“A member of the far-right Oath Keepers extremist group who was part of a security detail for former President Donald Trump’s longtime adviser Roger Stone before storming the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Thursday to more than four years in prison,” the AP reports.
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“Melania, a documentary about first lady Melania Trump, brought in $7 million domestically in its opening weekend, a surprisingly stellar haul,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “It’s an important reminder…
“Senate Democrats say they might not support another short-term Homeland Security appropriations bill when the next tranche of funding expires on Feb. 13 — even as Republicans warn they may…
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) announced a coast-to-coast book tour to promote Stand, a 270-page expansion of his famous 25-hour speech on the Senate floor. Save to Favorites
“The internet is awash in speculation, suspicion and disgust over the millions of new pages of Jeffrey Epstein files released by the Justice Department on Friday,” Axios reports. “Few believe…
“The Supreme Court ruling in 2023 banning race-conscious college admissions led to declines in Black and Latino admissions at highly selective universities. At many other schools, the opposite occurred,” the…
New York Times: “China’s military leadership stood before the nation in March 2023, an image of unity behind Xi Jinping. After nearly a decade in power, Mr. Xi had installed…
“President Trump said he is seeking $1 billion in damages from Harvard University, the latest escalation in his administration’s fight with the institution over alleged antisemitism,” the Wall Street Journal…
“The manufacturing boom President Trump promised would usher in a golden age for America is going in reverse. After years of economic interventions by the Trump and Biden administrations, fewer…
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced that all federal immigration agents in Minnesota will be given body-worn cameras “effective immediately,” the Minnesota Star Tribune reports. Noem said cameras…
“Increasingly violent threats toward and harassment of public officials — from county clerks up to the president — are driving more and more of those figures out of their jobs,…
A new Siena poll in New York finds Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) continues to hold a commanding lead over challenger Bruce Blakeman (R) in the race for governor, 54 to…
Punchbowl News: “The partial government shutdown, all of three days old, is likely to end at some point this afternoon. It was a mostly fruitless exercise, and it sets Congress…
“The expiration this week of a core U.S.-Russia arms control treaty could touch off a global nuclear weapons race for the first time since the Cold War,” Politico reports. “Russia…
“President Trump demanded Monday that House lawmakers back the bipartisan spending deal passed by the Senate last week and set aside policy demands in an effort to quickly end a…
“President Trump has backtracked on a major point in negotiations with Harvard, dropping his administration’s demand for a $200 million payment to the government in hopes of finally resolving the…
Bill and Hillary Clinton agreed to sit for separate depositions as part of the House Oversight Committee’s probe into Jeffrey Epstein, Punchbowl News reports. The Clintons’ lawyers wrote to Oversight…
“The three most powerful Republicans in Washington are trying to tamp down a GOP rebellion in the House in order to end the government shutdown that began Friday night,” Punchbowl…
A little-noticed change at the United States Postal Service could complicate mail voting in 2026. The agency now applies many postmarks at regional processing centers — not the local post…
“Speaker Mike Johnson is planning to meet with Rules Committee Republicans shortly before the panel convenes this afternoon to take up a massive shutdown-ending funding package,” Politico reports. “The meeting…
Federal lobbying spending hit $5.24 billion in 2025, reaching the highest level ever recorded by a wide margin, Legistorm reports. This was a $768 million increase from 2024 and the…
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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