Records show U.S. Senate hopeful Herschel Walker (R) — who’s facing fresh questions about his Georgia residency — rented out his Atlanta home just before launching his campaign, the Daily Beast reports.


Records show U.S. Senate hopeful Herschel Walker (R) — who’s facing fresh questions about his Georgia residency — rented out his Atlanta home just before launching his campaign, the Daily Beast reports.
Donald Trump characterized warnings that his victory in 2024 would represent a threat to democracy as a “hoax” and “Democrat misinformation,” CNN reports. Said Trump: “Can you believe it? This…
“There will be no good news — only shades of bad — for Rudolph W. Giuliani when he appears in court on Monday for a trial to determine how much…
Elon Musk said his social media platform X will reinstate the account of the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones after a poll of the site’s users backed his return, The Guardian…
Houston elected Democratic state Sen. John Whitmire as its next mayor on Saturday night, elevating a Texas lawmaker who has represented the city for 50 years by giving him a…
“The president of the University of Pennsylvania, Elizabeth Magill, resigned on Saturday, four days after her testimony at a congressional hearing in which she seemed to evade the question of…
Politico: “Polls clearly suggest Haley is a stronger general-election candidate than Trump, with Haley leading Biden by 4 points in the latest RealClearPolitics averages while Trump leads the president by…
Donald Trump’s attorney Alina Habba claimed Friday that her client would take the stand on Monday in his civil fraud trial, despite the judge’s gag order and discouragement from his…
Politico interviews Susanna Gibson (D), whose Virginia state House of Delegates campaign was rocked by a recorded video of her performing sex acts online with her husband. “The episode also…
“Republican candidates in states that will determine control of the U.S. Senate next year have quietly shifted their stances on abortion rights in an attempt to combat Democrats’ success running…
Donald Trump abandoned Blake Masters (R) with a “complete and total endorsement” of his Arizona congressional primary opponent Abe Hamadeh (R). Save to Favorites
New Republic: “Russia resumed its cruise missile attack on Kyiv after an 80-day hiatus early Friday morning, an action that critics say is the direct result of Republicans blocking a…
The Republican Party of Iowa on Friday clarified that out-of-state residents cannot take part in its presidential nominating contest after Florida first lady Casey DeSantis — the wife of candidate…
New York Times: “In interviews over the past several months, more than a half-dozen current and former European diplomats — speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution from…
The latest episode of Trial Balloon is live for members. The House GOP’s majority shrinks further. Donald Trump knew exactly what he was saying. Nikki Haley is number two. Join…
“The Texas Supreme Court late Friday temporarily halted a lower court order allowing a Dallas woman to obtain an abortion in spite of the state’s strict bans, after she learned…
A new Wall Street Journal poll finds President Biden’s political standing “is at its weakest point of his presidency, with voters giving him his lowest job-performance marks and favoring Donald…
A Political Wire membership makes a fantastic gift — especially with an epic election year coming up. You can specify that the email announcing your gift be delivered on any…
“Top officials in Donald Trump’s campaign sought Friday to quell discussions about his possible second term in the White House, amid alarms about authoritarianism and reports about personnel,” the Washington…
Billionaire Ken Langone put his support behind GOP hopeful Nikki Haley on Friday, calling her approach to the 2024 election “smart,” The Hill reports. Save to Favorites
House Oversight Committee chairman James Comer (R-KY) told CNN he believes Hunter Biden was indicted on nine criminal counts yesterday to be protected from testifying before his committee. Save to…
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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