Donald Trump on Friday filed his personal financial disclosure report with the Federal Election Commission – offering the public a first look at his post-presidential finances, CNN reports.
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Katie Miller, who had served as a senior adviser and spokesperson for DOGE — and who is married to Trump adviser Stephen Miller — is also leaving the administration and…
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“President Trump’s trade team is readying its Plan B,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “The administration’s tariff strategy was undermined when a court this week found it was illegal for…
New York Times: “Across the country, Chinese students reeled Thursday from Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s announcement that the Trump administration would begin ‘aggressively’ revoking visas for Chinese students studying…
“President Donald Trump leveled unusually pointed criticism of a prominent conservative legal activist and organization Thursday as he railed against a ruling that struck down his sweeping tariffs,” Politico reports….
“Federal authorities are investigating a clandestine effort to impersonate White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, after an unknown individual reached out to prominent Republicans and business executives pretending to…
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New York Times: “Even by the judge-bashing standards of the Trump administration, the White House’s sharp reactions this week to court decisions curtailing its agenda appeared to intensify a strategic…
“Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem posted a stunning allegation on Wednesday: A undocumented migrant sent a letter threatening to kill President Donald Trump, promising to ‘self deport’ after the assassination,”…
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has condemned a move by Donald Trump to consider pardoning crazed extremists who plotted to kidnap her and “hog tie” her, the Daily Beast reports. Said…
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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