Former President Donald Trump has endorsed the re-election campaign of Rep. Greg Pence of Indiana, despite publicly falling out with his younger brother — former Vice President Mike Pence, Insider reports.
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Peter Baker: “On the night he won a second term, President-elect Donald Trump rejoiced in the moment. ‘America has given us an unprecedented and powerful mandate,’ he boasted. In the…
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Just published: Freedom: Memoirs 1954-2021 by former German chancellor Angela Merkel. New York Times: “Long-anticipated in Germany, the book… promises the inside story of the taciturn woman many saw as…
Washington Post: “Biden and his aides have concluded that they have few ways to block President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to upend agencies and shatter norms, but there is one big…
Axios: “Trump won’t be inaugurated for another two months, but MAGA mayhem is already dominating the news cycle in the same ways it did throughout his first term…” “If past…
Semafor: “On top of their small majority, Republicans may also have two troublesome tasks to handle next year: funding the government for the rest of the fiscal year and raising…
“President-elect Donald Trump has floated selecting the financier Kevin Warsh as his Treasury secretary with the understanding that he could later be nominated to lead the Federal Reserve when Jerome…
“Ben Carson — the former neurosurgeon who helmed the Department of Housing and Urban Development in the first Trump administration — is a favorite to return to the role if…
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Politico: “Rather than showcasing Trump’s absolute power over his GOP allies, it revealed his limits. The doomed nomination lasted just eight days — and its failure is an unwelcome lesson…
Playbook: “For years, the conventional wisdom around Trump is that he has a sweet tooth for chaos and that his appetite is bottomless as long as he ultimately gets the…
“President-elect Donald Trump is considering shaking up the leadership at the FBI by firing the director and installing an experienced former agent and MAGA loyalist in the top two roles,”…
President-elect Donald Trump named Pam Bondi as his new attorney general pick, NBC News reports. In 2013, while she was Florida Attorney General, Bondi received a $25,000 donation from Trump…
Sen. Bob Casey, a three-term Pennsylvania Democrat, on Thursday conceded to his Republican rival, David McCormick, amid a recount in their marquee Senate contest, the New York Times reports. Save…
Oliver Darcy: “Morning Joe saw its ratings continue to decline Wednesday, as viewers protest the hosts warming up to Trump. The show averaged just 647K total viewers, with only 51K…
The Bulwark: “Eight days after making the snap decision to nominate Matt Gaetz to be the nation’s next attorney general, Trump phoned him Thursday morning to tell him he wouldn’t…
NBC News: “At least five Senate Republicans — Sens. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Susan Collins of Maine, Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma and Sen-elect John Curtis of…
“The Brazilian authorities announced on Thursday that they were recommending criminal charges against former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro over his role in a broad plot to cling to power after…
Charlie Cook: “Self-proclaiming a mandate is a cardinal sin in politics; anyone thinking that voters gave Trump a mandate on Nov. 5 is sadly mistaken. Democrats are understandably shaken and…
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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