At least 11 aides and close confidants told Donald Trump directly in the weeks after the election that there was no fraud and no legal way to overturn the result, the Washington Post reports.


At least 11 aides and close confidants told Donald Trump directly in the weeks after the election that there was no fraud and no legal way to overturn the result, the Washington Post reports.
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Timothy Snyder: “Yesterday the president defied a Supreme Court ruling to return a man who was mistakenly sent to a gulag in another country, celebrated the suffering of this innocent…
Chris Geidner: “It appears that the administration — likely led by Stephen Miller, based on who is and how he performed in the Oval Office on Monday, with a pliant…
“The European Union and US made scant progress bridging trade differences this week as officials from President Donald Trump’s administration indicated that the bulk of the US tariffs imposed on…
William Kristol: “After all these years in and around politics, I’d like to think I have a pretty strong stomach, but yesterday was sickening. Trump and Bukele were having a…
Anne Applebaum: “Once upon a time (and not even that long ago), blatant conflicts of interest, especially involving foreign entities, were something presidents sought to avoid. No previous inhabitant of…
Ruth Marcus: “In the interplay between the courts and the executive branch, judges apply what is known as the ‘presumption of regularity.’ Courts generally proceed on the assumption that government…
Edward Luce: “At around noon on April 14 2025, America ceased to have a law-abiding government. Some would argue that had already happened on January 20, when Donald Trump was…
“Some of Donald Trump’s biggest campaign donors and investors, who collectively have hundreds of millions of dollars in financial ties to the US president, are positioned to potentially profit from…
“Wall Street made a mistake: its titans of finance and business didn’t believe that Donald Trump would really upend U.S. economic policy,” the Financial Times reports. “During the campaign and…
Sen. Bernie Sanders (DI-VT) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) filled a 13,000 seat arena to capacity for their “Fighting Oligarch Tour” in Idaho yesterday, KTVB reports. Save to Favorites
Ever since the dawn of the television age, presidents have learned to perform for the camera. But no one has blurred the line between performance and reality quite like Donald…
Vice President J.D. Vance believes there is a “good chance” of Britain and America reaching a “great” trade agreement, in a boost to U.K. officials scrambling for a deal, Politico…
Wall Street Journal: “From smartphones to fast food, major American brands are rapidly losing market share in China to domestic rivals.” Save to Favorites
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is President Trump’s favorite on his team of trade advisers, Politico reports. Trump likes that Bessent is “smart” and “not desperate” and it helps that the…
Washington Post: “Folks at the IRS and in the tax community are nervous about the future of voluntary compliance. That is, people willingly and truthfully filling out their returns and…
Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy (R) holds a solid lead in the Republican primary — one that increased dramatically after President Trump’s endorsement at the end of February, according to…
“Several senior aides to President Trump are advising him to be more skeptical of Moscow’s desire for peace with Ukraine, arguing that Russian President Vladimir Putin has yet to show…
“Former President Joe Biden will address a conference in Chicago this week, marking his first public appearance since leaving the White House,” NBC Chicago reports. Politico: “It’s a politically convenient…
“Political influencers in California are greeting Kamala Harris’ potential bid for governor with a shrug, while registered voters in the state react more passionately — in good and bad ways…
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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