With 13 days to go, more than 40 million ballots have already been cast in the 2020 presidential election.
That represents 30% of the total number of votes cast in the 2016 election.
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“Sen. Patrick Leahy was hospitalized out of an abundance of caution on Wednesday, just hours after presiding over the opening of former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial,” CNN reports….
“The Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office has been tasked with attempting to return a $2 million stockpile of a malaria drug once touted by former President Donald Trump as a way…
“The Biden administration on Tuesday said it would boost the supply of coronavirus vaccines sent to states by about 16% for the next three weeks and will purchase enough additional…
Sens. Tim Kaine and Susan Collins are privately pitching their colleagues on a bipartisan resolution censuring former President Trump, Axios reports. “Senators are looking for a way to condemn Trump…
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) told Business Insider that he is not running for president in 2024. Save to FavoritesTwitterFacebookLinkedInEmail
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) repeatedly indicated support for executing prominent Democratic politicians in 2018 and 2019 before being elected to Congress, a CNN KFile review of hundreds of posts…
“Republicans rallied en masse on Tuesday against trying former President Donald Trump for ‘incitement of insurrection,’ with only five members of his party joining Democrats in voting to go forward…
New York Times: “The pardon also left three other men who were indicted with Steve Bannon in an unusual and unenviable predicament. None of them received pardons and so they…
Wall Street Journal: “Democrats are likely to eventually move to a process called budget reconciliation to pass at least part of the legislation with a simple majority in the Senate….
“Sen. Rand Paul will force a vote Tuesday on whether putting a former president on trial for impeachment charges is constitutional,” Politico reports. “Paul’s effort reflects the widespread belief among…
Larry Kudlow, the former CNBC star who served as director of President Donald J. Trump’s National Economic Council, was named the host of a new daily show on Fox Business…
“In a hearing on her nomination for Commerce Department secretary on Tuesday, Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo told lawmakers that she will pursue changes to Section 230 if confirmed,” The…
The Senate voted 78-22 on Tuesday to confirm Antony Blinken as Secretary of State, Axios reports. Save to FavoritesTwitterFacebookLinkedInEmail
“President Joe Biden had his first call with Vladimir Putin on Tuesday,” the AP reports. “Biden raised concerns about the arrest of opposition figure Alexei Navalny while pressing the Russian…
“Schools operating in person have seen scant transmission of the coronavirus, particularly when masks and distancing are employed, but some indoor athletics have led to infections and should be curtailed…
“A week into the job, President Biden’s White House medical team has administered the coronavirus vaccine to several hundred staffers — and aims to vaccinate all in-person staff over the…
“Former White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany is the latest official to take advantage of the revolving door between Fox News and the Trump administration,” according to her termination financial…
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Tuesday condemned Democratic support for abolishing the legislative filibuster, arguing that it would create a “scorched-earth Senate,” Axios reports. Said McConnell: “No short…
“The commander of the D.C. National Guard said the Pentagon restricted his authority ahead of the riot at the U.S. Capitol, requiring higher level sign-off to respond that cost time…
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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