A new trove of documents uncovered by the Wall Street Journal show that CIA Director William Burns met with Jeffrey Epstein at his New York townhouse in 2014, years after he had become a convicted sex offender.

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“Senior Trump advisers are telling top GOP donors that a pair of upcoming Supreme Court decisions are likely to bolster Republicans in the 2026 midterms — and transform the party’s…
“The Honduran attorney general announced on Monday night that he had issued an international arrest warrant for the country’s former president Juan Orlando Hernández, who was recently pardoned by President…
“On President Trump’s proclaimed ‘Liberation Day’ in April, when he announced the tariffs that have upended global trade, he vowed that ‘jobs and factories will come roaring back into our…
“President Trump said he would let Nvidia export its H200 chip to China and that the U.S. would receive a 25% cut, his latest bid to make money for the…
“A bipartisan group of House members is introducing a bill to extend the enhanced Obamacare subsidies for two years with new income limits and anti-fraud measures,” Punchbowl News reports. “The…
“The annual defense policy bill on track to clear Congress in the coming days would compel the Pentagon to provide lawmakers with the specific orders behind the strikes that the…
“Indiana’s redistricting bill passed the Senate’s elections committee, clearing its first hurdle in the chamber that has been reticent to take up the issue,” the Indianapolis Star reports. “The bill…
“Rep. Marc Veasey (D-TX) is set to drop his House bid in a Dallas-area seat and will instead run for Tarrant County judge,” Politico reports. “It’s the latest reshuffle brought…
“President Donald Trump on Monday falsely denied making a comment he had made on camera just five days prior,” CNN reports. “Then he launched a personal attack against the reporter…
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC), writing in the New York Times: “Here’s a hard truth Republicans don’t want to hear: Nancy Pelosi was a more effective House speaker than any Republican…
“The honeymoon period of the second Trump administration has given way to a new phase where elected Republicans have grown emboldened to defy the president and push back on his…
“Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman is preparing to enter the race for New York governor as soon as Tuesday,” Politico reports. “Blakeman’s decision to seek the Republican nomination is a…
“Eggs are down. Really everything is coming down. But listen, we’re not tone deaf. We know that a lot of Americans are like, ‘Well, we’re still not feeling the relief.’…
“Come January, Zohran Mamdani will trade his Queens one-bedroom apartment for 11,000 square feet of living and entertaining space at Gracie Mansion on the Upper East Side,” the New York…
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) told Semafor that President Trump’s working-class support “is at risk” if Congress doesn’t deliver more to improve people’s lives. Said Hawley: “I think it is at…
“First a Democratic gerrymander pushed California House Republicans to the brink of extinction. Now they’re fighting each other for scraps,” Politico reports. “In a state where Republicans had long counted…
“Ukraine will not surrender territory, President Volodymyr Zelensky declared on Monday, rejecting a central Russian demand that President Donald Trump had incorporated into his latest proposal to end the Kremlin’s…
“Unfortunately, under Sleepy Joe Biden—he’s a sleepy guy—our farmers were crushed by the worst inflation in modern history.” — President Trump, announcing a $12 billion bailout for American farmers. Save…
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“Alina Habba resigned as U.S. attorney in New Jersey on Monday after a panel of federal judges ruled last week that she was serving in the position unlawfully,” the New…
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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