The State Department and White House tried to block George Kent from testifying in the impeachment inquiry today — so the House Intelligence Committee subpoenaed him, Politico reports.
Kent is complying with the subpoena.
Save to FavoritesThe State Department and White House tried to block George Kent from testifying in the impeachment inquiry today — so the House Intelligence Committee subpoenaed him, Politico reports.
Kent is complying with the subpoena.
Save to Favorites“A group of House members from both parties succeeded Thursday in deploying a rarely executed method to bypass GOP leadership and force a vote on a bill to expand access…
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that Donald Trump lacks the “sanity” to be president of the United States, The Atlantic reports. Said Pelosi: “It takes vision, knowledge, judgment, strategic…
Donald Trump told a largely Jewish audience in New York on Thursday that Israel will be “wiped off the face of the ” if he doesn’t win in November, ABC…
“Vice President Kamala Harris joined Oprah Winfrey for a conversation in front of a live studio audience made up of more than 400 mainly supporters on Thursday night for a…
Aaron Blake: “For years, Donald Trump has directly and indirectly foisted damaging candidates on the GOP, in ways that have obviously cost his party dearly — up to and likely…
“Despite months of painstaking effort, senior U.S. officials say they don’t expect Israel and Hamas to agree to a cease-fire and a hostage-release deal before the end of President Biden’s…
Out next month: John Lewis: A Life by David Greenberg. Born into poverty in rural Alabama, John Lewis would become second only to Martin Luther King, Jr. in his contributions…
“After waiting six months — and losing $4 billion on paper — former President Donald Trump faces a potential windfall from his social media company,” ABC News reports. “Half a…
A new set of Morning Consult polls find Kamala Harris leading Donald Trump in all but one of the seven attleground states: Arizona: Harris +1 Georgia: Trump +1 Michigan: Harris…
“An email address belonging to North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson was registered on Ashley Madison, a website designed for married people seeking affairs,” Politico reports. “The discovery of Robinson’s…
“According to The Economist’s poll tracker, Kamala Harris’s nationwide lead over Donald Trump has widened to 4.5 percentage points, from 3.8 points on September 10th, the day of their debate.”…
“Mark Robinson, the controversial and socially conservative Republican nominee for governor of North Carolina, made a series of inflammatory comments on a pornography website’s message board more than a decade ago,…
John Hendrickson: “His midweek stop at a suburban arena some 20 miles west of the Queens hospital where he was born seemed more vibes-based than tactical. Trump told the crowd…
A source familiar with the forthcoming CNN story on North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson (R) told Bryan Anderson the revelations include him saying things in online chats about liking…
“Donald Trump was so bad at picking who to fire during his stint hosting The Apprentice that the producers of the show would retroactively edit the show to make him…
Mother Jones: “In August, after Donald Trump praised three Republican appointees to the Georgia State Election Board by name at a rally in Atlanta, the MAGA-aligned majority on the board…
“When are we going to schedule impeachment or is this just concepts of an impeachment?” — Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), at a House Oversight Committee hearing. Save to Favorites
A campaign adviser tells Business North Carolina that gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson (R) “is expected to go on CNN today to defend himself regarding a pending story the national network…
“The national Republican push to help former President Donald Trump win all five of Nebraska’s Electoral College votes is ramping up again, and this time it might work,” the Nebraska…
“North Carolina Republicans are bracing Thursday morning as word spreads about a damning news story looming regarding Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson,” the Carolina Journal reports. “Sources with direct knowledge have…
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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