The Supreme Court rejected an effort to give Washington, D.C., residents a voting member in Congress, the Washington Post reports.


The Supreme Court rejected an effort to give Washington, D.C., residents a voting member in Congress, the Washington Post reports.
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Twice-convicted former Connecticut Gov. John G. Rowland (R) received a pardon from President Donald Trump today, the Hartford Courant reports. Save to Favorites
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“Elon Musk is leaving his government role as a top adviser to President Donald Trump after spearheading efforts to reduce and overhaul the federal bureaucracy,” the AP reports. Save to…
“Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday announced plans to crack down on Chinese holders of student visas and ramp up scrutiny of new visa applicants from China and Hong…
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“President Trump on Wednesday said he would nominate Emil Bove, a top Justice Department official who previously served as his criminal defense attorney, to a seat on a federal appeals…
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President Trump pardoned former Rep. Michael Grimm (R-NY) as part of his latest round of clemencies, the New York Post reports. Grimm, a former FBI agent and business owner, served…
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President Trump said he will “take a look at” pardoning a group of men charged with planning to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) in 2020, calling the case —…
“OpenAI led a group of American technology giants that won a deal last week to build one of the world’s largest artificial-intelligence data centers in Abu Dhabi,” the Wall Street…
President Trump wasn’t happy when a reporter asked him about the “TACO trade” on Wall Street, which stands for Trump Always Chickens Out, Politico reports. Said Trump: “Don’t ever say…
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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