Bar authorities in California say the trial to disbar former Trump attorney John Eastman should move forward despite the looming threat of an indictment from Special Counsel Jack Smith.
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“Top congressional Republicans will be huddling with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent at the White House for weekly discussions on how to advance President Donald Trump’s tax agenda,” Politico reports. Save…
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) “has privately told fellow Republicans he’s very interested in mounting a bid to succeed outgoing Sen. Mitch McConnell,” Politico reports. “After McConnell announced his retirement, Massie…
“Elon Musk threatened to suspend federal workers who haven’t returned to in-office work by this week, the latest demand of government employees from the billionaire running President Donald Trump’s cost-cutting…
“It’s getting even a little excessive for me.” — White nationalist Nick Fuentes, reacting to Steve Bannon Nazi-like salute at CPAC. Save to Favorites
DOGE staffer Edward “Big Balls” Coristine is the grandson of KGB agent Valery Martynov, who was executed by the Soviets for spying for the United States, Jacob Silverman reports. Save…
Rival Democratic factions are coalescing around the potency of an anti-billionaire messaging, Puck reports. However, they don’t agree on much more, such as the roots of Democrats’ losses in last…
“Democrats are anxious to rebuild their party on the heels of President Trump’s victory in November. But they have a major problem as they try to refashion their brand: The…
Garrett Graff: “The 117-year-old Federal Bureau of Investigation, long heralded as the nation’s premier national law enforcement agency — an avowedly nonpartisan, independent investigator that for decades has pursued gangsters,…
“Columbia University has hired President Trump’s former secretary of state to teach diplomacy, decision-making and organizational leadership, starting in March,” the Wall Street Journal reports. Save to Favorites
A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily barred the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing troves of sensitive personal data from federal agencies, The Hill reports. Save to Favorites
Washington Post: “Like many of Trump’s ideas, it is difficult to pinpoint where exactly he got the inspiration. Television host Stephen Colbert had made it a bit of political satire…
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and Republicans in the upper chamber have successfully approved 18 of the 22 Cabinet positions, Fox News reports. “Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso’s office…
“The Republican State Leadership Committee, a GOP spending group dedicated to winning state-level races across the country, is committing $2 million in advertising spending to help Republicans retake the Wisconsin…
Republicans and Democrats are further apart on views of Israel than they’ve ever been, a new Gallup Poll finds. Whereas 83% of Republicans hold favorable views of Israel, only 33%…
Punchbowl News: “It’s getting into crunch time for funding the government. There are just 18 days until federal agencies – already under extraordinary pressure thanks to the DOGE initiative –…
Paul Krugman: “It has always been a mistake to trust anyone promising to run the government like a business. Businesses and government agencies have very different objectives, and even genuinely…
“As the Republican National Committee was gearing up for its convention in Milwaukee, it was also quietly dealing with a serious security breach of its internal communications by hackers with…
“Many Americans are pinching pennies, exhausted by high prices and stubborn inflation. The well-off are spending with abandon,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “The top 10% of earners—households making about…
Washington Post: “The speed and energy with which the president has moved to remake Washington’s role in the world has been most visible in his approach to the war between…
New York Times: “After three years of grinding warfare and isolation by the West, a world of new possibilities has opened up for Mr. Putin with a change of power…
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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