President Trump said that he “considers firing everybody” when asked if he considered firing Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, The Hill reports.
Washington Post: Trump appears to mock his Pentagon chief.
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Washington Post: Trump appears to mock his Pentagon chief.
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Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) said Tuesday’s election showed a realignment of the Republican Party and the American electorate that centers less on race and more on occupation, the Washington Post…
Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) said Americans now have a responsibility “to do everything we can to support and defend our Constitution, preserve the rule of law, and ensure that…
Wall Street Journal: “One reason Republicans performed so well is because of the major inroads Trump made with younger male voters. Voter survey numbers from Tuesday showed Trump won 18-…
New York Times: “Mr. Trump has already sought to undermine the independence of the justice system. During his first term, he demanded personal loyalty from officials across the executive branch…
Yascha Mounk: “Back in 2016, the whiff of aberration hung over Trump’s success. His opponents could claim that his victory was some strange historical fluke. They could put it down…
Charlie Sykes: “Whatever the final margin, the American people have returned this blatantly, dangerously unfit man to power. In the end, nothing mattered. Not the sexual assaults, the frauds, the…
Ruth Marcus: “I am reeling, to be honest…. I cannot fathom the notion of Trump as a ‘better politician.’ Everything that happened over the last few weeks, in particular —…
“Don’t ask whose fault this was. Plenty of time for second-guessing and recriminations. Ask instead, what can you do? For my part, that means telling the truth as I see…
I won’t be the Monday morning quarterback and tell you what Kamala Harris should have done differently. She ran a near flawless campaign. Should she have done more interviews? Should…
Susan Glasser: “Electing Donald J. Trump once could be dismissed as a fluke, an aberration, a terrible mistake—a consequential one, to be sure, yet still fundamentally an error.” “But America…
“Stock futures jumped and Treasury yields surged as Donald Trump inched toward victory in the presidential election, with investors piling into trades aligned with his policies on areas including tariffs,…
Playbook; “It seemed unthinkable on Jan. 7, 2021. Now it’s reality.” “Donald Trump will retake the presidency after making sweeping gains in state after state, with group after group, slashing…
“Donald J. Trump has defeated Vice President Kamala Harris, riding a wave of anxiousness over inflation and illegal immigration to bring a strongman-style politics to the White House, and making…
Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) has won a third term, staving off a spirited and unexpectedly tough challenge from independent Dan Osborn and giving her party enough seats to take the…
“One trend is coming in clear across the more than 1,300 counties that have reported close to complete results already: Donald Trump is improving on his 2020 margins,” Politico reports….
The polls are closed in most parts of Alaska, and Hawaii. All polls will be closed by 1 a.m. ET. New York Times: “The polls are now closed in Hawaii,…
Donald Trump is now very likely to win re-election. He has the edge in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin — all states Kamala Harris needs to win. But it’s very close…
The polls are closed in California, Washington, and the remaining parts of Idaho and Oregon. Save to Favorites
This is going to be a very close presidential race. It looks like it’s coming down to whether Kamala Harris can hold the Blue Wall. If she does, she’ll win…
The polls are closed in Montana, Utah, Nevada, parts of Idaho, and most of Oregon. New York Times: “The polls are now closed in all seven presidential swing states, with…
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.
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