A new Pew Research survey finds Joe Biden leading Donald Trump in the presidential race nationally, 52% to 42%.


A new Pew Research survey finds Joe Biden leading Donald Trump in the presidential race nationally, 52% to 42%.
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“Donald Trump’s Navy and Air Force are poised to cancel two nearly complete software projects that took 12 years and well over $800 million combined to develop, work initially aimed…
Washington Post: “Political leaders in Washington and Austin have assumed that the five newly drawn congressional districts — which Trump would have won by at least 10 percentage points in…
“A growing number of blue cities and states across the country, from Washington state to Rhode Island, are looking at ways to wring more revenue from their richest taxpayers,” the…
“First lady Melania Trump demanded that Hunter Biden retract comments linking her to sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and threatened to sue if he does not,” the AP reports. “Trump takes…
“Even before talks begin, President Vladimir Putin’s meeting with President Donald Trump at a U.S. military base in Alaska on Friday is advancing the Russian’s goal of redrawing the global…
Wall Street Journal: “About 80% of donations from the communications and electronics sector in the last election cycle went to Democrats, with a similar ratio at big tech companies like…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is “calling for a ban on single-stock trading by members of Congress, a push that could supercharge legislative efforts to ban the practice that have gained…
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is “quietly pressing former Rep. Mary Peltola (D) to plunge into the Alaska Senate race,” Axios reports. Save to Favorites
“Residents in one Washington, D.C., neighborhood lined up Wednesday to protest the increased police presence after the White House said the number of National Guard troops in the nation’s capital…
“People in this bucolic corner of England were already a bit testy about hordes of visiting Americans in recent years,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “Then the most high-profile one…
“California Gov. Gavin Newsom faces a major hurdle in his quest to revamp his state’s congressional lines, according to a new poll: Californians’ deep support for its current independent redistricting…
“President Donald Trump’s aggressive redistricting push is sparking public concern from an unusual mix of Republicans,” Politico reports. “Resistance to mid-decade redraws is running the ideological gamut and cutting across…
“President Donald Trump’s pick to run the Bureau of Labor Statistics was among the crowd outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, with the White House saying he was a…
“President Trump doesn’t have a limitation on his authority to make this country safe again. There is no limitation on that.” — Immigration czar Tom Homan, speaking to reporters. Save…
“House Democrats are looking on in agony as Congressional Progressive Caucus chair Greg Casar (D-TX) and Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) appear destined to duke it out for a single congressional…
“President Trump agreed with European leaders including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to red lines for the coming talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska and said he hoped to…
“President Trump is raking up global support in his push for a Nobel Peace Prize — garnering nominations from Pakistan, Cambodia, Israel and GOP lawmakers as he touts his role…
Former President George W. Bush and his brother, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, held a fundraiser in Kennebunkport for Jonathan Bush, their cousin who is exploring a run for Maine…
“South Park hit yet another home run with Season 27’s continued jokes about the Trump administration,” Deadline reports. “The second episode of Season 27 drew 6.2M global multi-platform viewers across…
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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