“A $5 million jury verdict that found Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll was ‘grossly excessive’ and he should either get a new trial or have to pay less in damages, the former president’s lawyers contended on Thursday,” NBC News reports.
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Aaron Blake: “At this point, when an aide or adviser to Donald Trump offers to translate something the president has said, you should probably assume they have no idea what…
“Vice President JD Vance has given new details on exactly where he was while his Trump administration colleagues were monitoring the US special forces operation to capture Venezuela President Nicolas…
“One year ago, Gov. Kathy Hochul’s popularity was plummeting, rivals from the left and right were circling and her path to re-election looked bumpy,” the New York Times reports. “Now,…
“House Democrats found themselves in the familiar position this week of seething at Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) for negotiating a deal with Republicans to keep the government funded,”…
“The U.S. and Russia are closing in on a deal to continue to observe the expiring New START arms control treaty beyond its expiration on Thursday,” Axios reports. “Two of…
President Trump briefly appeared to acknowledge that his handling of the economy is not polling well, telling NBC News that he doesn’t know why that is the case, Mediaite reports….
“A crowded primary in the New Jersey suburbs Thursday has become an early testing ground for the debates that will shape the Democratic push to retake the US House in…
“Even before he descended from a glass elevator at his health care company’s headquarters, deliberately echoing Donald Trump’s gilded presidential launch, it was clear that Republican Rick Jackson remade Georgia’s…
“Citadel founder and CEO Ken Griffin criticized the Trump administration’s interference into the day-to-day business of American companies and raised concerns about self-serving decisions made by government officials,” the Wall…
“Gavin Newsom is heading south to hawk his new memoir,” Politico reports. “The California governor will launch his Young Man in a Hurry book tour in Nashville later this month,…
Washington Post: “Building so many new things and placing his name on others creates an enduring reminder of Trump’s presidency.” “It is easy to remember Kennedy’s place in history, or…
“The deadline has been looming over Washington and Moscow for years,” the New York Times reports. “On Thursday, the last nuclear arms control treaty between the United States and Russia…
“Keir Starmer apologized for appointing Peter Mandelson to a senior role despite the former envoy’s known links to the pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, as he sought to turn the page…
“Iran and the United States will meet for a new round of negotiations on Friday in Oman, Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, and the White House said on Wednesday, after…
Politico: “The court’s pending decision could open the floodgates to even more campaign ads from the national parties and extend the timeline of campaign advertising much earlier into the summer….
“Former Vice President Kamala Harris is resuscitating and rebranding her 2024 campaign social media accounts, KamalaHQ, as she takes her next steps back into the national spotlight,” Politico reports. “Harris…
New York Times: “All across the country, the Democrats trying to take back control of Congress have been scouring, scouting and recruiting candidates with compelling biographies to compete in seemingly…
“Vulnerable Republicans have a big political problem on their hands,” Punchbowl News reports. “The bipartisan Senate negotiations to revive enhanced Obamacare subsidies are all but dead, leaving health care costs…
“Political violence, stagnant pay and family-unfriendly legislatures are pushing Gen Z and Millennial state lawmakers to consider leaving office — even as many say they still believe in public service,”…
“The Trump administration is planning to make it easier to discipline—and potentially fire—career officials in senior positions across the government, a move that would affect roughly 50,000 federal workers,” 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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