Donald Trump’s last national security adviser is calling on the Pentagon to deploy the “entire” Marine Corps to the Pacific as a bulwark against China’s increasing military might, Politico reports.
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“House Republican leadership is eyeing Fort McNair, an Army post in Southwest Washington, as the tentative location for a conference retreat on Saturday on its ambitious legislative plans on the…
“House Democrats are expecting full attendance at Friday’s speaker vote, as lawmakers who have faced recent health issues return to Washington for the start of the new Congress,” Politico reports….
For the last eight years, Donald Trump has wielded his influence over the Republican Party like a hammer — hitting those who crossed him—whether they voted for his impeachment, opposed…
Michael Mann and Peter Hotez identify climate change, pandemics, and anti-science disinformation as the gravest perils to human civilization. “Over the past decade, many of us in the scientific community…
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“Republicans’ first response to Sarah McBride’s election to Congress was to ban her from using women’s restrooms throughout the Capitol. But their early treatment of the first openly transgender House…
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“Donald Trump’s vision to reshape the world’s largest economy through protectionist policies that put ‘America First’ will damage growth, according to Financial Times economists’ polls that contrast with investors’ bullishness…
“Elon Musk called for fresh UK elections in the latest sign of how Donald Trump’s incoming U.S. administration could be a thorn in the side of Keir Starmer’s government,” Bloomberg…
President-elect Donald Trump plans to hold a “victory rally” at the Capital One Arena in Washington on Jan. 19, the day before he is sworn in, the Washington Post reports….
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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