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A new Quinnipiac poll finds just 40% of Democrats approve of the way the Democrats in Congress are handling their job, while 49% disapprove and 11% did not offer an…
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Adam Kinzinger: “There was a time, not too long ago, when America stood as the beacon of freedom, the defender of democracy, and the steadfast ally of those who resisted…
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“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered senior leaders at the Pentagon and throughout the U.S. military to develop plans for cutting 8 percent from the defense budget in each of…
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New York Times: “Mr. Trump has expressed interest in a deal that would include substantial investments and commitments from the Chinese to buy more American products (despite China’s failure to…
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Gallup: “Less than one month into his second term in office, President Trump’s job approval rating is at 45%, similar to his first post-inauguration reading of 47% in January.” Save…
Vice President J.D. Vance issued a stern warning to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky calling his public criticisms of President Donald Trump and the administration’s peace initiatives “disgraceful,” the National Pulse…
The Wall Street Journal condemned President Trump’s “rehabilitation” of Kremlin overlord Vladimir Putin in a seething critical editorial, the Daily Beast reports. From the editorial: “We realize that the ruthless…
The Trump administration is pulling New York City’s congestion pricing scheme — slamming it as “backwards and unfair” — in a major blow to Gov. Kathy Hochul, the New York Post…
“The Trump administration is expected to issue a public health order as soon as this week labeling migrants at the U.S. southern border as risks for spreading diseases, marking an…
“The senior Republican senator negotiating a deal to avoid a government shutdown in less than one month says the Trump administration might be breaking the law — and flouting the…
“The future looked bright for Luis Eduardo Perez Parra, Leonel Rivas Gonzalez and Abrahan Josue Barrios last week,” ABC News reports. “After being held in immigration custody for over a…
“President Trump’s media company sued a Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Wednesday, accusing him of illegally censoring right-wing voices on social media,” the New York Times reports. “The unusual move…
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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