“The surge in the United States is so extreme that, once adjusted for population… 10 states are recording more new cases than any country in the world,” the New York Times reports.
Save to FavoritesHarry Litman: “It’s difficult to overstate how dangerous this moment is. Using the machinery of criminal justice to pursue manufactured charges against political predecessors is the stuff of strongmen and…
Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) “has been accused by a beauty pageant titleholder of threatening to release intimate videos and private images of her after she ended their romantic relationship,” CBS…
“The FBI is forcing out at least two agents, including a former acting head of the bureau, as the director, Kash Patel, continues a purge at the nation’s premier law…
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Conservative podcaster Candace Owens recounted a conversation she had with President Trump about French president Emmanuel Macron’s wife, Brigitte: TRUMP: She’s old and this is really, really impacting her. I…
Indiana state Rep. Matt Pierce (D) told CNN that Democrats will “use every procedural maneuver available” to “pushback” on Republican efforts to redistrict his state. Said Pierce: “We are in…
“Anybody who has been around me for the last few years saw this coming… Donald Trump has sucked the life and soul and the direction of the Republican Party out….
Politico: “When he ran for Senate in 2022, Conor Lamb was thrashed by over 30 points in the Democratic Senate primary. He lost every county in the state as the…
M.G. Siegler: “First, I simply must apologize to Mark Zuckerberg. As embarrassing and cringe-worthy as his shows of fealty to Donald Trump may have been in the past, they don’t…
“Texas Democrats had been out of state for less than 48 hours when Gov. Greg Abbott moved to have their seats declared vacant,” the Texas Tribune reports. “The emergency legal…
There are 175 federal employees, mostly civil servants, named on “watchlists” posted online by the American Accountability Foundation, “which wants them removed from their jobs for allegedly promoting liberal ideologies,”…
Foreign Policy: “For the French political elite, this is a moment of scarcely concealed glee. The Trump administration’s deep hostility toward Europe—including the imposition of steep new tariffs, verbal attacks…
“In his first half-year in office — amid his tariff campaign, government-slashing moves and immigration crackdown — President Donald Trump has also repeatedly delivered for conservative Christians, who form the…
“Congress’ website for the U.S. Constitution was changed to delete the last two sections of Article I, which include provisions such as habeas corpus, forbidding the naming of titles of…
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) said that the FBI “had agreed to his request to help track down dozens of Democratic Texas state lawmakers who left the state to prevent a…
“The White House is sending nine Cabinet secretaries across the country to try to sell President Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ to skeptical voters — a move underscoring the administration’s increasing…
Jonathan Martin: “Congressional Republicans have, with little resistance, accepted all manner of indignities since Donald Trump’s rise to power. They’ve been made to answer for his likening a porn star’s…
“Intel shares fell over 3% premarket after President Trump called on the company’s chief executive to resign because of his past ties to China, the latest challenge to hit the…
“Less than five years after urging rioters to ‘kill’ police at the Capitol, a former Jan. 6 defendant is working as a senior adviser for the Department of Justice, which…
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.