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“The Trump administration announced that it would impose a 17 percent tariff on most imports of tomatoes from Mexico, as it withdrew from a decades-old trade agreement that had prevented…
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“Four veteran Homeland Security agents who helped execute the Trump administration’s arrests of pro-Palestinian foreign academics for deportation testified Tuesday that the orders they received were both highly unusual and…
Speaker Mike Johnson said he supports Ghislaine Maxwell testifying to Congress and demands the Department of Justice release everything they have on Jeffrey Epstein. Said Johnson: “I’m for transparency. We…
The House has ground to a halt after a bloc of conservatives voted against a rule that contained three major crypto bills, Punchbowl News reports.Save to Favorites
“Senate Republicans will scale back the White House’s $9.4 billion spending clawback request as they look to shore up their vote count,” Politico reports. “Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO), who is…
Will Robinson: “The conservative movement has built a sprawling, always-on communications ecosystem. It’s not just Fox News and talk radio anymore — it’s a web of Facebook groups, hyperlocal influencers,…
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that a “formal process” to select the successor to Jerome Powell as chair of the Fed has begun, as the White House’s frustration with the…
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Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) “is facing a lawsuit seeking his eviction over alleged failure to pay thousands of dollars in rent at a property in Washington, D.C.,” NBC News reports….
“Marco Rubio’s first visit to the Indo-Pacific as secretary of state last week was an entirely forgettable, regrettable affair,” Foreign Policy reports. “The original plan was for Rubio to travel…
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President Trump told Texas Republicans on a phone call that the GOP will try to draw five new red seats in the Lone Star State in time for the 2026…
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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.
Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.
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