Despite campaign finance laws preventing coordination between campaigns and super PACS, the New York Times found anonymous X accounts with links to Rep. Wesley Hunt’s (R-TX) U.S. Senate campaign sharing strategic information, private polling and messaging advice with outside allies for months.
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Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) attacked New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) in a post shared on X, in which Tuberville said that “the enemy is inside the gates” atop two…
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned today that it will set the region’s oil and gas “on fire” if Iran energy infrastructure and ports are attacked, CNN reports. From the…
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) told NOTUS that “the mission is virtually accomplished now” and the Iran war will likely end soon. Save to Favorites
Politico: “A Democratic win on March 24 in the District 87 special election would embolden Florida’s beleaguered Democratic Party ahead of the midterms and add to a string of recent…
Playbook: “Trump hasn’t forgotten about the political defeat a group of Hoosier Republican state senators dealt him in December when they voted down his plan to redraw the state’s congressional…
“Arab diplomats trying to find a diplomatic path out of the war now being waged by the U.S. and Israel against Iran say Tehran, emboldened by its ability to rattle…
Aaron Blake: “Much like last year at this time, the president has leapt headlong into a major new undertaking that threatens to rock an already-wobbly economy. And much like last…
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“President Trump told G7 leaders in a virtual meeting Wednesday that Iran is ‘about to surrender,’ according to three officials from G7 countries briefed on the contents of the call,”…
Punchbowl News: “The relationship between Senate Majority Leader John Thune and President Donald Trump is under increasing stress, as the two diverge on legislative strategy and tactics.” “The SAVE America…
“Stock futures inched lower early Friday and oil prices held above $100, despite U.S. efforts to boost global supplies by allowing countries to purchase sanctioned Russian crude already at sea,”…
“Four crew members were killed when a American KC-135 fuel tanker crashed Thursday in western Iraq, the U.S. military said. The plane had been flying with a crew of six,…
“As the threat of strikes by Iran forces oil tankers destined for Asia to idle in the Persian Gulf, some top Republicans have declared an economic victory against a rival…
Podcaster Joe Rogan criticized the upcoming UFC fight at the White House, saying it’s going to be “weird to have a fight at the White House in the middle of…
“The Pentagon and National Security Council significantly underestimated Iran’s willingness to close the Strait of Hormuz in response to U.S. military strikes while planning the ongoing operation,” CNN reports. “President…
“Russia is earning as much as $150 million a day in extra budget revenues from its oil sales, making it the biggest winner from the conflict in the Middle East,”…
“Nearly two weeks after the United States and Israel attacked Iran with an extraordinary display of firepower, Iran has found a way to inflict pain back on its enemies by…
“Iran said the world should be ready for oil at $200 a barrel as its forces hit merchant ships and the International Energy Agency recommended a massive release of strategic…
“The Trump administration has burned through ‘years’ of critical munitions since the start of the war with Iran, fueling concerns about the rising cost of the conflict and the US’s…
“Israeli officials now assess that Iran’s ruling regime is unlikely to fall in the immediate future, as Tehran’s battered rulers remain in control and conditions on the ground aren’t yet…
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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