Former Rep. Mark Sanford (R-SC) said that he is “growing ever closer” to mounting a Republican primary challenge against President Trump following a visit this week to New Hampshire, the Washington Post reports.
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“A federal judge rejected President Donald Trump’s use of a loophole to keep Alina Habba in place as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor,” Politico reports. Save to Favorites
“The State Department said Thursday that it’s reviewing the records of more than 55 million foreigners who hold valid U.S. visas for potential revocation or deportable violations of immigration rules,”…
President Trump signaled on Truth Social that Missouri Republicans are moving ahead with a mid-cycle redistricting. Said Trump: “The Great State of Missouri is now IN. I’m not surprised. I…
“Donald Trump has strong-arming Congress down to a science. Now his redistricting gambit is putting his methods through a stress test,” Politico reports. “It’s a strategy of intensifying levels of…
President Trump quickly claimed “total victory” over the case brought by state Attorney General Letitia James after a New York appeals court dismissed a $500 million civil business fraud fine….
“President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Thursday that would direct the Justice Department to try to bring charges against people who burn the American flag,”…
Former vice president Kamala Harris is set to embark on a 15-city book tour to promote her new memoir, 107 Days, her first series of planned public appearances around the…
President Trump said he plans to go out on patrol with the Metropolitan Police Department and National Guard troops around Washington, D.C., on Thursday night amid a federal crackdown on…
“Washington DC’s top federal prosecutor says that her office will pursue the toughest criminal charges for arrests made in the Trump administration’s purported crime crackdown, even as the office softens…
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) said that testimony from former Vice President Kamala Harris would be “helpful” in his panel’s probe of former President Biden’s…
CNN obtained video of Trump Department of Justice official Ed Martin posing for photos outside of New York Attorney General Letitia James’ house in New York City. Save to Favorites
“We’re fighting fire with fire, and we’re gonna punch these sons of bitches in the mouth.” — Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), on The Siren Podcast. Save to Favorites
“An appeals court on Thursday threw out a more than $500 million judgment against President Trump and his business empire in a sharply splintered ruling that paves the way for…
Washington Post: “As Trump ramps up the military presence in Washington — and hints that he may move to take over other cities — his crackdown punctuates a frequent Republican…
Coming soon: Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It by Cory Doctorow. “It’s not just you―the internet sucks now. Here’s why, and here’s how we can…
“President Trump’s campaign promise of mass deportations may be coming closer to reality. Until June, deportations had lagged behind immigration arrests and detentions. By the first week of August, deportations…
“The former top aide to New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been charged in four separate bribery schemes, according to indictments released this morning by the Manhattan District Attorney’s…
“Texas Democrat James Talarico has built a national profile railing against GOP billionaires in politics — but has quietly accepted funds from a PAC backed by one of the wealthiest…
Bloomberg: “Governments have made an array of concessions and overtures to notch a better deal with Washington, or to simply please Trump…” “That coveted Nobel is a common approach. Several…
“There’s at least one senator supportive of President Donald Trump’s negotiations to take a government stake in chip maker Intel: Bernie Sanders (I-VT),” Punchbowl News reports. “The Trump administration revealed…
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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