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“A security officer assigned to protect Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer was placed on leave as officials investigate an alleged romantic relationship between them,” Bloomberg Law reports. Save to Favorites
Utah police arrested a man who allegedly shouted that Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL) would be deported before punching him in the face at a Sundance Film Festival event, CNN reports….
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“President Donald Trump’s aggressive deportation campaign is starting to make some Republicans uneasy,” Politico reports. “As midterms approach, GOP lawmakers, candidates, strategists and people close to the White House are…
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) called the events in Minneapolis “incredibly disturbing,” signaling that the killing of Alexander Pretti has troubled some Republican senators as well as Democrats, who have loudly…
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Multiple sources with knowledge of the situation say federal agents shot a man multiple times in south Minneapolis this morning, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. Save to Favorites
Rachel Bade: “President Donald Trump is vowing to stop America’s northern neighbor, Canada, from finalizing a trade deal with Communist China, predicting to me in a brief phone call this…
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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.
Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.
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