Former Trump aide Dan Scavino has been served his subpoena from the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol after an extended struggle to find him, CNN reports.


Former Trump aide Dan Scavino has been served his subpoena from the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol after an extended struggle to find him, CNN reports.
“Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in a dissenting opinion Thursday suggested that Covid-19 vaccines were developed using the cells of ‘aborted children,’” Politico reports. NBC News: “Pfizer and Moderna used…
Former Trump aide Alyssa Farah Griffin told CNN the back story of the surprise Cassidy Hutchinson hearing this week. Said Griffin: “Cassidy actually came to me and said, ‘There’s more…
Karl Rove: “The baseless claim that the 2020 election was stolen doesn’t appeal to independents, whose votes in key states are often decisive…” “A big enough red tide could sweep…
“Americans are becoming more pessimistic about the economy, more worried about inflation — and now, more anxious about the job market, as well,” the New York Times reports. “Fifty-two percent…
“Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) flew to New York last week to meet privately with GOP megadonors in Manhattan, a move that underscores recent hints that the Republican is considering a…
“Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo unveiled a digital advertising campaign in South Carolina this week, roughly 18 months before Republican voters are scheduled to begin choosing their next presidential…
“In a setback for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Republican lawmakers, a Florida judge has ruled that a new state law banning abortions at 15 weeks is unconstitutional and he…
The Economist: “America’s Supreme Court is on a roll. After a week in which it scrapped women’s constitutional right to an abortion and gave an expansive interpretation of gun rights,…
Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn (R) was asked about there being no exceptions in his state’s newly-passed abortion ban. REPORTER: So that 12-year-old child molested by her father and uncle…
Washington Post: “With those back-to-back rulings, the Supreme Court’s recently empowered conservative bloc demonstrated that, barring a return to a better functioning Congress, those justices will essentially serve as the…
John Harris: “One way to measure Trump’s predicament is to view it through the eyes of someone who supports his ostensible agenda. If you are a sincere opponent of abortion…
“President Joe Biden is likely to deliver a speech on the Jan. 6 committee’s findings once the House panel wraps up its investigation,“ NBC News reports. “The goal of the…
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker told NBC News on Wednesday “it’s certainly possible” that President Biden could face a primary challenge should he run for re-election in 2024. “Pritzker, who fueled…
Donald Trump’s staff would play the song “Memory” from the Broadway musical Cats to soothe the former President when he was stressed, the Daily Mirror reports. Save to Favorites
“Several national antiabortion groups and their allies in Republican-led state legislatures are advancing plans to stop people in states where abortion is banned from seeking the procedure elsewhere,“ the Washington…
“The Supreme Court on Thursday said it will consider what would be a radical change in the way federal elections are conducted, giving state legislatures sole authority to set the…
“Support from some of the Republican Party’s biggest donors for a 2024 White House run by former President Donald Trump is dwindling, especially after damaging new details of his actions…
Nate Silver: “Republicans are substantial favorites to take over the U.S. House of Representatives following this November’s midterm elections, but the U.S. Senate is much more competitive, according to FiveThirtyEight’s…
President Biden said he supports suspending the filibuster, if necessary, to pass legislation codifying Roe v. Wade into law, the Wall Street Journal reports. But a reminder from the Washington…
Former President Donald Trump “denied lunging at his Secret Service security on Jan. 6 after they refused to take him to the Capitol when he wanted to march alongside his…
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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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