“Japan’s new prime minister said on Monday the nation will seek to become carbon-neutral by 2050, a move that will require huge changes in its fossil fuel-heavy energy mix in order to succeed,” Axios reports.
Save to FavoritesBetsy Klein: “I have covered Melania Trump for the better part of the last decade. I’ve traveled to her native Slovenia and met childhood classmates, flown on her plane and…
“Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) faces a tougher-than-expected vote to reopen the government this week, after House Democrats pushing for sweeping changes to immigration enforcement signaled they wouldn’t help Republicans pass…
Monica Hesse reviews “Melania” in the Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post: “There is a controversial new Amazon documentary about Melania Trump released this weekend, and every single review I’ve read has…
“This is not the book that Gavin Newsom says he set out to write. In fact, it’s not even the book he initially wrote,” the New York Times reports. “That…
President Trump says he’s “giving it a serious look” on making an endorsement in the Texas Republican U.S. Senate primary. Said Trump: “I like all of them. All three. You’ll…
“Democratic leaders both in Michigan and D.C. are growing more worried by the day that the hard-fought contest, which won’t be decided until the August primary, will exacerbate ideological tensions…
President Trump took questions from reporters: REPORTER: In Texas, a Democrat won a special election in an area you won by 17 points. What is your reaction? TRUMP: I don’t…
President Trump endorsed former Sen. John E. Sununu (R-NH) over former Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) in the Republican primary for the New Hampshire U.S. Senate seat. Save to Favorites
Salt Lake Tribune: “After filling the two new seats, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox will have appointed five of the seven justices.” “In addition to dealing the Legislature a crushing blow…
Minnesota Star Tribune: “A federal judge denied an effort by Minnesota and the cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis to swiftly halt the Trump administration’s surge of immigration agents to…
“The Democratic National Committee is entering the 2026 midterm election year at a staggering financial disadvantage, trailing the Republican National Committee by nearly $100 million,” the New York Times reports….
Federal election filings show that Trump-affiliated accounts now have $375 million on hand, an unprecedented sum for a president who can’t run again and a higher total than any other…
Wall Street Journal: “Four days before Donald Trump’s inauguration last year, lieutenants to an Abu Dhabi royal secretly signed a deal with the Trump family to purchase a 49% stake…
President Trump joked during a speech Saturday night that he would sue Kevin Warsh, his nominee to chair the Federal Reserve, if he didn’t lower interest rates, the Wall Street…
President Trump dismissed the idea that the U.N. could ever leave New York, even as senior U.N. officials warn that the organization could be forced to scale back operations and…
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche was interviewed on CNN by Dana Bash: BASH: Was it about trying to make a an example out of somebody who the president has sparred…
“President Trump is warning of a possible Democratic victory in November’s midterm elections, seemingly lowering expectations for Republican wins well ahead of any voters heading to the ballot box,” The…
“Good Lord. I’m not Joe Biden for God’s sake.” — Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D), quoted by CNN, reiterating that she would serve just one term if elected as the…
CNN: “The Maryland governor is so popular in his solidly blue state that former Republican Gov. Larry Hogan, who’d been eager to take another run at his old job, preemptively…
“Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has turned GOP policy orthodoxy on its head with his attacks on food and pharma,” Politico reports. “He’s also turning Republicans into advocates of eating more…
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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