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“In the aftermath of President Trump’s epic falling out with Elon Musk, staffers within the Department of Government Efficiency face an ironic position after spending months paring back jobs and…
“The relationship between President Donald Trump and billionaire and self-styled “first buddy” Elon Musk ruptured this week, with the former allies trading insults and threats on social media. It’s not…
“In his war with Harvard, President Trump has sought to withhold billions of dollars in federal funding from the school and strip its tax exemptions, measures the White House initially…
“Joe Biden’s doctor should have given him a cognitive test during his final year as president because of his age, Barack Obama’s former physician said in an interview, contending that…
“The Trump administration will send at least 2,000 National Guardsmen to Los Angeles after two days of protests that erupted in response to federal deportation operations,” the Wall Street Journal…
Dan Balz: “There will be no true winners in the spectacular breakup between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, two alpha males with enormous egos and a penchant for rhetorical…
“The U.S. economy, which weathered false recession alarms in 2023 and 2024, is entering another uncomfortable summer,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “Job growth held steady in May, with the…
“In public, President Vladimir Putin of Russia says his country’s growing friendship with China is unshakable — a strategic military and economic collaboration that has entered a golden era,” the…
In a challenge to President Trump’s vow to take control of Greenland, President Emmanuel Macron of France will visit the enormous Arctic island on June 15 with the aim of…
Washington Post: “After Bessent and Musk exited the Oval Office and began walking down the hallway, the two men started to exchange insults… Bessent brought up Musk’s claims that he…
“Ambitious Democrats with an eye on a presidential run are in the middle of a slow-motion Sister Souljah moment,” Politico reports. “Searching for a path out of the political wilderness,…
“Less than two days after Elon Musk slammed President Donald Trump over the megabill moving through Congress, the billionaire appeared to remove several of his most scathing posts on X…
President Donald Trump on Saturday said there would be “serious consequences” if tech mogul Elon Musk funds Democratic candidates to run against Republicans who vote in favor of the GOP’s…
“NASA and Pentagon officials moved swiftly this past week to urge competitors to Elon Musk’s SpaceX to more quickly develop alternative rockets and spacecraft after President Donald Trump threatened to…
“Republicans are increasingly worried that budget cuts by Elon Musk’s DOGE could cost them dearly in November’s vote for Virginia governor — an early electoral test of President Trump’s policies,”…
“Vice President JD Vance said Elon Musk is making a ‘huge mistake’ in going after Donald Trump and expressed hopes the billionaire will come back into the fold following the…
“Musk’s team at the U.S. DOGE Service and allies in the Trump administration ignored White House communications experts worried about potential security breaches when DOGE personnel installed Musk’s Starlink internet…
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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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