The Senate confirmed Avril Haines, President Biden’s pick to lead the sprawling U.S. intelligence community Wednesday, delivering the newly inaugurated president his first Senate-confirmed cabinet secretary, the Wall Street Journal reports.


The Senate confirmed Avril Haines, President Biden’s pick to lead the sprawling U.S. intelligence community Wednesday, delivering the newly inaugurated president his first Senate-confirmed cabinet secretary, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Rep. George Santos (R-NY) told Semafor he expects recordings by a prospective staffer they interviewed this week to be published this evening by progressive news site Talking Points Memo. Said…
Speaker Kevin McCarthy defended a U.S. Capitol Police officer who this week has been falsely accused by several Republicans of murdering Jan. 6 Capitol riot participant Ashli Babbitt, Politico reports….
House Oversight Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) sent a letter to John Kerry saying that GOP lawmakers have an “insufficient understanding of your office’s activities, spending, and staffing,” Politico reports. Save…
Donald Trump claimed Ron DeSantis begged him for his endorsement when he first ran for governor in 2018. Said Trump: “He had nothing! He was dead, he was leaving the…
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) is mulling a run for president, but he told CNN he would support Donald Trump if the former president wins the 2024 Republican nomination….
David Byler: “None of this data proves that the Republican elite are wrong. Normal Republican candidates might, again, splinter the vote and allow Trump to win the nomination with a…
Nate Silver: “Let’s get this out of the way up front: There was a wide gap between the perception of how well polls and data-driven forecasts did in 2022 and…
The Federal Election Commission announced that that contribution cap was sizably increasing for this cycle, from $2,900 to $3,300, mainly due to inflation, Politico reports. Save to Favorites
“Rep. Mary Peltola (D-AK) announced she’s hired a former Republican rival for her House seat, Josh Revak, to serve as her state director,” Politico reports. “Such moves are rare in…
Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) walked back his comments that he would back Donald Trump if he won the Republican nomination, insisting that his position hadn’t changed: “I won’t…
A new Mason-Dixon poll in Virginia finds Gov. Glenn Youngkin with a 56% to 31% job approval rating, while President Biden is underwater at 45% to 52%. Save to Favorites
More than 30 House Democrats have signed onto a new resolution “recognizing Israel as America’s legitimate and democratic ally and condemning antisemitism,” NBC News reports. “The most notable among them:…
The Economist: “These debt-ceiling fights are American governance at its most stupid. As achievements in hypocrisy and self-defeat, they cannot be beat. When Republicans had unified control of government under…
Gallup: “Americans’ assessment of the state of the nation remains in the pandemic-era slump seen since 2021, marked by subdued satisfaction with 30 different aspects of the country. These include…
“Sen. Kyrsten Sinema raked in campaign cash from corporate leaders at the end of last year as she prepared for a potential high-stakes 2024 reelection bid in the battleground state…
“Antony Blinken is expected to meet Xi Jinping in Beijing, making him the first U.S. secretary of state to sit down with the Chinese leader in nearly six years and…
Geoffrey Skelley: “Trump’s comeback campaign is unprecedented since the contemporary nomination system took shape in the 1970s. Yet in the broader history of presidential elections, his comeback effort is unusual…
“Gas stoves are coming under fresh scrutiny as a second federal agency has now stepped into the political firestorm with a proposal for new regulations for the appliances,” Bloomberg reports….
“Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) was kicked off the the House Foreign Affairs Committee in a party-line vote that followed a contentious debate on the House floor Thursday morning that included…
Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced that Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) will give the Republican response to President Biden’s State of the Union address next week. Save to Favorites
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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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