safety of Ecuador’s embassy in London, CNN reports.
“Fresh data released Wednesday shows U.S. economic growth in the third quarter was even better than previously thought: Gross domestic product increased at a 5.2% annualized rate,” Axios reports. “The…
“Nearly 90 House Republicans say they plan or are likely to support voting to expel George Santos from Congress. That means it’s a near-certainty the indicted lawmaker will be out…
Edward Luce: “The former South Carolina governor is no moderate, as she is sometimes mislabelled. Haley would impose a five-year term limit on civil servants, send US special forces into…
Liz Whitmer Gereghty (D), the sister of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D), suspended her congressional campaign in New York’s 17th congressional district and endorsed former Rep. Mondaire Jones (D-NY). Save…
House GOP leadership doesn’t currently have plans to whip their members on the Rep. George Santos (R-NY) expulsion vote, Politico reports. Save to Favorites
House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) told lawmakers in a closed party meeting that the chamber may vote in the coming weeks to officially authorize an impeachment inquiry into President…
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) said impeaching President Biden would be a “political disaster” for Republicans, The Messenger reports. Said Huckabee: “To impeach Joe Biden in the House, knowing…
Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) told the Daily Mail he still hasn’t decided if he will seek re-election in 2024 after he was ousted by his colleagues two months ago….
Dan Pfeiffer: “The American attention span has shrunk since Al Gore invented the Internet, and the pandemic disrupted the time-space continuum. Our memories are foggy, but it’s still stunning that…
“A group of self-styled political independents filed paperwork with the FEC this week to launch a new Super PAC aimed at swinging independent voters to support former U.N. ambassador and…
“President Joe Biden is reemphasizing his focus on an economic populism with a strategy that browbeats big business for not bringing down prices in the face of slowing inflation, an…
Gallup: “President Joe Biden’s job approval rating remains at 37%, tying his personal low, with disapproval at 59%.” “Approval ratings of the president’s handling of healthcare (40%) and the situation…
Donald Trump’s campaign on Tuesday fundraised off the Koch network’s endorsement of Nikki Haley, calling the group “RINO backstabbers,” The Messenger reports. In a fundraising email to supporters, the campaign…
“Republican mega-donor Bernie Marcus said on Tuesday he would likely still give money to Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential bid if the former president was convicted of a crime – but…
Playbook: “It’s certainly possible: Multiple lawmakers moved yesterday to call up measures expelling the New York Republican, starting a two-day legislative clock. House GOP aides say the precise timing is…
“The Senate border security talks have reached a crucial stage for any potential bipartisan deal: the left and the right both hate it,” Politico reports. Save to Favorites
“Giorgia Meloni’s ascendancy to the Italian premiership last year sent a shiver down the spines of centrists across the Continent and beyond. Brussels braced for a member of a post-fascist…
“Well-funded groups connected to the conservative Club for Growth have been spending millions this year to attack Donald Trump — while simultaneously running ads touting their endorsed GOP candidates’ ties…
“Arab American and Muslim American anger over President Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war could be endangering his re-election in the majority of 2024 swing states,” Axios reports. “Michigan, Virginia,…
“President Joe Biden will try to turn Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado into the embodiment of Republican opposition to his agenda as he visits her congressional district on Wednesday,” the…
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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