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Despite boasting about his deal-making prowess, Donald Trump is flailing in his latest economic standoff with China. After unilaterally ratcheting up tariffs with no coherent strategy, Trump now seems eager…
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“President Donald Trump said he is willing to lower tariffs on China at some point because the levies now are so high that the world’s two largest economies have essentially…
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Former Vice President Mike Pence repeatedly invoked the Constitution and said it is what “binds us all together” after receiving the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award, the AP…
Former Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) has filed to run for Congress against Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME), the Bangor Daily News reports. Golden is weighing a gubernatorial run. Save to…
Asked last night about whether Stephen Miller could become national security adviser, President Trump told reporters it was very possible. Said Trump: “Stephen Miller is at the top of the…
Veteran GOP strategist Karl Rove told Fox News that President Trump sounds like “Mr. Scrooge” when he talks about shortages of children’s toys. Trump hit back on Truth Social: “I…
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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