“I think a pandemic might do it. Something that could affect millions of people indiscriminately and from which you could not insulate yourself even if you were rich.”
— Author Michael Lewis, quoted by the Observer, when asked in December 2019 what it would take for America to want a leader who understood the importance of scientific knowledge.
Save to Favorites“Elon Musk is pushing lawmakers to help clear a path for driverless vehicles, part of a broader effort behind the scenes to lobby for a key priority of Tesla Inc,”…
The nonprofit Public Broadcasting Service and one of its local affiliates on Friday said they sued the Trump administration over the executive order seeking to cease all federal funding to…
“The Trump administration’s clean up of the ‘Make America Healthy Again’ Commission’s hallmark and error-riddled report is opening new questions about how the report’s authors drew some of its sweeping…
“DOGE has installed geniuses with an engineering mindset and unbelievably talented people on computers. I actually asked Elon one time, what’s their primary thing? And they have a lot of…
“A trade truce between the U.S. and China is at risk of falling apart, as China’s slow-walking on rare-earth exports fuels U.S. recriminations that China is reneging on the deal,”…
Elon Musk, when asked by reporters in the Oval Office about a bruise near his eye, said his son punched him in the face, the New York Times reports. Said…
“President Trump is bidding farewell to Elon Musk, who slashed his way through the federal government via his Department of Government Efficiency, in an Oval Office news conference that appeared…
“Coronavirus vaccines are still recommended for healthy children if their doctors approve, according to updated immunization schedules published late Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, contradicting Health…
“The Trump administration is escalating its campaign against Harvard University — and looking for new ways to bring the storied institution to heel,” Politico reports. “The White House convened officials…
Former President Biden took questions from reporters on Friday at a public event in Delaware: REPORTER: There’s also been a lot of discussion recently about your mental and physical capabilities…
The State Department Friday instructed all U.S. embassies and consulates to “immediately” start more extensive vetting for those looking to travel to Harvard University “for any purpose,” Axios reports. Save…
“For weeks, White House officials and Republican operatives weren’t quite sure when, or if, Elon Musk would actually be leaving the government,” Wired reports. “Now, many Republicans are already looking…
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) pushed back against constituents who shouted out at her recent town hall meeting that cuts to Medicaid would cause people to die, responding: “People are not…
Stat: “A new study tried to predict the consequences if the rest of the nation were to follow suit. In five years, the researchers estimated, 7.5% more U.S. children ages…
The Independent: “Co-opting a famous phrase from the 1980 John Belushi-Dan Aykroyd classic The Blues Brothers, Donald Trump posted a cryptic meme on Wednesday night declaring that he is ‘on…
Ilya Somin: “A court’s decision affirmed a fundamental American principle: The president is no king, and he does not have the power to impose taxes in the form of tariffs…
“A divided Supreme Court on Friday cleared the way, for now, for the Trump administration to revoke the temporary legal status of more than 530,000 migrants from four countries who…
President Trump and Elon Musk are set to appear together at a 1:30 p.m. ET press conference in the Oval Office today—an event that promises to be even more combustible…
New York Times: “In March, President Trump signed an executive order calling for the federal government to share data across agencies, raising questions over whether he might compile a master…
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.