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“President Trump’s political operation is digging into its massive war chest to bankroll a multimillion-dollar voter turnout effort in the final days of the New Jersey and Virginia governor races,”…
“Andrew Cuomo has repeatedly said that it would be difficult for him to win with Curtis Sliwa in the race. Sliwa, the Republican candidate, said in an interview that he…
Bloomberg: “November 4 effectively marks the unofficial kick-off to the 2026 election season. That’s when three states and the biggest city in the US will go to the polls for…
Punchbowl News: “It was subtle, and it’s not clear that anyone is any closer to getting to a resolution, but after weeks of groundhog days, we’ll take any signs of…
“Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada said on Saturday that he had apologized this week to President Trump for an anti-tariff television ad from a Canadian province that led the…
The latest episode of Trial Balloon is live for members. What goes up, must come down — and that’s been the tale of Donald Trump’s approval rating. Join now to…
“Former President Barack Obama is expected to join Representative Mikie Sherrill Saturday night in Newark, the latest in a string of visits by Democratic Party leaders as New Jersey’s hotly…
Jonathan Martin: “The most revealing element of next week’s election is that President Donald Trump is all but ensuring defeat for Republicans, and his party is doing next to nothing…
“President Trump on Friday said he isn’t considering ordering military attacks in Venezuela, two weeks after suggesting ground strikes were possible,” the Wall Street Journal reports. Save to Favorites
New York Times: “The pain of the government shutdown is growing more acute as it grinds toward the five-week mark, with Congress showing little movement toward a resolution. But President…
New York Times: “It was 2013, and conservative Republicans in the House and Senate pushed their leaders to block legislation to extend government spending unless it also repealed the Affordable…
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) went after “pathetic Republican men” after Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) implored people to ignore her, arguing that such directives were misogynistic, The Wrap reports. Sid…
President Trump sat down with Norah O’Donnell on Friday for an exclusive interview airing Sunday on 60 Minutes, CBS News reports. Save to Favorites
“The top Republican and Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee said on Friday that the Pentagon had refused for weeks to share with Congress key information about its strikes…
The United Nations said Friday that U.S. airstrikes on alleged drug trafficking boats in the Caribbean and the Pacific Ocean violate international human rights law and must stop, ABC News…
“It’s one of the most thorough legal rebukes in recent memory,” Politico reports. “More than 100 federal judges have now ruled at least 200 times that the Trump administration’s effort…
At an airport in South Carolina on Thursday, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) called police officers “fucking incompetent” and berated them repeatedly, Wired reports. Save to Favorites
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“President Donald Trump returned from an action-packed and trade-focused swing through Asia to the U.S. government still stuck in shutdown mode,” Bloomberg reports. “But negotiating an end to the standoff,…
“The Pentagon has deliberately shifted its strategy in recent weeks to striking suspected narcotraffickers in the eastern Pacific Ocean, rather than the Caribbean Sea, because administration officials believe they have…
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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