Politico: “Former top officials from Donald Trump’s administration are warning he is likely to use a second term to overhaul the nation’s spy agencies in a way that could lead to an unprecedented level of politicization of intelligence.”


Politico: “Former top officials from Donald Trump’s administration are warning he is likely to use a second term to overhaul the nation’s spy agencies in a way that could lead to an unprecedented level of politicization of intelligence.”
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New York Times: “Two of the law firms that reached deals with President Trump this year to avoid punitive executive orders were connected in recent months with the Commerce Department…
NOTUS: “Private equity has permeated the far reaches of the global economy, from energy to real estate to journalism to bowling alleys. President Donald Trump last week signed an executive…
“Mullins McLeod, a Democratic candidate for governor and prominent Charleston attorney, is declining to drop from the race after the state party urged him to end his bid,” the Charleston…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is threatening to match Texas’s partisan redistricting move with one of his own. If Texas Republicans push ahead with a mid-cycle redraw that could net…
Politico: “Across the still-forming field, ambitious Democrats are reevaluating their positions and staking out their territory.”Save to Favorites
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ (R) administration is preparing to open a second immigration detention facility at a state prison in north Florida, as a federal judge decides the fate of…
“Democracy is not just under attack from authoritarianism from the outside… It’s also under attack from a withering faith on the inside of its ability to deliver on these material…
Mehdi Hasan: “I’ve been skeptical of a Stewart presidential candidacy in the past… But I am coming around to the idea.”Save to Favorites
In his first term, Donald Trump faced real resistance — from Democrats, the news media, the courts, a handful of Republicans, and even from inside his own administration. This time,…
“US wholesale inflation accelerated in July by the most in three years, suggesting companies are passing along higher import costs related to tariffs,” Bloomberg reports.Save to Favorites
Bloomberg: “The Russian economy is spluttering under the weight of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine just as Presidents Putin and Trump meet to talk peace.” Save to Favorites
“Corey Lewandowski doesn’t want to clock out of his temporary government gig. So, administration officials believe, he’s avoiding clocking in,” Axios reports. “Lewandowski, a longtime and controversial Trump adviser, is…
“A former Republican candidate for a State House seat in New Mexico was sentenced to 80 years in prison on Wednesday for orchestrating a politically motivated shooting spree against four…
“President Donald Trump will ask Congress to pass a ‘D.C. security fund’ as part of his push to remake the capital city, a hugely controversial effort that has seen him…
Ashwin Ramaswami (D), who unsuccessfully ran for a state Senate seat in November, has filed a lawsuit against his Republican opponent, state Sen. Shawn (R) for making “outrageous, false, and…
“I think FDR would recognize him… The whole campaign was about affordability.” — Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, in an interview with Time, on Zohran Mamdani.Save to…
Time: “Before 2025, basically no one knew who Mamdani was. Over the course of eight months, the democratic socialist and backbench state assemblyman went from local long shot to likely…
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) warned Republicans in a speech that “God will pull the plug on us” if the United States stops supporting Israel. Said Graham: “Israel is not the…
“Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that the United States is taking action to stop the war in Ukraine, in a meeting with Russian top officials ahead of Friday’s summit…
“Donald Trump’s Navy and Air Force are poised to cancel two nearly complete software projects that took 12 years and well over $800 million combined to develop, work initially aimed…
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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