Marianne Williamson (D) announced that she is “unsuspending” her presidential campaign, claiming American voters are “watching a car crash in slow motion” with the current candidates, The Hill reports.
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“Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) is leaving the right-wing House Freedom Caucus over its opposition to her efforts to allow House members who are new parents to vote by proxy,”…
“As a Republican, I would not be open to the idea of Barack Obama running for a third term. So I think folks have to be careful here.” — Rep….
Nathan Dean: “I can’t recall the last time when so many people around the world were waiting for a White House announcement where no one seems to know what exactly…
“Speaker Mike Johnson pledged last week to bring Rep. Elise Stefanik back to the GOP leadership table after President Donald Trump dropped her nomination as ambassador to the UN,” Politico…
“Former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, the centrist dealmaker who wielded virtually unilateral veto power over the Biden administration’s legislative agenda, has landed on K Street,” Politico reports. Sinema was spotted in…
“The Trump administration will scrutinize billions of dollars in federal funding to Harvard University,” the Washington Post reports. “The Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism will review the more than…
“Senate Democratic staff is meeting with the chamber’s referee office Monday in a bid to stop Republicans from using a controversial scoring method on their upcoming tax bill,” Bloomberg reports….
“Five senators who visited the U.S. base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, criticized the migrant mission there over the weekend as a waste of resources, after the Pentagon estimated that the…
“President Trump last week commuted the lengthy fraud sentence of a former business associate of Hunter Biden’s who assisted a Republican investigation into the Biden family,” the New York Times…
“J.D. Vance is set to host a fundraiser on Monday night in New York City, his first for the Republican National Committee as vice president,” Axios reports. “The move shows…
“Elon Musk lambasted the French court verdict that blocked Marine Le Pen from a 2027 presidential run after the far-right figurehead was found guilty of embezzlement,” Politico reports. Said Musk:…
“The U.S. has sent 17 more people accused of being gang members to El Salvador without providing their names or any other identifying information, the latest in the Trump administration’s…
“China, Japan, and South Korea have agreed to jointly respond to the U.S. tariffs,” Reuters reports. “The comments came after the three countries held their first economic dialogue in five…
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“The White House, for two months, has warmly embraced the Kremlin,” the New York Times reports. “But President Vladimir Putin of Russia has given little in return, despite his professed…
“The Israeli military will expand its ground operation in Gaza to occupy 25% of the enclave over the next two to three weeks,” Axios reports. “An Israeli official said the…
Punchbowl News: “With President Donald Trump set to announce a new round of tariffs on Wednesday – ‘Liberation Day’ – global financial markets have become increasingly freaked out about 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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