“President Donald Trump on Wednesday threw his support behind calls for a federal government takeover of Washington, D.C., saying the local government was ‘not doing the job’ on crime and homelessness,” Reuters reports.
“Republicans have in recent years sought to overturn home rule for the District of Columbia, a Democratic stronghold that has had a degree if self-governance since 1973 but is still largely beholden to the U.S. Congress.”
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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.