A new Morning Consult survey finds 45% of voters say they’d blame Republicans in Congress for a government shutdown, while only 33% say they’d blame Democrats in Congress.
Save to Favorites“Kristi Noem’s husband is today revealed as a secret crossdresser who dons gigantic fake breasts and pink hotpants to chat with online fetish models,” the Daily Mail reports. “While his…
President Trump told the New York Post that the Strait of Hormuz will open “automatically” when the United States ends the war in Iran. Said Trump: “Well, I think it’ll…
New York Times: “The Pentagon is considering sending a powerful anti-drone laser system to the military base in Washington where Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio…
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they would target U.S. companies in the Middle East as of April 1 in retaliation for attacks on Iran, Reuters reports. The 18 companies listed in…
“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth conceded on Tuesday that Iran retained the ability to retaliate despite a monthlong U.S.-Israeli bombing campaign but repeated claims that Iran’s military capabilities had been severely…
Wall Street Journal: “It was supposed to be a banner year for Wall Street. Now investors are just hoping to avoid a global recession triggered by a historic run-up in…
Jonathan Martin: “A series of special elections and GOP primary battles in April and May will test not just the mood of the Republican Party, but also Trump’s vise-like hold…
Wall Street Journal: “That effort is now unfolding on multiple fronts. Attorney General Pam Bondi last week quietly authorized Dan Bishop, a U.S. attorney in North Carolina, to pursue election-related…
Associated Press: “The White House sees the stock, energy and bond markets as a way to indirectly reach voters. Trump has staked his economic agenda on cheap prices at the…
Vice President JD Vance, who is widely expected to run for president in 2028, announced Tuesday that he’s written a book about his “personal journey” in faith, which will come…
President Trump told CBS News that he is not ready “quite yet” to abandon efforts to force Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, despite a Truth Social post suggesting…
“The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled against a law banning ‘conversion therapy’ for LGBTQ+ kids in Colorado, one of about two dozen states that ban the discredited practice,” the AP…
Associated Press: “Gulf allies of the United States, led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, are urging President Donald Trump to continue prosecuting the war against Iran, arguing…
New York Times: “The Food and Drug Administration is moving toward allowing compounding pharmacies to produce more than a dozen injectable peptides that were banned because of potentially significant safety…
Wall Street Journal: “Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the coming days of the conflict would be decisive, and that the number of projectiles launched by Iran in the past 24…
Bloomberg: “Donald Trump’s NATO allies are increasing resistance to getting involved in his Iran war, risking a deeper rupture in the already strained military bloc.” “Spain closed its airspace to…
Tom Nichols: “The term virtue signaling refers to an annoying moral peacocking that has less to do with politics than with self-gratification. It’s the dinner guest who feels compelled to…
President Trump said on social media that France wouldn’t let U.S. planes headed to Israel fly over French territory. Said Trump: “France has been VERY UNHELPFUL with respect to the…
Wall Street Journal: “President Trump pushed other nations to launch their own operation to wrest control of the Strait of Hormuz from Iran, blaming countries like the U.K. for not…
A new University of Massachusetts/YouGov poll finds President Trump’s approval rate at just 33% with a whopping 62% disapproving of his job performance. Save to Favorites
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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