Tim Alberta has a long, must-read profile of Nikki Haley, who is widely expected to run for president in 2024.
Here’s how she sees Donald Trump’s legacy: “We need to acknowledge he let us down. He went down a path he shouldn’t have, and we shouldn’t have followed him, and we shouldn’t have listened to him. And we can’t let that ever happen again.”
More on Trump: “I don’t think he’s going to be in the picture…I don’t think he can. He’s fallen so far.”
Save to FavoritesSen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) said that FBI agents assigned earlier this year to review investigative files in the criminal case against notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were instructed to “flag”…
“Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) is moving forward with plans to force a vote on requiring the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, despite attempts by President Trump and House Speaker…
“They tried under Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush. Newt Gingrich gave it a go when he controlled the House, and Bob Dole did, too, when…
Punchbowl News: “It’s hard to see how this week could’ve gone worse for President Donald Trump and House Republicans.” “Paralyzed by infighting over the scandal surrounding the disgraced financier Jeffrey…
“A top Secret Service official was the target of a ‘swatting’ incident at his home on the Fourth of July,” Axios reports. “While the incident didn’t lead to any harm,…
“For the last 30-plus years, New Mexico residents have had the option to register to vote while getting a new driver’s license or updating their vehicle registration,” the Albuquerque Journal…
Wall Street Journal: “Altman was estranged from Musk, his OpenAI co-founder, and Musk’s new position as ‘first buddy’ had kept Altman out of meetings at Mar-a-Lago and in the overflow…
“The director of Israel’s Mossad spy agency visited Washington this week seeking U.S. help in convincing countries to take hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from Gaza,” Axios reports. Save to…
NBC News: “The move represents a trend in Congress during President Donald Trump’s second term. Republican lawmakers across the ideological spectrum keep casting votes in favor of bills even while…
“If one theme has emerged in President Donald Trump’s second term, it’s this: He’s leveraged the power of his office for personal gain unlike anyone before in history,” the AP…
Dave Weigel: “Democrats love to describe the ‘chaos’ President Donald Trump is causing in Washington. Hakeem Jeffries, who likes to speak in alliterative triplets, calls this a time of ‘chaos,…
Steve Bannon joined a growing chorus of MAGA influencers coalescing behind President Trump in the wake of the Wall Street Journal report about a ribald birthday letter bearing Trump’s name…
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The announcement that CBS will cancel The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in May 2026 raised eyebrows — not just because the network is giving more than a year’s notice,…
“Donald Trump is preparing to open the $9 trillion U.S. retirement market to cryptocurrency investments, gold, and private equity in a move that would spur a radical shift in the…
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has moved from her private residence into a U.S. military installation, “after her cozy living arrangement with senior adviser Corey Lewandowski” was exposed by the…
Donald Trump celebrated CBS’s decision to cancel The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and attacked the two remaining broadcast network late night hosts, Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon, Deadline reports….
A Kentucky public television station will not cover this year’s Fancy Farm Picnic political event due to the elimination of federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, WPSD reports….
404 Media: “The flight manifests for three legally contested deportation flights from Texas to El Salvador contain dozens of additional, unaccounted for passengers than a previously published Department of Homeland…
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.