“If you want to rub elbows with President-elect Donald Trump and his incoming administration during inaugural celebrations, it’ll cost you — between half a million and $2 million, specifically,” USA Today reports.
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Over the weekend, Donald Trump launched a cryptocurrency, $TRUMP, calling it a way to “celebrate our win and have fun.” Despite warnings that $TRUMP was “not an investment opportunity,” the…
“Former White House strategist Steve Bannon was noticeably absent from the inauguration’s presidential fanfare on Monday amid his ongoing feud with Elon Musk,” the Daily Beast reports. “Bannon’s normally active…
“President Donald Trump is planning to pardon people convicted of nonviolent offenses related to the January 6, 2021, US Capitol attack and to commute the sentences of others convicted of…
President Donald Trump said that service members who were dismissed from the military because they refused Covid-19 vaccines will be reinstated with back pay, Politico reports. Save to Favorites
“Wait ’til the corruption begins… because it will.” — President Donald Trump, speaking in the Capitol after being sworn in as president. Save to Favorites
“Outgoing President Joe Biden’s White House homeland security team urged President-elect Donald Trump’s team to focus on a number of major threats that include Iran’s plots against dissidents and current…
“The inauguration of Donald Trump is not just a restoration of power for the former president. It’s a return for his family, as well,” the New York Times reports. “They…
With his wife next to him and surrounded by his children, Donald Trump was sworn in as president “with a handshake and a smile,” the New York Times reports. His…
President Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons for five family members, citing concerns that they will be targeted by “baseless and politically motivated investigations,” CNBC reports. Save to Favorites
Donald Trump — in a truly remarkable return to power — is set to be sworn in at 12 p.m. ET as the 47th president of the United States. Trump…
Bloomberg: “Trump plans to declare a national emergency at the border, direct the Pentagon to deploy additional individuals to the border, and seek to end ‘catch and release,’ the policy…
Retired Army Gen. Mark Milley said he was “deeply grateful” to receive a preemptive pardon from outgoing President Joe Biden Monday, USA Today reports. Said Milley: “After forty-three years of…
“President-elect Donald Trump will declare shortly after taking office on Monday that the federal government only recognizes two sexes — male and female — a move that reverses protections for…
“Vivek Ramaswamy is leaving the federal government cost-cutting effort he planned to lead with Elon Musk and expects to announce a bid for Ohio governor a week after Donald Trump…
“Welcome home.” — President Biden, quoted by ABC News, greeting President-elect Donald Trump at the White House. Save to Favorites
Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Donald Trump in televised comments to his country’s security council, the New York Times reports. He welcomed Trump’s readiness to “restore direct contacts with Russia”…
President-elect Donald Trump will call for a “revolution of common sense” during his inaugural address, the Wall Street Journal reports. According to prepared remarks, Trump will say: “I return to…
“Billionaire wealth surged in 2024, as the world’s richest people increasingly benefited from inheritance and powerful connections, Oxfam said Monday in its annual inequality report,” NBC News reports. “The combined…
“Donald Trump will order the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska’s Mount Denali in his first hours as the 47th president,” the New York Post reports. “The Gulf…
“The price of bitcoin surged to over $109,000 early Monday, just hours ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, as a pumped up cryptocurrency industry bets he’ll take action soon after…
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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