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“Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is deploying the state’s National Guard to Austin ahead of this weekend’s planned No Kings rally in the Texas capital, he announced Thursday, as top Republicans…
“Former Trump administration national security adviser John Bolton was charged Thursday in a federal investigation into the potential mishandling of classified information,” the AP reports. “The 18-count indictment sets the…
“The U.S. Chamber of Commerce sued the Trump administration Thursday to block steep new fees in the H-1B visa program, in its first legal action against the administration this term,”…
Nick Miroff: “Every city targeted by Trump so far seems to resist in its own way. Protesters in proudly weird Portland, Oregon, have been mocking Trump’s ‘war zone’ claims by…
“President Donald Trump’s tariffs will cost global businesses upward of $1.2 trillion in 2025, with most of the cost being passed onto consumers,” CNBC reports. Analysis from S&P Global “says…
“The military commander overseeing the Pentagon’s escalating attacks against boats in the Caribbean Sea that the Trump administration says are smuggling drugs is stepping down,” the New York Times reports….
“Billionaires are donating heavily in the waning days of the New York City mayor’s race to stop Democratic frontrunner Zohran Mamdani,” USA Today reports. Save to Favorites
“Long before Republicans and Democrats reached the stalemate that has shut down the government, President Trump made it clear that he was willing to ignore Congress’s constitutional power to allocate…
“When presidential contenders or congressional hopefuls flame out and abandon their campaigns, they often prepare to fight another day or simply fade away,” NOTUS reports. “But a few of these…
“The Democrat Party’s main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals.” — White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, on Fox News. Save to Favorites
The Federalist obtained a voicemail from then Sen. Joe Biden to Justice Clarence Thomas’ answering machine praising him as a “person of character” just after his confirmation to the Supreme…
“Three B-52 bombers took off from Barksdale AFB in Louisiana on Wednesday and flew for hours near the coast of Venezuela, according to flight tracking data, in what appears to…
“Senate Democrats on Thursday turned an annual Pentagon funding bill into the collateral damage of a fierce shutdown battle, blocking the legislation as they pressed for an agreement that includes…
Time: “While Democrats in races across the country are bracing for Mamdani to come up in opponents’ attack ads and fundraising ploys, it’s unclear how much of it will resonate…
“The White House’s political operation is telling congressional Republicans to hold firm on the government shutdown, citing internal and external polling that show Democrats’ numbers are eroding,” Axios reports. “Since…
A new Baltimore Banner poll in Maryland finds Gov. Wes Moore (D) leading in a possible match up with former Gov. Larry Hogan (R), 45% to 37% with another 14%…
A new AP-NORC poll shows fairly similar proportions of Americans placing significant onus for the shutdown on Donald Trump at 58%, congressional Republicans at 58% and congressional Democrats at 54%. Save…
President Trump on Truth Social: “If Hamas continues to kill people in Gaza, which was not the Deal, we will have no choice but to go in and kill them.”…
“President Donald Trump said Thursday that he’ll meet with Russia’s Vladimir Putin in Hungary to try to resolve the war in Ukraine, but a date has yet to be determined,”…
“The top four congressional leaders spent Thursday trading accusations about the existence — or lack thereof — of a formal offer to end the government shutdown, now in its 16th…
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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