“An estimated 27.3 million people watched President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on television, the second smallest audience for the annual event in at least 30 years,” NBC News reports.
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“The Trump administration is chastising Western allies who are preparing to recognize Palestinian statehood in response to the heightening humanitarian crisis in the region, cranking up criticism after President Donald…
“President Donald Trump, a longtime developer, is overseeing the construction of a $200 million, 90,000-square-foot ballroom that will remake the East Wing of the White House, effecting one of the…
Democratic strategist David Axelrod on Wednesday said former Vice President Kamala Harris appears to be preparing for another White House bid after last year’s November loss, The Hill reports. Said…
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, promised to reveal to the public a “full breakdown of my follow the money investigation on Epstein so…
“President Trump on Thursday unleashed a fiery reaction after the Federal Reserve held interest rates steady, blasting Fed chair Jerome Powell with a stream of insults and suggesting corruption in…
“The Justice Department’s internal watchdog lost a crucial account from a whistle-blower detailing wrongdoing by political appointees for more than two months, prompting criticism that the agency’s inspector general has…
“Justice Brett Kavanaugh said on Thursday that the Supreme Court should be wary of providing detailed explanations for its rulings on emergency applications like those arising from challenges to the…
“A Florida state appeals court upheld a previous ruling that the election to pick the next mayor of Miami must take place in November after a city commission tried to…
“Federal appeals court judges on Thursday sharply questioned President Donald Trump’s authority to impose sweeping tariffs on foreign trading partners under an unprecedented use of emergency powers,” Politico reports. “Several…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is trying to walk back his suggestion that the so-called Trump savings accounts for newborns could be a “back door” to start privatizing Social Security, ABC…
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“Senate Majority Leader John Thune is now floating Democratic-authored proposals that would allow Senate Republicans to confirm President Donald Trump’s nominees more quickly,” Punchbowl News reports. “Thune specifically referenced a…
“President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Thursday afternoon reinstating the national fitness assessment implemented in public schools from 1956 until 2013,” NBC News reports. “The original Presidential Fitness…
Playbook: “There are just hours to go before President Donald Trump’s deadline for scores of countries to strike trade deals with the U.S. or face steep tariffs. The president has…
The Atlantic: “Trump, two administration officials told us, has come to believe what many in Washington have thought for months: that Netanyahu is looking to prolong the conflict in Gaza,…
“For more than five decades, Joe Biden’s existence was not only incredibly public but busy — his waking hours spent surrounded by a coterie of devoted aides and strategists, his…
A new Times/YouGov poll finds few Americans say they are better off under President Trump and most think the economy is getting worse. “Trump pledged to bring inflation down immediately…
“A senior Trump administration official stated Thursday that President Donald Trump is not currently considering clemency for Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell after the president has repeatedly left the door…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday expressed confidence that the U.S. and China are on the way to a trade pact as a key tariff deadline nears, CNBC reports. Said…
“President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would not raise U.S. tariffs on Mexican goods beyond their current levels for 90 days, in order to give the neighboring countries time…
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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