“A four-year-old boy from Jerusalem, who has not been vaccinated against Polio, was diagnosed with the virus, marking the first case in Israel since 1988,” Haaretz reports.


“A four-year-old boy from Jerusalem, who has not been vaccinated against Polio, was diagnosed with the virus, marking the first case in Israel since 1988,” Haaretz reports.
“President Joe Biden took aim at corporations Monday for charging prices he said were artificially high even though the rate of inflation has slowed and some shipping costs have fallen,”…
“Former President Donald Trump’s renewed push to scrap Obamacare if he returns to the White House is falling flat with the Senate Republicans who’d have to pass it,” Politico reports….
“Former President Donald Trump’s halftime walk across the field at South Carolina’s Williams-Brice Stadium came thanks to the wishes of close ally Gov. Henry McMaster,” the Charleston Post & Courier…
Fox Business Network’s Maria Bartiromo floated a conspiracy theory that former President Barack Obama is calling the shots in the White House.Save to Favorites
“The number one hurdle for Donald Trump is I’ve never met a dad or a mom or a grandpa or grandma who have told me they want their son or…
“As the Manhattan District Attorney gears up for Donald Trump’s criminal trial next year, the former president is locked in a battle over experts,” the Daily Beast reports. “Specifically, the…
Aaron Blake: “Christie has a point that you can’t just assume his supporters would go to Haley, the former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador. But the available evidence…
“As of late Monday afternoon, GOP leaders were mulling the timing and parameters of a GOP expulsion resolution as a groundswell of Republicans appeared ready to kick one of their…
A federal judge on Monday rejected Donald Trump’s efforts to subpoena information related to the Jan. 6, 2021 attack that the former president had accused government officials of failing to…
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said he spoke to Rep. George Santos (R-NY) “at some length” over the Thanksgiving break about “his options,” Punchbowl News reports. Interestingly, Johnson said “it remains…
Washington Post: “Despite long advocating small government and local control, Republican governors and legislators across a significant swath of the country are increasingly overriding the actions of Democratic cities —…
The next election is the most important of our lifetimes. And there’s no better place to follow it than Political Wire. Members get the full experience, including exclusive analysis, the…
“I hope they say I’m a devil. I hope they say I’m a fucking demon. I could give a fuck less. All I want to do is win.” — Steve…
“Donald Trump and his son Eric Trump’s second stints on the witness stand are expected from early- to mid-December, as the defense case draws to a close,” The Messenger reports….
ProPublica reviewed 12 of the nation’s strictest abortion bans and found “few changed in 2023, as state lawmakers caved to pressure from anti-abortion groups opposing exceptions for rape, incest and…
“Home Depot co-founder and billionaire Ken Langone plans to meet with former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley next week in New York, as he considers backing her…
Esquire: “Is Bannon truly someone forever playing the game several levels above and ahead of the rest of us, his every ambiguous zig and zag calculated to further a majestic…
“The Biden administration will announce a redoubling of measures to strengthen supply chains on Monday, expanding an effort it credits with helping to ease post-pandemic inflation,” Bloomberg reports.Save to Favorites
“The fate of an obscure provision of President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax package, which will be reviewed by the Supreme Court next week, has many experts panicked over the potential…
“Fox News’ Sean Hannity is billing his Thursday debate between Gavin Newsom and Ron DeSantis as a herculean clash between red and blue states,” Politico reports. “It’s also a test…
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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