Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) and Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-TX) will deliver the Democratic response to President Trump’s State of the Union address.
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“Lobbyists expecting a more conventional pick to lead the government’s $3 trillion health agency than Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the brash contrarian President-elect Donald Trump named on Thursday to take…
“Senior officials on President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team on Friday weighed the future of Pete Hegseth, Trump’s choice to lead the Defense Department, amid new revelations that police investigated an…
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New York Times: “Emboldened, confident in his instincts and more contemptuous than ever of Washington expertise, Mr. Trump is staffing the most important roles in his government at breakneck speed….
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Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), who was unseated last week by Republican businessman Bernie Moreno, seems open to a bid to replace Sen. JD Vance (R-OH), who will be leaving the…
With 152.7 million votes now counted in the presidential race, Donald Trump leads Kamala Harris 49.99% to 48.22%, according to the Cook Political Report. Save to Favorites
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An attorney representing two women who were witnesses in the House Ethics Committee’s investigation into now-former Rep. Matt Gaetz is calling for the release of the committee’s report, telling ABC…
Pete Hegseth, the Army National Guard veteran and Fox News host nominated by Donald Trump to lead the Department of Defense, was flagged as a possible “Insider Threat” by a…
“President-elect Donald Trump has selected longtime aide and media personality Karoline Leavitt to be his White House press secretary and carry the message of his administration publicly as he returns…
“Fox Business Network host Larry Kudlow, whom Trump had considered naming to a senior economic policy role, informed the president-elect’s team that he doesn’t want to return to government,” the…
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) said that Tulsi Gabbard, Donald Trump’s controversial pick for director of national intelligence, “is likely a Russian asset,” the Daily Beast reports. Save to Favorites
“The vast majority of votes from this election have been counted, with just a few million ballots outstanding in western states. Total turnout is on track to fall just short…
Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is ticking off some House Democrats for publicly opining on what her party did wrong in 2024, Axios reports. Said one senior Democrat: “She needs…
“President-elect Donald Trump announced on Friday that he had chosen Steven Cheung, his chief campaign spokesman, to be his White House communications director,” the New York Times reports. Save to…
“Donald Trump just announced that, in addition to formally naming Gov. Doug Burgum of North Dakota as his choice for interior secretary, he would appoint him as the chairman of…
“House Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) won’t seek a waiver to retain his committee gavel, ending his six-year tenure as the panel’s top Republican,” Axios reports. “McCaul’s decision opens…
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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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