“Iran would be ready to resume talks on the nuclear deal with the US and other western powers if they provide a ‘clear signal’ that sanctions will be lifted within a year,” the Financial Times reports.


“Iran would be ready to resume talks on the nuclear deal with the US and other western powers if they provide a ‘clear signal’ that sanctions will be lifted within a year,” the Financial Times reports.
“As they prepared to potentially indict Donald Trump for relentlessly lying to banks about his wealth, Manhattan prosecutors were forced to consider whether the former American president was a criminal…
Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) was overheard in an elevator on Capitol Hill calling the vote to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) from the Foreign Affairs Committee the “stupidest vote in…
“Even ChatGPT’s creators can’t figure out why it won’t answer certain questions — including queries about former President Donald Trump,” Semafor reports. “When asked to ‘write a poem about the…
“Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns said on Thursday that Chinese President Xi Jinping’s ambitions toward Taiwan should not be underestimated, despite him likely being sobered by the performance of…
“Senior advisers to President Joe Biden are expected to gather this weekend at Camp David to sharpen the president’s State of the Union message, which will be delivered Tuesday night,”…
David Weigel: “You’d be forgiven if you missed Donald Trump’s new plan to stop ‘left-wing gender insanity.’ Other Republicans had talked like this for years, and far more media attention…
“Donald Trump grew his business, fortune and fame ‘through a pattern of criminal activity,’ according to a new book by a veteran prosecutor, who reveals that the Manhattan district attorney’s…
Former Vice President Mike Pence, a possible contender for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024, said that he wants to “reform” Social Security and institute private savings accounts for recipients,…
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) “reintroduced a bill last week to limit senators from serving more than two six-year terms, even as he stands by plans to run for his third,”…
Defeated Arizona gubernatoral candidate Kari Lake (R) was interviewed on Steve Bannon’s podcast: BANNON: You’re not running for vice president… as Governor of Arizona? LAKE: I am the duly-elected governor….
Just for members: The latest edition of . This issue includes a deep dive into California’s 47th district, it’s an open seat because Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) is running for…
Zeynep Tufekci: “Bird flu — known more formally as avian influenza — has long hovered on the horizons of scientists’ fears. This pathogen, especially the H5N1 strain, hasn’t often infected…
Washington Post: “Nearly three years since the coronavirus pandemic upended the labor market, restaurants, bars, hotels and casinos remain short-staffed, with nearly 2 million unfilled openings. The leisure and hospitality…
Associated Press: “Some defendants have drawn ire from judges or the Justice Department for their inconsistent comments. But there’s not much the legal system can do for an adjudicated defendant….
New York Times: “The new House Republican majority is again pursuing limits on how long members of Congress can serve, and the result is likely to be the same: failure…
“President Biden secured a $250,000 line of credit against his Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, home as his son, Hunter Biden, faces an investigation into his tax affairs and amid his own…
“Did that balloon take off from Wuhan?” — Rep. James Comer (R-KY), on Fox News. Save to Favorites
Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-IN) will not run for either the House or Senate in 2024, Punchbowl News reports. Save to Favorites
Rep. Andrew S. Clyde (R-GA) admitted in a video that he “has been handing out lapel pins shaped like assault rifles to fellow GOP lawmakers,” the Washington Post reports. Said…
Ali Vaez: “The Islamic Republic is now where the Soviet Union was in the early 1980s. The system is ideologically bankrupt, at a political dead end, and incapable of addressing…
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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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