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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Though George Clooney doesn’t regret his New York Times op-ed urging former president Joe Biden to drop out of the 2024 presidential election, he does think it was a “mistake”…
Donald Trump lashed out at Seth Meyers, saying that he watched the late-night NBC show for “the first time in years” and that Meyers’ criticism of him is “probably illegal,”…
“President Donald Trump said Sunday he won’t be in attendance at the Supreme Court this week for a pivotal legal showdown that could gut the tariff policy at the center…
“Fox News fell for a series of AI-generated videos this weekend in which fake SNAP beneficiaries bitterly complain and threaten to ‘ransack’ grocery stores, then rewrote the post and acknowledged…
James Carville went off on former White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, saying she needs to conclude book tour and then “shut the fuck up” because she is too frequently…
“President Donald Trump hosted a 1920’s theme party at Mar-A-Lago on Oct. 31, as multiple federal judges ruled the administration could not stop funding food aid amid the ongoing government…
“Democratic senators again urged President Trump to get involved directly in talks to end the government shutdown as the impasse entered a crucial week, with the lapse set to become…
“Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Sunday that the Trump administration is not planning on conducting nuclear explosions at this time, after the president ordered nuclear weapons testing last week,” the…
President Trump defended Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in American cities in a 60 Minutes interview. Said Trump: “I think they haven’t gone far enough because we’ve been held back……
A new NBC News poll finds Democrats leading the generic congressional ballot by 8 points, 50% to 42%, “the largest lead for either party on the congressional ballot in the…
Anne Applebaum: “When you imagine media in a dictatorship, you probably think of something dull and gray. Maybe a Soviet state-television program, extolling the annual harvest. Perhaps a smudgy newspaper…
“In a bitterly divided country, pessimism and cynicism reign supreme: Two-thirds of Americans say it is at least probably true that the government often deliberately lies to the people. That…
“The rules of the game have changed. Now, we have to rewrite the new rules.” — California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), quoted by NBC News. Save to Favorites
“Voters say President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress are more to blame for the ongoing government shutdown,” according to a new NBC News poll. “But their verdict on the…
“Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has disseminated a broad list of topics that Defense Department personnel are now required to seek prior approval on before engaging with Congress, which includes…
“Democrats have an early lead in next year’s battle for control of Congress amid an ongoing government shutdown, as more voters say President Donald Trump has not lived up to…
“President Trump went after Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) for her Somali heritage, urging her to leave the country in a social media post, reprising an attack he used several times…
“The movement tore across the country with an energy new to American politics — its activists shouting at lawmakers and holding frenzied rallies to demand balanced budgets, an end to…
“Americans broadly disapprove of how President Donald Trump is handling his job, and a majority say he has gone too far in exercising the powers of his office,” according to…
“President Donald Trump is dialing up pressure on the Justice Department to freshly scrutinize ballots from the 2020 election, raising tensions with administration officials who think their time is better…
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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