“Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president on Monday morning, all but clearing the field of potential challengers to her running at the top of the Democratic ticket,” Politico reports.
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“A pollster to Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign told top Democratic Party officials on Friday that they must confront President-elect Donald Trump far differently than they did during his first term,…
“Republican senators raising questions about President-elect Donald Trump’s selections are hearing a new message: Fall in line,” the Washington Post reports. “On the Hill this week some GOP lawmakers faced…
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) “is on a mission in President Biden’s final days in office. She wants to convince him that he can rescue his legacy by adding the century-old…
The chief executive of OpenAI, Sam Altman, is planning to donate $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural fund, the New York Times reports. Save to Favorites
“Some of America’s closest allies are melting down politically and sputtering economically, even before President-elect Trump takes office promising tariffs and unpredictability,” Axios reports. “South Korea under martial law, warnings…
“Images released by Maxar on Friday show cargo planes at a Russian airfield in Syria with their nose cones opened to receive heavy equipment, along with helicopters being dismantled and…
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) on Friday requested that President Biden direct more resources to investigate the origins of mysterious drones spotted across several states since last month, Axios…
Top House Oversight Democrat Jamie Raskin is seeking information from the Trump-Vance transition team about how nominees will undergo background checks, including a “clear assurance” that an FBI background check…
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack called his likely successor at USDA, Brooke Rollins, and left a voicemail — but hasn’t received a response, Politico reports. Save to Favorites
America’s tech moguls are lining up behind President-elect Donald Trump, signaling a dramatic shift in their political allegiances. The pivot is remarkable given the fraught history between Trump and many…
Jonathan Last: “This week we got word that two of the world’s most consequential billionaires have decided to pay tribute—literally—to Donald Trump. Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg are each gifting…
“Jubilant crowds gathered in cities across Syria for the first Friday Prayers since rebels toppled Bashar al-Assad, including at the historic Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, where civilians and fighters worshiped…
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) was injured and admitted to a hospital in Luxembourg while on a congressional delegation trip to mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of…
Punchbowl News: “The House Republican Steering Committee has finished selecting chairs for the 119th Congress. And this will come as a shock to no one, but we have some thoughts…
“We talk a lot about the coming dictatorship, but I think what’s really coming is what you would call an oligarchy.” — Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT), on MSNBC. Save to…
FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker, who has earned bipartisan respect in roughly a year on the job, said he will resign on Donald Trump’s inauguration day, Politico reports. David Kurtz: “If…
Garrett Graff: “There was some speculation in the hours following Wray’s announcement to leave before January 20th that it was some advanced bureaucratic maneuver to forestall Kash Patel being installed…
A new AP-NORC poll finds only around 3 in 10 Americans are “extremely” or “very” confident that Donald Trump will pick qualified people to serve in his administration. However, a…
“With Mitt Romney set to exit the U.S. Senate, Washington will be without one of its strongest conservative critics of Donald Trump when the president retakes the White House in…
“Vice-president elect JD Vance will bring Daniel Penny, a Marine veteran recently acquitted on homicide charges related to an incident on a New York City subway, to the Army-Navy game…
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.
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