A day after disclosing a “consensual, inappropriate messaging relationship” with a local television anchor, Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz (D) resigned Tuesday, the Anchorage Daily News reports.
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NBC News spoke to 18 Trump voters who said President Trump had not met their expectations on the economy. Key finding: “None regretted their vote for Trump last year, in…
“New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has spoken privately with several Democratic governors about how to take on President Trump and tackle other priorities,” Axios reports. “The meetings — with…
Karen Tumulty: “The MAGA base has had little trouble looking the other way when it comes to Donald Trump’s trampling of norms and ethical standards: the coarseness; the indictments; the…
Playbook: “There are real-world ramifications of this story exploding back onto the agenda. The White House did not want to spend yesterday talking about Epstein, does not want to spend…
Gallup: “The 17-point drop in the percentage of U.S. adults who say religion is an important part of their daily life — from 66% in 2015 to 49% today —…
Jeffrey Epstein described President Trump as “borderline insane,” and his lawyer Alan Dershowitz as only “a few feet further from the border but not by much,” in newly-released emails from…
“Speaker Mike Johnson announced Wednesday that he would put a contentious bill compelling the release of all of the Justice Department’s Jeffrey Epstein case files to a vote on the…
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“The U.K. has long been torn between two mutually exclusive desires: Voters want European levels of welfare with American levels of taxation,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “By accident or…
“The turning point in the government’s longest shutdown didn’t involve President Trump or Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “Instead, after the Senate adjourned for the…
“Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, is known as an inveterate workhorse. She often skips social gatherings and has openly rejected the idea of work-life balance,” the New York Times…
“America’s Roman Catholic bishops on Wednesday rebuked the Trump administration’s aggressive deportation campaign in a rare and near-unanimous statement that framed the immigration crisis in starkly moral terms,” the New…
Punchbowl News: “So who won? No one. This record-breaking shutdown was bad for the country, bad for the economy and especially bad for Congress as an institution — particularly the…
Politico: “The bipartisan deal to end the funding lapse includes a long-term agreement on just three of the dozen bills lawmakers need to finish each year to keep cash flowing…
“Secretary of State Marco Rubio left a meeting of major foreign allies on Wednesday saying that he had heard no objections to ongoing U.S. military strikes targeting what the Trump…
“From New Jersey to California, the Trump administration has installed handpicked federal prosecutors by sidestepping the customary confirmation process, drawing legal challenges that have clouded the cases they brought,” the…
“President Trump’s long friendship with Jeffrey Epstein came to an apparent end in the mid-2000s. But Mr. Epstein remained intently focused on Mr. Trump for years afterward, seeking to exploit…
“The Republican-led House approved a spending package to reopen the government late Wednesday, sending the measure ending the record-long 43-day shutdown to President Trump’s desk for his signature,” the Wall…
A discharge petition spearheaded by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) secured its 218th signature on Nov. 12, a crucial step to force a House floor vote…
“House Democratic leadership presented fresh polling to rank-and-file members this afternoon, arguing their party won the shutdown even amid fury on the left over Senate Democrats’ decision to fold after a 40-plus-day…
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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