New Republic: “The Bakersfield Republican has everything it takes to rise to the top in today’s GOP: zero interest in policy, relentless thirst for power, and slavish loyalty to Trump. If this man becomes speaker of the House—look out, America.”
Save to FavoritesThe Senate voted to confirm Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) as Homeland Security secretary, Punchbowl News reports. The vote was 54-45. Sens. John Fetterman (D-PA) and Martin Heinrich (D-NM) crossed party…
“I don’t think we can just walk away from this and say we won. We’re in a tough spot and I can’t identify a lot of options.” — Former Defense…
“Taxpayers shelled out more than $200,000 in production costs for an ad featuring fired Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem riding around Mount Rushmore on horseback,” the New York Post reports….
Rachel Bade: “While the left’s irritation with Schumer may be genuine, the idea that he’s on the brink is more fantasy than fact. Having covered internal grumblings against party leaders…
Isaac Stanley-Becker: “A decade ago, Trump’s election seemed to open a trapdoor in democracy and reveal a realistic path to power for populist movements all over the world. Globalization was…
New York Times: “President Trump said on Monday that Republicans should stop negotiating with Democrats to end the partial government shutdown and instead focus on passing voting legislation, even as…
Wall Street Journal: “President Trump has criticized Europe for staying on the sidelines in the Iran war. But many European countries are quietly playing a crucial supporting role.” “While many…
New York Times: “The Trump administration escalated its pressure campaign on Harvard University with two new investigations into antisemitism on campus and the school’s admissions policies, issues the federal government…
Rahm Emanuel said he wants to ban federal employees from betting in the extremely popular prediction markets, taking a shot at the Trump administration, which he said has “normalized corruption,”…
The Atlantic: “Strolling through the capital these days, you can’t go far without encountering an image of the president’s face. It drapes down over the front of the Department of…
Bloomberg: “Among the myriad ideas floated to the administration for consideration are asking Congress to suspend the federal gas tax; releasing more oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve once the…
Wall Street Journal: “Thousands of U.S. Marines are slated to arrive in the Middle East on Friday, the day President Trump has set as the deadline for Iran to reopen…
CNN: “An already massive gap between Republican National Committee and Democratic National Committee finances widened in February, according to new reports filed with the Federal Election Commission.” “The RNC out-raised…
NOTUS: “The Trump administration is paying nearly $1 billion to get a French energy company to cancel two planned offshore wind projects.” “The Interior Department said TotalEnergies will invest the…
Washington Post: “Judges in New Jersey appointed a new top federal prosecutor for the state on Monday in a move that drew swift support from the Justice Department, signaling an…
Financial Times: “Iran has for years threatened to shut down the strait, through which a fifth of the world’s oil and gas passes. And now they have done so, Iranian…
Lakshya Jain: “Trump’s numbers on the economy are radioactive. Every major demographic group of voters disapproves of his economic stewardship, including supermajorities of young and nonwhite voters. He’s even underwater…
New York Times: “Senior military officials are weighing a possible deployment of a combat brigade from the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division and some elements of the division’s headquarters staff to…
“Less than 48 hours before the U.S.-Israeli strike on Iran began, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by phone to President Donald Trump about the reasons for launching the kind of…
Punchbowl News: “Senate Budget Committee Republicans are meeting early this week to discuss a second reconciliation bill.” “Senate Budget Committee Chair Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has called the meeting as talks…
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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