President Trump attacked Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) on Twitter as “a despicable human being” after she said in an interview that House Democrats have discussed jailing allies of the president who refused to comply with subpoenas.
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Derek Thompson: “In the past four months, President Trump has announced tariffs on Canada, paused tariffs on Canada, restarted tariffs on Canada, ruled out tariffs on certain Canadian goods, and…
“At a private meeting last month, a top Democratic strategist pitched party leaders and donors: We need to break down ideological lanes and reject interest group agendas if we plan…
“Senate committees will start rolling out their portions of the GOP megabill as soon as Tuesday, providing a first look at how Republicans in the chamber plan to address some…
“Russian President Vladimir Putin isn’t likely to meet US counterpart Donald Trump and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy in the near future, the Kremlin said a day after Kyiv and Moscow…
“President Trump pledged to bring business back to the U.S. His own company has been doing more business overseas than ever before,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “Since the November…
Rep. Thom Tillis (R-NC) has hired President Trump’s pollster Tony Fabrizio for his reelection bid as he faces blowback from Trump Republicans and a GOP primary challenge, Punchbowl News reports….
“For decades, the FBI and the Justice Department have been the main enforcers of laws against political corruption and white-collar fraud in the United States. In four months, the Trump…
Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) “is already making moves to appeal to moderates and boost his national profile barely five months after winning his seat,” Axios reports. Said Gallego: “What happened…
“Efforts to arrest and remove unauthorized immigrants appear most aggressive in five southern states with Democratic-leaning cities, while deeply red, rural states are seeing less activity,” Axios reports. Save to…
CNN Poll: “The other notable finding is on which party is the ‘party of change.’ Americans chose Republicans, 32% to 25%.” “That’s not a big gap, but it is counterintuitive…
Nate Cohn: “While the history books will rightfully dwell on whether Democrats could have forestalled another Trump presidency, the question of whether Mr. Trump cost conservatives a more decisive victory…
Reason: “One of the most predictable clichés in journalism is ‘if it bleeds, it leads’—the idea that media have a bias for salacious, grisly stories. Like many stereotypes, it’s very…
President Trump won the “appeals court lottery” last night, after one of his appeals to a judgment challenging his tariff powers was handed to the only three Trump-appointed judges that…
“Economic growth forecasts for the U.S. and globally were cut further by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development as President Donald Trump’s tariff turmoil weighs on expectations,” CNBC reports….
“President Donald Trump worked the phones Monday and took to social media to try to sway Republican holdouts on his multi-trillion dollar tax bill, encountering conflicting demands from GOP senators…
“Andrew Cuomo hasn’t won the New York City mayor’s race yet, but he’s already planning a national campaign to take on President Donald Trump — whose Department of Justice is…
“President Donald Trump is posting on the internet with a velocity and ferocity far beyond that of his first term, surprising aides with predawn messages fired off at a blistering…
“Federal Emergency Management Agency officials are scrapping a hurricane-response plan that its recently appointed leader, David Richardson, had said was close to completion, according to agency staff,” the Wall Street…
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) trails Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) by 22 points, according to a new independent poll of the Senate GOP primary, 50% to 28%. Punchbowl News: “When asked in a recent…
“The Trump administration said on Monday that it planned to eliminate federal protections across millions of acres of Alaskan wilderness, a move that would allow drilling and mining in some…
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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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