White House adviser Peter Navarro attacks Dr. Anthony Fauci in a remarkable USA Today op-ed:
“Dr. Anthony Fauci has a good bedside manner with the public, but he has been wrong about everything I have interacted with him on.”


White House adviser Peter Navarro attacks Dr. Anthony Fauci in a remarkable USA Today op-ed:
“Dr. Anthony Fauci has a good bedside manner with the public, but he has been wrong about everything I have interacted with him on.”
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G. Elliot Morris notes 17 Republican and 11 Democratic U.S. House members have said they won’t run for re-election next year. “Historically, the number of net retirements for each party…
As the Sept. 30 government shutdown looms, extra cash for lawmaker security is the “only remaining holdup” keeping GOP leaders from unveiling plans for a two-month funding patch, Politico reports….
“Former Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan entered the race for Georgia governor on Tuesday as a Democrat, completing a political transformation that has taken him from a pro-Donald Trump Republican to…
President Trump was asked by a reporter about Charlie Kirk: REPORTER: My condolences on the loss of your friend Charlie Kirk. How are you holding up? TRUMP: I think very…
“Workers across the country who’ve mocked Charlie Kirk’s death online have quickly learned their words can get them fired,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “From American Airlines to Nasdaq—and in…
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is scheduled to speak about political violence later today, less than a week after a gunman assassinated conservative influencer Charlie Kirk, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports. Save…
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“Congress is inching toward a bipartisan agreement to reverse the Trump administration’s recent renaming of several Army bases across the southern United States that had long been politically controversial for…
“A special election in Minnesota on Tuesday will determine who will fill the seat of the late Democratic state Rep. Melissa Hortman, just over three months after she and her…
“President Donald Trump is set to spend nearly all of his two-day state visit to Britain this week behind closed doors — or, at least, manicured hedges — far from…
New York Times: “High-profile elections this fall — including a contentious ballot measure in California over redistricting and governor’s races in New Jersey and Virginia — have captured significant attention…
“The Democratic National Committee will spend another $1.5 million on New Jersey’s off-year gubernatorial race, upping its commitment in a state that Republicans believe is trending their way,” Semafor reports….
“Talk of replacing Prime Minister Keir Starmer as leader of the Labour Party has spilled into the open, but the lack of a plausible replacement may keep the rebels at…
Politico: “In interviews with nearly a dozen Republicans on Capitol Hill, all up for reelection, some dithered over whether Kennedy, a longtime anti-vaccine activist who’s using his position to revisit…
New York Times: “Tariffs triggered a plunge in China’s exports to the United States, but its global trade surplus is larger because sales to other regions are surging.” Save to…
New York Times: “The ground operation and intensifying Israeli bombardment risk deepening the humanitarian crisis in a war that has already killed tens of thousands of Palestinians.” 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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