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Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) is refusing to voluntarily comply with a Justice Department investigation into a video she organized urging U.S. military members to resist “illegal orders” — escalating a…
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“A deal for funding the Department of Homeland Security is growing further out of reach,” Punchbowl News reports. “With time running out, Senate Majority Leader John Thune is trying to…
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“President Trump said on Thursday that Attorney General Pam Bondi wanted Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, to oversee the FBI seizure and search of voter rolls in Georgia…
Vice President JD Vance arrived in Milan with his family, telling U.S. athletes competing in the Milan games that the competition “is one of the few things that unites the…
“President Donald Trump on Thursday is set to launch TrumpRx.gov, a government website aimed at helping Americans purchase medications at discounted prices, capping his nearly year-long pressure campaign to extract…
The Bulwark: “The online right has been shaken this week by a recording that suggests far-right podcaster Elijah Schaffer—one of the biggest proponents of traditional or ‘trad’ family values—may have…
Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) said that House Democrats should propose full-year funding for most agencies under the Department of Homeland Security while withholding funding for immigration enforcement activities as Democrats…
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Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball: “In the 2024 election, just 16 congressional districts voted differently for president and for U.S. House. Democratic House candidates carried 13 Donald Trump-won districts, and Republican…
A new Emerson College poll of Kentucky voters finds Andy Barr (R) leading the GOP field for the U.S. Senate nomination with 24%, followed by Daniel Cameron at 21% and…
“I don’t sleep on planes; I don’t like sleeping on planes, you know? I like looking out the window, watching for missiles and enemies, actually.” — President Trump, speaking at…
A new NRSC internal poll shows James Talarico (D) beating Ken Paxton (R) in a U.S. Senate match up. Jasmine Crockett (D) would trail Paxton by just one percentage point….
“Mike Johnson is a very religious person. He does not hide it. He’ll say to me sometimes at lunch, ‘Sir, may we pray.’ I’ll say, ‘Excuse me? We’re having lunch.’”…
“The United States and Russia have agreed to restart high-level military contacts that had been suspended shortly after the invasion of Ukraine,” Bloomberg reports. “The agreement came during negotiations in…
“Marco Rubio now has one less critical role to worry about in the Trump administration,” CNN reports. “After nearly a year as acting archivist of the United States, Rubio’s tenure…
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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