“Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Berlin and Kyiv to rally allies after a week of stalled negotiations meant to head off a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine,” USA Today reports.


“Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Berlin and Kyiv to rally allies after a week of stalled negotiations meant to head off a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine,” USA Today reports.
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) will visit Israel next month, the Jerusalem Post reports. Save to Favorites
A Marist poll finds 56% of Americans think the investigations into Donald Trump are fair. However, 41% consider the probes to be a “witch hunt.” An important takeaway: “While 45%…
Washington Post: “The AR-15 fires bullets at such a high velocity — often in a barrage of 30 or even 100 in rapid succession — that it can eviscerate multiple…
“A former senior producer for Fox News hosts Tucker Carlson and Maria Bartiromo is offering herself as a star witness for Dominion Voting System’s $1.6 billion defamation suit against the…
“U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday unveiled a new indictment against Sam Bankman-Fried, accusing the founder of now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange of conspiring to bribe Chinese government officials with $40 million worth…
A new Wall Street Journal/NORC poll released this week — which showed the values we think of as defining America falling off a cliff — went viral on social media…
New York Times: “During the ride-along patrols held before these congressional excursions, Republicans have struggled to produce visual evidence of the crisis.” “Yet the lack of physical proof has not…
“The head of the Florida Democratic Party filed a complaint against Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), marking a second possible ethics violation before the Republican governor has even launched a White…
Former Gov. Chris Christie (R) took questions at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College: ATTENDEE: I’m glad to hear you standing up against Trump, but when…
Politico: “With urgency like never before, European governments are restricting exports of chip-making equipment to China, banning TikTok on government devices and pushing protectionist trade policy. Even long-time holdout Germany,…
A Florida school district banned the showing of a film about Ruby Bridges — the young girl who became a civil rights icon by wading through a White mob to…
“A little-known conservative activist group led by Virginia ‘Ginni’ Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, collected nearly $600,000 in anonymous donations to wage a cultural battle against…
Rep. Andrew Ogles’ (R-TN) issued a statement after the mass shooting at a school in his congressional district: “We are sending our thoughts and prayers to the families of those…
Politico: “It looked at the beginning of the year like Democrats would have an easier time confirming Biden picks, having gained a seat last fall after a historically lengthy run…
“The U.S. Supreme Court won’t review a congressional redistricting law enacted by the Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature that some voters and Democrats saw as political gerrymandering,” the AP reports. “The nation’s…
Raleigh News & Observer: “The bill’s passage is a bipartisan victory, but… Republican bill writers tied it to the state budget.” Save to Favorites
NBC News: “Some disagreed with his judgment in playing a video that exalts those who took part in the attack on the Capitol and were arrested, rejecting the narrative in…
The “soft ban” of Donald Trump at Fox News came to an end Monday night as the former president made an appearance on Sean Hannity’s show, NBC News reports. He…
The Tennessean has extensive coverage of the horrific mass shooting at a Nashville elementary school. Save to Favorites
New York Times: “In the 48 hours before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reluctantly delayed his effort to overhaul the Israeli judiciary, his government was bombarded by warnings from the Biden…
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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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