A new Emerson College poll finds Joe Biden with a lead in the Democratic primary in Nevada with 30%, followed by Elizabeth Warren at 22% and Bernie Sanders at 19%. No other candidate clears 10%.
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“Britain agreed the most significant reset of ties with the European Union since Brexit on Monday, removing some trade barriers and collaborating on defence to help grow its economy and…
“Israel will take over the entire Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday, as the military announced it would carry out an ‘unprecedented attack’ on Hamas,” Bloomberg reports….
“China’s defiant stance in negotiating a tariff truce with the U.S. has convinced some countries they need to take a tougher position in their own trade talks with the Trump…
“Vladimir Putin believes he has a strong hand ahead of a phone call Monday with Donald Trump as European leaders are trying to prevent the US president from rushing through…
Playbook: “There are accusations spreading like wildfire — including from Trump’s son, Don Jr. — that aspects of this tragic diagnosis stretch back further than last week, and that Biden’s…
“The Trump administration conceded this weekend what economists, CEOs and consumers already knew: Americans pay for tariffs,” Axios reports. “Nearly a decade of Trump trade arguments held that foreign countries,…
“Vice President J.D. Vance considered traveling to Israel on Tuesday but decided against it due to the expansion of Israel’s military operation in Gaza,“ Axios reports. “The U.S. official said…
“The Pentagon has submitted small, medium and large options to the White House for developing “Golden Dome,” President Donald Trump’s vision for a cutting-edge missile shield that can protect the…
Washington Post: “Across the government, the Trump administration is trying a new tactic for gutting federal rules and policies that the president dislikes: simply stop enforcing them.” Save to Favorites
“House Republicans pushed President Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ tax-and-spending bill past a key hurdle late Sunday night, but the last-minute grappling has them colliding with a stark reality: The plan won’t…
President Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill” passed the House Budget Committee tonight — the vote was 17 to 16 — after four conservative holdouts voted “present,” the Washington Post reports….
“Speaker Mike Johnson and House leaders are racing to salvage their GOP megabill from another embarrassing setback just hours away from a rare 10 p.m. Sunday night vote,” Politico reports….
President Trump expressed his condolences after former President Biden announced he had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer. Said Trump: “Melania and I are saddened to hear…
Former President Joe Biden was diagnosed with an “aggressive form” of prostate cancer, according to a statement from his personal office Sunday, and it has spread to his bones, CNN…
“Well, tariffs are taxes, and when you put a tax on a business, it’s always passed through as a cost. So, there will be higher prices. The only trade that…
“Some consumer prices will likely rise due to tariffs, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent acknowledged on Sunday, even after the White House publicly warned retailers against it,” Axios reports. Save to…
“Russia targeted Ukraine on Sunday with one of its largest drone bombardments of the war, an apparent show of force only a day before President Trump is expected to talk…
“President Trump is playing an unusually active role in New York politics — getting involved in local campaigns, commandeering municipal projects and putting a thumb on the scale for both…
“Pope Leo XIV spurned J.D. Vance on Sunday, offering him a quick greeting after his inaugural mass while holding extensive private meetings with other world leaders,” the Daily Beast reports….
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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