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President Trump said he “will not permit” defense companies to issue dividends or stock buybacks until those firms address his complaints about the industry, CNBC reports. Save to Favorites
Semafor: “As President Donald Trump’s administration refuses to rule out the use of the military to assert U.S. control of the Danish territory, Republicans are more urgently warning his advisers…
New York Times: “Mr. Khanna, an ambitious 49-year-old Democrat seen as a possible 2028 presidential candidate, has publicly defended a proposed one-time wealth tax in California that has angered some…
Democratic and Republican senators agreed that top Trump administration officials laid out a detailed plan about what comes next for the U.S. plans to control oil in Venezuela in a…
President Trump is moving to ban large investors from buying single-family homes, a potential blow for private-equity landlords, the Wall Street Journal reports. Said Trump: “I am immediately taking steps…
“A federal immigration officer shot and killed a person in Minneapolis on Wednesday during an enforcement operation,” the New York Times reports. “The shooting came as the Trump administration intensified…
Republicans have decided to make the threat of a third Trump impeachment a major get-out-the-vote talking point for the midterms. The pitch to Trump’s base is blunt and emotional. If…
Oona Hathaway: “Last year marked the 80th anniversary of the 1945 United Nations Charter, a document signed by 51 nations at the close of World War II. The signatories pledged…
“We should take him at his word that the president is deadly serious about invading other countries.” — House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), speaking to reporters. Save to Favorites
“President Donald Trump has revived his long-running ambition to bring Greenland under U.S. control, but traders putting money on the outcome are skeptical it will happen this year, while assigning…
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday that he will meet with officials from Denmark next week about Greenland, CNBC reports. Save to Favorites
Speaker Mike Johnson said Wednesday that he expects the State of the Union will take place on Feb. 24, though the date does not appear to be set in stone…
Casey Michel: “Consider the immediate fallout of the U.S. announcing in the not-too-distant future that it was annexing Greenland. Domestically, little would change; as an American territory, Greenland would only…
“Trump administration officials made sweeping changes to U.S. federal dietary guidelines, recommending that people avoid highly processed foods, dramatically increase protein intake and skip added sugar,” the Wall Street Journal…
Former FBI deputy director Dan Boningo spent much of the day feuding with former Rep. Matt Gaetz, calling the OAN host a “suckling little doggie” and a “piece of shit”…
President Trump used “part of a meandering speech to House Republicans to beg photographers to make him look thin,” the Daily Beast reports. Said Trump: “Make me look thin for…
“Political strategists say Democrats running in competitive races in this year’s midterm elections for the House and Senate should steer clear of making President Trump the centerpiece of their campaigns,”…
Donald Trump’s allies are crowing over the political downfall of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, treating it as another scalp for the MAGA wall. That framing badly misses the point. Join…
Out next month: American Struggle: Democracy, Dissent, and the Pursuit of a More Perfect Union by Jon Meacham. “America has had shining hours, and also dark ones.” Save to Favorites
U.S. forces seized a Russian-flagged tanker Wednesday that had evaded a naval blockade near Venezuela, the Washington Post reports. Save to Favorites
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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