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We have another batch of primaries today in Alabama, Arkansas and Georgia, along with several runoffs in Texas and a special election in Minnesota. Here are the poll closing times:…
“A gunman walked into an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday afternoon and killed 14 children and a teacher,” the New York Times reports. “Police officers are believed to…
“The Justice Department on Tuesday released new videos of a now-infamous meeting between Enrique Tarrio and Stewart Rhodes — the leaders of the two most prominent extremist organizations connected to…
A new Gallup poll finds just 16% of adults are satisfied with the way things are going in the country. Save to Favorites
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) responded after San Francisco’s Catholic archbishop decided to deny her Communion over her support for abortion access in the United States, USA Today reports. Said Pelosi:…
“Democratic billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried says he could spend $1 billion or more in the 2024 election, which would easily make him the biggest-ever political donor in a single election,” NBC…
Jonathan Last: “I’ve been saying since November 2020 that, barring a health event, Biden will run for re-election in 2024 for one simple reason: There is no other option.” “The…
The Indiana General Assembly has overturned Gov. Eric Holcomb’s (R) veto of a bill which prohibits transgender girls from playing girls school sports, the Indianapolis Star reports. Save to Favorites
“Jestine Iannotti, one of three ‘ghost’ candidates who ran as independents for Florida Senate seats in 2020, has been arrested on several criminal charges, alongside a political consultant involved in…
“President Biden is expected to sign an executive order Wednesday aimed at bolstering police accountability, a move that could reenergize federal reform efforts as the nation marks the second anniversary…
Sales of new U.S. homes plummeted in April by 16.6% — the most in nearly nine years, dented by the combination of high prices and a steep climb in mortgage…
Turkey president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said he “no longer recognized the existence of the leader of neighboring Greece and would not meet him at a planned summit this year, threatening…
A new Yahoo News/YouGov poll shows that 61% of Donald Trump voters agree that “a group of people in this country are trying to replace native-born Americans with immigrants and…
“Peter Thiel, the billionaire venture capitalist and tech entrepreneur, put another $3.5 million this month into a super PAC supporting Blake Masters in the highly competitive Republican primary for U.S….
Georgia U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker (R) wouldn’t say if he voted for David Perdue (R) or Brian Kemp (R) in the state’s gubernatorial primary, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports….
“Republican lawmakers — following former President Trump’s lead — are working with a wide range of conservative groups to pull back American support for Ukraine, the Middle East and Europe,”…
“Tens of thousands of seemingly hacked files from China’s remote Xinjiang region provide fresh evidence of the abuse of mostly Muslim ethnic Uyghurs in mass detention camps there, which included…
“Henry Kissinger has urged the West to stop trying to inflict a crushing defeat on Russian forces in Ukraine, warning that it would have disastrous consequences for the long term…
Nikkei Asia: “While little has changed in the Taliban’s ways between its collapse in 2001 and its stunning return last August, everything has changed for Afghanistan’s women in that time….
A new CBS/YouGov poll finds that 48% of Republican voters say that it is “not very” or “not at all” important for political leaders to condemn white nationalism and white…
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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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