Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters President Donald Trump is ready to “move on” from peace talks between Ukraine and Russia if there is no progress “within days,” the Washington Post reports.
Said Rubio: “I think the president is probably at a point where he’s going to say, ‘Well, we’re done.’ We’re not going to continue with this endeavor for weeks and months on end.”
Axios: Putin tests Trump’s patience by slow-walking ceasefire talks.
Save to FavoritesSemafor: “Senate Republicans are coalescing around allowing the simultaneous confirmation of many executive branch nominees, a change based on a 2023 Democratic proposal — that would allow more confirmations than…
Punchbowl News: “President Donald Trump promised a ‘golden age’ for the U.S. economy when he returned to office in January. This kind of deterioration comes amid his administration’s on-again, off-again…
The acting deputy chief of a Justice Department unit said on hidden camera that the government will “redact every Republican” from an Epstein client list, Axios reports.Save to Favorites
“Immigration authorities arrested hundreds of workers for a major South Korean battery maker at a Hyundai plant in Georgia, calling it the largest ever Homeland Security enforcement operation at a…
Aaron Blake: “President Donald Trump came into office with massive plans to overhaul the way the US government operates and consolidate power in himself.” “And he’s been largely successful in…
“The top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee fired off two letters seeking the personal financial disclosure forms for Corey Lewandowski, a former adviser to President Trump now serving in…
“British Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner resigned on Friday after saying she deeply regretted her mistake of underpaying property tax on a new home, in a damaging blow for her…
“President Donald Trump is expected to unilaterally reinterpret a 38-year-old arms control treaty to sell sophisticated ‘Reaper’ style and other advanced military drones abroad,” Reuters reports. “The new interpretation would…
“The Republican National Committee has green-lit early party aid for Michael Whatley as he campaigns for an open, battleground Senate seat in North Carolina — giving the former national party…
Wired: “At a White House dinner Thursday night, America’s tech executives put on an uncanny display of fealty to Donald Trump.” “One by one, Trump asked the executives how much…
Tom Nichols: “The leaders of Russia, China, and North Korea are not good men. They preside over brutal autocracies replete with secret police and prison camps. But they are, nevertheless,…
“The Trump administration is expected to issue an executive order as early as Friday establishing a designation for state sponsors of wrongful detention, in a move that would allow the…
Justice Brett Kavanaugh acknowledged that while the Supreme Court’s decisions are supposed to be the last word, that word isn’t always so clear, Politico reports. Said Kavanaugh: “It’s possible we…
“Those governments will help us find these people and blow them up. They might do it themselves, and we’ll help them do it.” — Secretary of State Marco Rubio, quoted…
The Guardian: “A draft White House fact sheet on Trump’s rebranding initiative implicitly acknowledges that only Congress can formally change the department’s name, saying that the order would authorize the…
President Trump is considering New York City Mayor Eric Adams for an ambassadorship to Saudi Arabia, Politico reports. Save to Favorites
Time: “The last time Congress faced a deadline to extend government funding, Senate Democrats flinched, giving Republicans the votes needed to avert a government shutdown without extracting any concessions. The…
The Hill: “Up to now, the focus on Capitol Hill has been on which Republicans might buck President Trump and GOP leaders and endorse a procedural tool, known as a…
“President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics operated a since-deleted Twitter account that featured sexually degrading attacks on Kamala Harris, derogatory remarks about gay people, conspiracy…
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.