The youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history read “The Hill We Climb,” which she finished after the riot at the Capitol, the New York Times reports.
An absolutely extraordinary performance.
Save to FavoritesThe youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history read “The Hill We Climb,” which she finished after the riot at the Capitol, the New York Times reports.
An absolutely extraordinary performance.
Save to Favorites“Donald Trump’s golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, paid $82,500 last week to settle a lawsuit alleging that it had silenced a sexually harassed waitress by tricking her into an…
Donald Trump sued ABC News and George Stephanopoulos for defamation over the anchor’s interview of Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) in which he said a judge found Trump had “raped” writer…
“U.S. businesses, big and small, have united behind a bipartisan bill to revive expired tax breaks for research and equipment spending, help that many see as critical to competing with…
“No Labels is still working to find its dream third-party presidential ticket for 2024 — but there’s a hitch: It keeps getting turned down,” NBC News reports. “The deep-pocketed centrist…
“In public and in private, Elon Musk is increasingly treating the prospect of President Biden’s re-election as an urgent — even existential — threat to America,” Axios reports. “Musk hasn’t…
“Donald Trump has once again hinted that, under a second Trump administration, Prince Harry could be kicked out of the United States if he is found to have lied on…
“The Stormy Daniels affair that in 2018 consumed Donald Trump’s presidency — after his attorney Michael Cohen violated the law by paying $130,000 to the adult-film star to keep silent…
“Donald Trump has launched his general election campaign not merely rewriting the history of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, but positioning the violent siege and its failed attempt to…
“Attorneys for former President Donald Trump and seven co-defendants in the Fulton election interference case are asking a Superior Court judge for permission to appeal his recent decision that has…
“The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s classified-documents case issued an unusual order late Monday regarding jury instructions at the end of the trial — even though she has not yet ruled…
Politico: “The president on Tuesday will call for greater action to lower the cost of housing, using a speech in Nevada to spotlight new proposals he argues would make it…
“Donald Trump’s trying to drag a few allies across the finish line on Tuesday,” Politico reports. “The former president is himself certain to cruise to easy victories in the five…
Donald Trump called for the prosecution of ex-White House aide and witness for the January 6 Committee Cassidy Hutchinson. Save to Favorites
“Stefanie Lambert, a Michigan lawyer who has championed dubious claims of election fraud, was arrested in Washington, D.C., Monday afternoon because of a bench warrant,” the Detroit News reports. “The…
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) said GOP leadership should have more carefully reviewed the claims in Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL)’s response to President Biden’s State of the Union address as she…
“Donald Trump has ruled out Vivek Ramaswamy as his running mate and is instead eyeing the entrepreneur for a Cabinet job, as the Republican presidential nominee sizes up a possible…
“Israel and Hamas for the first time in months are negotiating details of a possible deal to release Israeli hostages and for a temporary ceasefire in Gaza,” Axios reports. Save…
“In the three years since the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, Isabella DeLuca gained a right-wing following and burnished her résumé with two internships in the offices of GOP…
Congressional negotiators have come to an agreement with the White House on Homeland Security funding, the final piece of the FY2024 spending package, Punchbowl News reports. Leadership and key committee…
“Donald Trump accused Jews who vote for Democrats of hating their religion and Israel, reviving and escalating a claim he made as president that Jewish Democrats were disloyal,” the New…
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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