Speaker Nancy Pelosi is considering inviting former Rep. Denver Riggleman (R-VA) to serve as an adviser to the House select committee investigating the January 6 riots, ABC News reports.
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said “the Trump administration should release all of the files related to the disgraced late-financier Jeffrey Epstein, and Congress should intervene to force that…
“Attorney General Pam Bondi fired the ethics director at the Department of Justice on Friday, removing the staff in charge of advising her and other officials on how to navigate…
“The Supreme Court is allowing President Donald Trump to put his plan to dismantle the Education Department back on track and go through with laying off nearly 1,400 employees,” the…
Wired: “Pockets of Donald Trump’s most loyal base are increasingly angry at what they view as the administration’s failure to fulfill its promises.” Save to Favorites
“Elon Musk’s xAI announced Monday it secured a $200 million ceiling contract with the U.S. Department of Defense,” Axios reports. “The move is a part of the Pentagon’s adoption of…
“Cuba’s crucial and struggling tourism industry was hit with more US sanctions, as President Donald Trump’s administration ratchets up pressure on the communist-run island and its top officials,” Bloomberg reports….
Jonathan Chait: “Donald Trump’s ham-fisted reversal on his promise to release a secret list of Jeffrey Epstein’s clients, and the revolt it has sparked among the MAGA faithful, has pulled…
New York Times: “In the streaming era, incremental news from a tiny upstart with limited content, few bells and whistles, and zero original programming normally wouldn’t command too much attention.”…
“A resurfaced clip from a Fox News interview with President Trump in 2024 has social media users calling for former Vice President Kamala Harris to follow Trump’s lead and sue…
“Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo has decided to run in the general election for mayor, urged on by supporters anxious that his withdrawal would nearly guarantee Zohran Mamdani’s victory and put…
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“President Trump’s war on the Federal Reserve is taking a more concrete, legally actionable form — putting the central bank’s independence in the crosshairs,” Axios reports. “For months, Trump’s exasperation…
Deputy FBI chief Dan Bongino “did not go into the office Friday and largely excommunicated himself from most of his colleagues after a major fallout with Attorney General Pam Bondi…
“President Trump has had little reason to scale back his global trade war ambitions with inflation subdued, unemployment stable and U.S. stock markets back to record highs,” the New York…
White House economic advisor Kevin Hassett speculated Monday that new tariff policies are not yet sparking widespread price inflation because President Trump has convinced more people to buy American, CNBC…
“Immigrants being held in Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centers in at least seven states are complaining of hunger, food shortages and spoiled food, detainees and immigration advocates say,” NBC…
“Even as European Union negotiators redoubled efforts to secure a trade deal with the United States, businesses in Europe face prolonged uncertainty that makes it difficult — and costly —…
President Trump said he was “very unhappy” with Russia and threatened “secondary tariffs” against Moscow if it did not reach a deal to end the war in Ukraine in 50…
“A report to be released Monday by Democrats serving on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee charges that the Trump administration has ceded diplomatic ground and global influence to China,” the…
“The Texas Senate race is turning into the wildest mess of the midterms — and it’s just getting messier,” NOTUS reports. “The battle between Republican Sen. John Cornyn and Texas…
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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