President Trump tweets:
“Why is Joe Biden so quickly forming a Cabinet when my investigators have found hundreds of thousands of fraudulent votes, enough to ‘flip’ at least four States, which in turn is more than enough to win the Election?”


President Trump tweets:
“Why is Joe Biden so quickly forming a Cabinet when my investigators have found hundreds of thousands of fraudulent votes, enough to ‘flip’ at least four States, which in turn is more than enough to win the Election?”
“When Representative Kevin McCarthy was short the votes he needed to become speaker in January, he didn’t browbeat his far-right Republican detractors or threaten retribution. Instead, he granted them major…
Washington Post: “Lawmakers have until 12:01 a.m. Sunday to pass a new law to extend government funding, or a wide range of critical federal services will come to a halt….
Melania Trump has “quietly” renegotiated her prenuptial agreement with Donald Trump in advance of his potentially serving a second term in the White House, the New York Post reports. Save…
“Robert Hur, the special counsel investigating President Biden’s handling of classified documents while serving as vice president, has interviewed many of Mr. Biden’s closest aides and advisers in a quiet…
Politico: “After a series of questions about the Constitution and Trump’s conduct after the 2020 presidential election, 51 percent said the 14th Amendment prohibits Trump from running again because he…
“President Joe Biden placed a big bet that he could sell an improving economy under the banner of ‘Bidenomics,’” Politico reports. “Three months later, some allied Democrats fear he’s made…
The latest episode of Trial Balloon is live for members. Republicans running for president have a debate train wreck, while Republicans in the House are about to shut down the…
Politico: “It’s the question reverberating on Capitol Hill after the simmering feud between the Florida conservative and Speaker Kevin McCarthy flared up again Thursday morning in a closed-door meeting, with…
New York Times: “The political action committee, called Win It Back, has close ties to the influential fiscally conservative group Club for Growth. It has already spent more than $4…
“He may be facing bribery charges and calls for his resignation from more than half of his Senate Democratic colleagues. But donors can still hit the links and dine with…
“A contingent of far-right House Republicans are plotting an attempt to remove Kevin McCarthy as House speaker as early as next week, a move that would throw the chamber into…
Salt Lake Tribune: “As the Republican field to replace Sen. Mitt Romney next year continues to expand, the list of notable Utahns who aren’t running is growing, too. The senator’s…
“President Biden issued a broad and blistering attack against former President Donald Trump on Thursday, accusing his predecessor and would-be successor of inciting violence, seeking unfettered power and plotting to…
Politico: “If you’re a federal worker who doesn’t know what the future holds, we’re here to tell you: Your duly elected Congress doesn’t know what the future holds, either.” “But…
“In a surprise move, former President Donald Trump has decided not to seek to move his criminal trial from Fulton County to federal court,” the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports. “In…
Donald Trump has sued a former British MI6 officer who penned the infamous “golden showers” dossier which claimed that Trump had been “compromised” by Russia, The Independent reports. Save to…
New York Times: “The moment — which largely escaped attention in real time but was noted by The Daily Signal, a news website published by the conservative Heritage Foundation think…
A new FiveThirtyEight/Washington Post/Ipsos post-debate poll finds the Republican presidential race hasn’t changed a bit after last night’s debate. Save to Favorites
“Donald Trump has sought to discredit a New York judge’s blockbuster ruling threatening his business empire by arguing that Mar-a-Lago alone is worth more than a billion dollars,” The Messenger…
“Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) on Thursday became the first senator to say he supports a vote to expel embattled Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) from the Senate over the federal bribery…
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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