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Maine U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner (D) raised $4.7 million in the final quarter of the year, Axios reports. “The fundraising haul suggests that Platner — a Bernie Sanders-endorsed populist…
“After the U.S. operation to capture Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, tensions between President Trump and Colombian President Gustavo Petro are boiling over,” Axios reports. “What Trump has called a ‘successful’…
Wall Street Journal: “President Trump had a vague but tantalizing message for a couple of American oil executives roughly a month before the U.S. captured Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro: ‘Get…
Jonathan Chait: “The ‘Donroe Doctrine,’ as he calls his assertion of regional supremacy—a Trumpian extension of the 19th-century Monroe Doctrine, which established the United States’ claim over the Americas in…
The U.S. is making plans to try to intercept a fleeing oil tanker that Russia has claimed ownership of, setting up a possible confrontation between Washington and the Kremlin over…
President Trump told NBC News in a telephone interview that he will be top person in charge of Venezuela.Save to Favorites
“A recent classified U.S. intelligence assessment determined top members of Nicolás Maduro’s regime—including Vice President Delcy Rodríguez—would be best positioned to lead a temporary government in Caracas and maintain near-term…
“Greenland’s prime minister on Monday called for renewed talks with the United States and urged against panic after President Donald Trump repeated that he wanted to annex the mineral-rich Arctic…
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“Bipartisan congressional appropriators on Monday released a three-bill spending package, marking the first major movement on government funding since last year’s record-breaking shutdown,” Axios reports. “The government will shut down…
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NBC News: “Tasked with overseeing the transition of a post-Maduro Venezuela, Rubio has stepped into his fourth — and potentially riskiest — Trump administration role, and the coming weeks and…
“Less than five hours before nighttime explosions rocked the Venezuelan capital of Caracas, an unknown trader doubled down on bets that Nicolás Maduro would soon be out as the country’s…
We’re likely headed toward a wave election if an early warning sign is correct. A staggering 44 House members have announced they are either retiring or running for another office….
“Federal health officials on Monday announced dramatic revisions to the slate of vaccines recommended for American children, reducing the number of diseases prevented by routine shots to 11 from 17,”…
One in three Americans approve of the U.S. military strike on Venezuela that toppled the country’s president and 72% worry the U.S. will become too involved in the South American…
Anne Applebaum: “In George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984, the world is divided into three spheres of influence: Oceania, Eurasia, and Eastasia, all perpetually at war. Sometimes two of the states…
Coming soon: The Elephants in the Room: How Trump Voters Seized the Party from Republican Leaders by Seth Masket. “The 2024 nomination of Donald Trump was both predictable and wildly…
President Trump posted a head-scratching claim to Truth Social, attacking the news media for not reporting that his tariffs “have taken in” some “600 Billion Dollars,” Mediaite reports. “Revenue from…
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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