“With a message largely focused on providing better access to health care, immigration reform and helping Nevada rebound from the pandemic-triggered recession, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) officially announced her bid for a second term Wednesday,” the Nevada Independent reports.
Save to Favorites“With Lara Trump still on the sidelines and landing a new gig on Fox News, Republican candidates are preparing to move on without her,” the Raleigh News and Observer reports….
“Nevada’s Republican Party voted to censure the secretary of state, accusing her of failing to fully investigate allegations of fraud in the 2020 election,” the Washington Post reports. Said Barbara…
A new Economist/YouGov poll finds that among Americans who say they don’t plan to get the coronavirus vaccine — roughly a quarter of adults surveyed — half say they trust…
Charles Booker (D) — who narrowly lost the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Kentucky in 2020 — announced in a video that he’s forming an exploratory committee to challenge…
“President Biden will nominate Chris Magnus, the police chief of Tucson, Ariz., and a critic of the Trump administration’s anti-immigration policies, to lead Customs and Border Protection, one of six…
“Invites the question: Is he really in charge?” — Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) on Twitter, commenting on President Biden’s lack of appearances on cable news. Save to FavoritesShare on TwitterShare…
The National Republican Senatorial Committee, led by Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), has awarded Donald Trump its first ever Champion of Freedom designation. Save to FavoritesShare on TwitterShare on FacebookShare on…
Senate Republicans have sent around a memo calling President Biden’s infrastructure package a “slush fund,” ahead of a bipartisan meeting at the White House on Monday, The Hill reports. Save…
Wall Street Journal: “A Supreme Court decision that threw out the fraud convictions of two political aides to former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is rippling through other white-collar cases,…
Olivia Nuzzi reviews Beautiful Things by Hunter Biden. “A member of the First Family publishing a book is not without recent precedent: Ivanka Trump released Women Who Work, a frilly…
“More than a year and a half ahead of the 2022 general election, a Democratic state lawmaker is mounting a bid to unseat Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), saying her campaign…
“A new report examining voting access across all 50 states and Washington, D.C., finds that more than 70% of states offer all voters access to a mail ballot and early…
President Biden is preparing to nominate a slate of ambassadors, and among them will be Cindy McCain, the widow of Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and a key Biden backer in…
“Iran’s foreign ministry has blamed Israel for an attack on a nuclear plant, as US intelligence sources claimed the incident would set back Tehran’s nuclear program by nine months,” The…
“The White House is facing diverging pressure from two powerful allies — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders — over whether to use an upcoming…
“Three months in, Joe Biden’s White House has settled on a firm press strategy: First, do no self-harm,” Politico reports. “The president is not doing cable news interviews. Tweets from…
Politico: “Hawley received more than 57,000 donations during the first quarter, according to a person familiar with the totals. He managed to raise nearly $600,000 during the two-and-a-half weeks following…
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell told 60 Minutes that the U.S. economy is at an “inflection point,” with growth and job creation forecasts looking strong. Said Powell: “We feel like…
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), who’s facing a federal investigation into sex trafficking allegations, was recently denied a meeting with Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate as the ex-President and his…
“As the mother of daughters, the charges certainly are sickening. And as the speaker noted, there is an ethics investigation underway. There are also criminal investigations underway. And I’m not…
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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