“An American Airlines flight to London from Miami turned around about an hour into its journey on Wednesday night because of a passenger who refused to follow coronavirus masking rules,” the New York Times reports.


“An American Airlines flight to London from Miami turned around about an hour into its journey on Wednesday night because of a passenger who refused to follow coronavirus masking rules,” the New York Times reports.
“There was no subject he considered beyond his expertise. Criminal justice reform. Middle East peace. The southern and northern borders. Veterans and opioids. Big Tech and small business. If Martian…
“Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan (D) was recorded on a wiretapped phone call in 2018 discussing with lobbyist confidant Michael McClain a plan to arrange secret payments to a…
“The Pentagon seized a foreign reporter’s phone and would not allow them to use their electronics while traveling with the Defense Department’s No. 2 official on Sunday,”Politico reports. “Before boarding…
Former President Donald Trump shared a post on his social media platform that appeared to propose or predict a civil war in the U.S. Save to Favorites
“Shortly before the 2020 election, Trump administration officials unveiled a U.S. government-sponsored program called the Abraham Fund that they said would raise $3 billion for projects around the Middle East,”…
“Early redistricting wins for Democrats are collapsing across the map, deepening the party’s fears of a rout in November’s midterm elections,” Axios reports. Save to Favorites
A Conservative British local candidate has caused outrage after a post on his account said 16-year-old girls smell “buttery” and “creamy,” The Guardian reports. Jonty Campbell tweeted: “Here’s the thing…
Washington Post: “Part personal chronicle and part political journey, Conway’s book is filled with the sorts of barbed one-liners and bon mots that she dispensed on cable news on Trump’s…
New York Times: “For months, nearly all the political oxygen in Georgia and beyond has been sucked up by ferocious Republican primaries, intraparty feuds that have become proxy wars for…
The Atlantic: “Starting in the spring of 2020, school boards and superintendents across the country faced a dreadful choice: Keep classrooms open and risk more COVID-19 deaths, or close schools…
“U.S. military and diplomatic officials are weighing plans to send special-forces troops to Kyiv to guard the newly reopened embassy there, proposals that would force the Biden administration to balance…
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said the bipartisan nature of the recent Ukraine aid vote marked a personal victory for him over the isolationist wing of the Republican Party…
Former president Donald Trump considered quitting his first run for the presidency after the notorious recording about him grabbing women surfaced a month before the election, Kellyanne Conway writes in…
Donald Trump will headline a fundraiser for Rep. Liz Cheney’s Republican primary challenger this week, Axios reports. Save to Favorites
Tom Friedman had an off-the-record lunch with President Biden but had this observation: “Biden didn’t say it in so many words, but he didn’t have to. I could hear it…
“Interesting, all these people telling me what to do, and they just got here.” — Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC), quoted by the Wall Street Journal, on criticism that the Democratic…
CBS News Poll: “For starters, the Democratic Party — which controls Congress and the presidency — is not seen by a majority as either ‘effective’ or ‘in touch,’ which are,…
CBS News Poll: “Amid continued inflation and stock market declines, large majorities describe their mood as such, and the percentage who call the economy bad has hit highs for the…
Former President Donald Trump is worried about his chances in the 2024 presidential election amid the wrath of “suburban women” furious about the expected gutting of Roe v. Wade, Rolling…
Washington Post: “Since Sandy Hook, the nation has experienced more than 3,500 mass shootings, according to the Gun Violence Archive, a nonprofit organization that tracks gun violence and defines a…
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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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