Donald Trump Jr. repeatedly claimed in a Fox News interview on Thursday night that coronavirus deaths had dropped to “almost nothing”—despite the fact that more than 1,000 Americans had died from the virus already that day.
Save to FavoritesPresident Trump shared a tweet from Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) urging him to pardon himself. Save to FavoritesTwitterFacebookLinkedInEmail
David Frum: “Here’s the first and most important thing to understand about the crime for which President Trump just pardoned former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn: Flynn did not lie…
“President-elect Joe Biden is leaning towards naming former senior Obama administration official and current investment executive Brian Deese his top economic adviser in the White House, although pushback from the…
“President-elect Joe Biden is leaning toward naming former Obama administration national security adviser Tom Donilon as his CIA director,” Politico reports. “The choice for the spymaster role is one of…
“History will record the shameful irony that a president who lied to avoid military service staged a bogus event on the hallowed grounds of Gettysburg in a brazen attempt to…
“President Trump phoned into a Pennsylvania state Senate hearing where his legal team was appearing as part of their shriveling legal battle against the election results,” NBC News reports. “After…
President Trump announced he had pardoned his former national security adviser Michael Flynn, ending a three-year legal saga that saw Flynn seek to withdraw a guilty plea for lying to…
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, told McClatchy that he expects a role in the incoming administration and would serve in a senior position if called upon…
“After years of denying allegations of lax financial oversight, the National Rifle Association has made a stunning declaration in a new tax filing: Current and former executives used the nonprofit…
Joe Scarborough, host of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” told his viewers that he would never be a Republican again after the party supported President Trump. Save to FavoritesTwitterFacebookLinkedInEmail
“North Dakota’s Supreme Court has stopped Gov. Doug Burgum (R) from appointing a state representative to a Bismarck-area House seat won by a deceased candidate,” the Bismarck Tribune reports. “Now…
“It’s not just Michael Flynn. The White House is weighing a wave of pardons and commutations by President Trump in his final weeks in office, prompting jockeying by a range…
“A razor-thin margin separating the Republican and Democrat candidates for an open southeast Iowa congressional seat continues to narrow as counties complete their recount of votes in what could become…
“As a congressional ethics office investigates Rep. Steven Palazzo’s (R-MS) campaign spending, a deeper look at his campaign finances raises questions of whether he uses his account as a second…
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock (D) boarded a flight to Houston ahead of Thanksgiving despite his warnings that people should stay close to home and only spend the holiday with their…
President-elect Joe Biden downplayed the prospect of pursuing investigations of President Trump after he leaves office, USA Today reports. Said Biden: “I will not do what this president does and…
“The Labor Department’s report Wednesday said jobless claims climbed from 748,000 the week before. Before the virus struck hard in mid-March, weekly claims typically amounted to roughly 225,000,” the AP…
Washington Post: “More Americans are going hungry now than at any point during the deadly coronavirus pandemic, according to a Post analysis of new federal data … Experts say it…
Bloomberg: “Republican and Democratic lawmakers have reached an agreement on spending levels for the annual spending bill needed to keep the government open after current funding runs out Dec. 11,…
“I don’t get it… All these other Republicans, all over the country, they all win their races. And I’m the only guy that loses?” — President Trump, quoted by Politico….
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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