“Donald Trump’s leadership PAC spent another $5.6 million on legal expenses in February, furthering a trend that has seen the former president put valuable campaign dollars into his courtroom fights,” Politico reports.

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New York Times: “An analysis of footage from three camera angles shows that the motorist was driving away from — not toward — a federal officer when he opened fire.”…
“Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday called a special legislative session on mid-decade redistricting that would take place in late April, a preemptive move coming amid state GOP tensions and national…
“During legislative sessions in Frankfort, no bill or idea is ever 100% dead,” the Lexington Herald-Leader reports. “But, according to a Republican legislative leader who has spoken with White House…
Playbook: “The scale of GOP pushback to Trump’s proposed dalliance in Greenland yesterday was striking and makes the prospect of a forceful U.S. takeover of the island look far less…
Punchbowl News: “For a moment, it seemed like President Donald Trump was nudging Republicans to make a health care deal with Democrats and address one of the biggest election-year vulnerabilities…
“The Trump administration announced Wednesday that it will withdraw the United States from dozens of international organizations and bodies associated with the United Nations as Washington retrenches from global cooperation…
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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