Beaumont, TX Mayor Becky Ames (R) apologized for violating her own stay-at-home order after a photo surfaced on social media of her at a nail salon, NBC News reports.
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Donald Trump is once again trying to change the rules of the game. In a series of misleading posts and public comments, Trump vowed to eliminate mail-in ballots — even…
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) was booed and picketed during an event honoring a late public servant in her state on Monday, with protesters calling her “a Nazi” and “a bully,”…
“Democrats are tortured by what they should stand for now and heading into the 2028 elections. But a number of current trends suggest a likely answer: their own version of…
Reuters/Ipsos poll: “The latest poll showed Hispanics, a group that swung toward Trump in last year’s election, have also soured on the president. Some 32% approved of his performance in…
President Trump — in a series of misleading statements on social media and public comments — said he would work to get rid of mail-in ballots and sign an executive…
“Indiana’s entire Republican congressional delegation just endorsed Trump’s mid-decade redistricting plan,” Politico reports. Save to Favorites
Politico: “Vance will visit Peachtree City, Georgia, on Thursday to sell Republicans’ recently passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act — which the White House is now referring to as ‘working…
“Since he took office in 2019, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) has sought to place himself on the front lines of orienting the Republican Party around a mix of economic populism…
“There must be a push for peace to end the war between Russia and Ukraine, but French President Emmanuel Macron is skeptical that Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to…
Playbook: “For Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, yesterday began with a diplomatic whirlwind. It ended with a great sigh of relief.” “Hours of meetings in Washington — Zelensky with President Donald…
Wall Street Journal: “U.S. and other North Atlantic Treaty Organization troops are flocking to the European Arctic, where international tensions are simmering. Militaries haven’t clashed in the high north in…
New York Times: “The Knight Foundation and other top organizations are aiming to provide $50 million to stabilize the stations most at risk from the recent federal government funding cuts.”…
“For President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, a lot is riding on how much he can trust President Trump,” the New York Times reports. “Mr. Trump offered only vague assurances on…
Hamas accepted a new ceasefire proposal pushed by Egypt and Qatar that would release Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners, though it’s unclear if the terms are agreeable to Israel, the…
Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier (D) returned to the Texas Capitol on Monday “but says she remains locked inside the Capitol because she wouldn’t sign a permission slip to be…
Tom Nichols: “The meeting at the White House today yielded little progress toward peace—but it could have been far worse.” Save to Favorites
NOTUS: “Former Sen. Sherrod Brown formally entered the state’s Senate race on Monday, less than a year after voters rejected the blue-collar Democrat’s bid for a fourth term and after…
California Democrats unveiled a new congressional map that could flip as many as five seats to Democrats, but drawing the lines may prove to be the easy part. The legislature…
“The governors of Mississippi and Louisiana said on Monday that they would deploy hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington, joining three other Republican-led states that have recently heeded President…
President Trump’s approval rating held at 40 percent in recent weeks, matching the lowest level of his current term amid weak ratings from Hispanic voters, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos…
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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