“Joe Biden’s re-election campaign is deploying California Gov. Gavin Newsom to the second Republican presidential debate next week in Simi Valley, Calif.,” Axios reports.
“It’s the latest example of Biden’s increasingly warm relationship with Newsom after earlier tensions between the two — and comes as the California governor continues to build his national profile.”
Los Angeles Times: How Biden plans to counter Trump and the GOP debate.
Save to FavoritesPeter Wehner: “The defense secretary appears unable to approach matters of of life and death with even the slightest bit of reverence or humility.” Save to Favorites
Derek Thompson: “In its war against Iran, the White House has already failed: to offer evidence that the country posed a direct threat to Americans; to provide a consistent justification…
Coming this fall: How to Eat an Elephant: One Voter at a Time by Sarah Longwell. The playbook for consigning MAGA-style politics to the ash heap of history. Save to Favorites
President Trump made it through more than a year of his second term without firing a single Cabinet secretary. That streak ended yesterday when Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was…
President Trump was interviewed by Jon Karl of ABC News: TRUMP: I hope you are impressed. How do you like the performance? I mean, Venezuela is obvious. This might be…
President Donald Trump said there would be no deal to end the U.S. war against Iran without an “unconditional surrender” by Iran, CNBC reports. He said that after a surrender,…
President Trump told CNN that Iran’s leadership has been “neutered” and that he’s looking for new leadership that will treat the United States and Israel well, even if that’s a…
President Trump told CNN that Cuba “is going to fall pretty soon.” Said Trump: “Cuba is gonna fall pretty soon, by the way, unrelated, but Cuba is gonna fall too….
“She burnt up a ton of goodwill. It was everywhere. It was everything.” — A Trump adviser, talking to Axios about why Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was fired. Save…
“Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is facing the toughest election of his 16-year rule, and U.S. President Donald Trump and his MAGA movement are mobilizing to help him,” Politico reports….
A new Fox News poll finds 72% of independents disapprove of President Trump’s job performance and 78% think he is focused on the wrong issues. Save to Favorites
“Americans are more likely than people in other countries surveyed in 2025 to question the morality of their fellow countrymen,” Pew Research reports. “In nearly all countries surveyed, more people…
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) teased a new tax plan that would excuse nearly half of American workers from paying federal income taxes, the Washington Post reports. Save to Favorites
“None of us were running. He fucked his own party.” — Former Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT), quoted by Semafor, on Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) saying he made a last minute…
“The U.S. lost 92,000 jobs in February, a sign that the job market continues to struggle across a broad range of sectors,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “The unemployment ticked…
Miami Herald: “In his quest to build out an elite global network and satisfy his insatiable desire to procure women and girls to sexually abuse, Jeffrey Epstein often turned to…
“Republicans on Capitol Hill are preparing to confront a staggering price tag for the war in the Middle East after closed-door briefings this week detailed the rapid consumption of expensive…
“The Department of Justice on Thursday released three previously withheld FBI interview reports from 2019 related to a woman who made uncorroborated allegations that she was abused by Donald Trump…
G. Elliot Morris: “According to a simple average of new high-quality surveys, 38% of Americans approve and 49% disapprove of U.S. military action in Iran.” “When ignoring ‘don’t know’ respondents,…
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.