Former President Donald Trump’s personal assistant in the White House, Nick Luna, appeared virtually on Monday before the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, ABC News reports.


Former President Donald Trump’s personal assistant in the White House, Nick Luna, appeared virtually on Monday before the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, ABC News reports.
“Top officials in Donald Trump’s campaign sought Friday to quell discussions about his possible second term in the White House, amid alarms about authoritarianism and reports about personnel,” the Washington…
Billionaire Ken Langone put his support behind GOP hopeful Nikki Haley on Friday, calling her approach to the 2024 election “smart,” The Hill reports. Save to Favorites
House Oversight Committee chairman James Comer (R-KY) told CNN he believes Hunter Biden was indicted on nine criminal counts yesterday to be protected from testifying before his committee. Save to…
“A pregnant woman in Kentucky filed a lawsuit Friday demanding the right to an abortion, the second legal challenge in days to sweeping abortion bans that have taken hold in…
Former Rep. Liz Cheney, who is warning about the potential dangers of a second Donald Trump presidency, told ABC News that Americans should take his recent dictator remark “literally and…
“A federal judge on Friday blocked the federal government from separating families solely as part of border enforcement policy for the next eight years, stopping any potential return to the…
Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) endorsed Donald Trump for president in a CBS News interview.Save to Favorites
Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) claimed that President Biden was the head of a “crime operation” but doesn’t want to impeach him, The Messenger reports. Said Marshall: “I think the people…
“A group of tech insiders has quietly raised a half-million bucks to launch a new super PAC backing Dean Phillips, the long-shot Democratic presidential challenger,” Puck reports.Save to Favorites
A Delaware judge ruled that Dominion Voting Systems “is entitled to review personal communications and text messages of Newsmax Media journalists in its defamation suit against the conservative media company,”…
“Shortly after Doug Burgum dropped out of the 2024 presidential race, a local talk radio station in his home state of North Dakota got a surprise caller to discuss the…
“Senate Republicans on Thursday made their latest offer on border policy changes, including a list of demands Democrats have so far shunned,” Politico reports. “While the GOP’s counteroffer helped jump-start…
“Chris Christie thinks he knows why Liz Cheney hasn’t endorsed him in the Republican presidential race,” The Messenger reports. Said Christie: “She’s still thinking about running herself as a third-party…
Rep. Bob Good (R-VA) challenged a reporter last month “to find my criticism of Donald Trump.” Roll the video tape.Save to Favorites
The federal court of appeals in Waashington, DC has upheld key aspects of Judge Chutkan’s gag order against Donald Trump – including “public statements about known or reasonably foreseeable witnesses”…
“Missouri Republican lawmakers are pushing a pair of bills that would allow for women to be charged with murder for getting an abortion in the state,” the St. Louis Post-Dispatch…
The Republican National Committee is pausing its participation in 2024 GOP primary debates, Politico reports.Save to Favorites
Bloomberg: “As a group, the world’s richest families have gotten $1.5 trillion wealthier since the last ranking, and the new tallies from the Middle East weren’t the only noteworthy shifts….
Vivek Ramaswamy has started to make some inquiries about potentially switching parties to run on the Libertarian ticket in Iowa, the Des Moines Register reports.Save to Favorites
President Biden’s announcement today of $8.2 billion for various rail projects is “the largest federal investment in passenger rail transportation since Amtrak was created in 1971,” CBS News reports.Save to…
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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