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Keir Starmer said he is open to the idea of an Australian-style ban on social media for young people after becoming concerned about the amount of time children and teenagers…
TJ Sabula, a 40-year-old United Auto Workers line worker at the factory President Trump visited yesterday, told the Washington Post that he was the one who called Trump a “pedophile…
Yair Rosenberg: “For months, major media outlets have run story after story about the alleged crack-up of Trump’s MAGA base, sourced to a specific set of elite right-wing influencers. These…
Former Rep. Madison Cawthorn’s (R-NC) comeback House bid in Florida is being met with skepticism from some Republicans, who doubt he will be able to win, The Hill reports.Save to…
New York Times: “Mr. Trump appears newly emboldened, buoyed by the seeming success of striking Iran’s nuclear sites and sending an Army Delta Force team in to seize Nicolás Maduro…
“FBI agents searched the home of a Washington Post reporter on Wednesday, as part of what officials said was an investigation into the possible sharing of government secrets,” the New…
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) declared that while he votes with Republicans “91% of the time,” he draws the line at “taking up for pedophiles,” Mediaite reports.Save to Favorites
As the midterm election campaigns heat up, most attention is fixed on Washington — on whether Democrats can reclaim the House and possibly narrow or erase the GOP’s edge in…
President Trump said early Wednesday that anything less than U.S. control of Greenland would be “unacceptable,” claiming “it is vital for the Golden Dome that we are building,” The Hill…
“Virginia Democrats are launching their last big campaign in the redistricting wars this week — but big questions loom about whether they can agree on how to maximize benefits to…
“Democrats keep taking the Trump administration to court over funding freezes — and they keep winning,” NOTUS reports. “Yet, they don’t see this cycle — in which the White House…
The U.S. could have to pay as much as $700 billion if it were to achieve President Trump’s goal of buying Greenland, NBC News reports. Said Trump: “I’d love to…
A new Detroit News poll Mike Rogers (R) and Haley Stevens (D) are tied in the race for Michigan’s open U.S. Senate seat, 44% to 44%. Stevens fared the best…
“About 1.4 million fewer people have enrolled in Obamacare coverage this year in the face of soaring premiums, according to an early report, following the expiration of the enhanced subsidies…
Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) “says she has learned that federal prosecutors are investigating her after she took part in a video urging military service members to resist illegal orders,” the…
Playbook: “What’s striking is the degree to which both sides want to talk about this incident. Liberals are genuinely outraged by what happened, and want to see criminal charges pressed…
“Former Rep. Mary Peltola raked in $1.5 million in the first 24 hours of her bid to unseat GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan in Alaska, a sizable haul to kick off…
“There are three sitting Republican senators President Donald Trump has not endorsed for reelection. He has no imminent plans to change that,” Politico reports. “The strategy behind not endorsing in…
“President Trump, a lover of tariffs, has become even more enthusiastic about their benefits in recent weeks. In an economic speech in Detroit on Tuesday, Mr. Trump mentioned tariffs more…
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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