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Playbook: “Every politician in Europe is taking this deadly seriously now, as witnessed by yesterday’s extraordinary joint statement — signed by the leaders of Britain, France, Germany and many more — warning Trump…
Playbook: “We’re only one week into 2026, and already these are seismic moments for America’s relations with the world. A U.S. government publicly threatening a Western ally with military action…
Punchbowl News: “Democrats are reluctant to embrace their most bare-knuckled tool to prevent President Donald Trump from launching further military operations against Venezuela or other nations.” “Instead of threatening to…
“Stephen Miller has spent the bulk of his White House career furthering hard-right domestic policies that have resulted in mass deportations, family separations and the testing of the constitutional tenets…
“President Donald Trump said Venezuela will give the U.S. between 30 and 50 million barrels of oil after his administration captured the country’s president and began pressuring the new leadership,”…
“President Donald Trump and members of his Cabinet will meet with oil company chief executives Friday at the White House to discuss plans for them to enter Venezuela and drill,”…
Bruce Bartlett: “In some ways, it has been at the heart of American foreign policy since the beginning. A great many of our foreign military interventions were undertaken not to…
“The White House published a website Tuesday with a revised version of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, underscoring President Donald Trump’s years-long effort to reshape the narrative surrounding the day…
“Secretary of State Marco Rubio told lawmakers that recent administration threats against Greenland didn’t signal an imminent invasion and that the goal is to buy the island from Denmark,” the…
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) challenged President Trump to a cognitive test after the president suggested Newsom could not pass one. Said Newsom: “If you’re so confident, let’s do it….
The White House said the U.S. is exploring options including “utilizing the U.S. military” to acquire Greenland, the semi-autonomous Danish territory, the Financial Times reports. Said White House press secretary…
Garrett Graff: “Donald Trump is hardly the first US president to look south and conquer. Over the last century, no fewer than a dozen of Trump’s predecessors embraced the belief…
“Venezuelan and U.S. officials are discussing exporting Venezuelan crude to refiners in the United States,” Reuters reports. “Venezuela has millions of barrels of oil loaded on tankers and in storage…
Former Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY) won’t seek a rematch against Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) this year, Axios reports. Save to Favorites
House Republicans just got a brutal reminder of how little room for error they have — and how quickly that margin can vanish. In the span of a few hours,…
“Trump administration officials told lawmakers on Monday that then Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores were injured after hitting their heads as they were fleeing U.S. forces…
President Trump made some news in his speech to House Republicans, noting the weak political position that House Republicans are in, Punchbowl News reports. “Here’s the big news. Trump weighed…
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) raised more than $10 million in the fourth quarter and ended the year with a staggering $30 million on hand, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. Save…
President Trump took more shots at Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), insisting there was “something wrong” with the Kentucky Republican, Mediaite reports. Said Trump: “He’s so bad. He never votes for…
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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