“Mark Sanford is delaying his announcement on whether he’ll challenge President Trump with his own White House bid until after Hurricane Dorian and its impact on the Carolinas and the nation are clear,” the Charleston Post & Courier reports.


“Mark Sanford is delaying his announcement on whether he’ll challenge President Trump with his own White House bid until after Hurricane Dorian and its impact on the Carolinas and the nation are clear,” the Charleston Post & Courier reports.
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“President Trump wants to move on from his administration’s fiasco over the Jeffrey Epstein files, but he keeps hampering that effort by opening his mouth,” CNN reports. “The most recent…
The Free Press offers an index that rates the independence of each of the media giants and analyzes their ability to defend democracy. Margaret Sullivan: “Thirty five of the largest…
Council on Foreign Relations: “President Donald Trump has torn up the WTO’s rule book and unilaterally raised tariffs on almost everyone.” Save to Favorites
“As European Union leaders work through the consequences of their new trading arrangement with the US, they are confronting the bitter reality of just how far they have fallen,” Bloomberg…
New York Times: “Faced with threats of 50 percent tariffs and demands to end a criminal case, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said he wouldn’t take orders from President…
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“Texas GOP lawmakers released their first draft of the state’s new congressional map Wednesday, proposing revamped district lines that attempt to flip five Democratic seats in next year’s midterm elections,”…
“Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley said Wednesday morning he was ‘offended’ by President Donald Trump’s attempts to pressure him to ram through more nominees coming before his panel without deference…
Rep. Danny Davis (D-IL) “is expected to announce Thursday he won’t run for reelection in 2026,” Politico reports. “Davis — at 83, one of the oldest members of Congress —…
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Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) indicated in an interview that she’s open to considering cutting off offensive weapons sales to Israel, Jewish Insider reports. Save to Favorites
“The grand jury transcripts the Justice Department is seeking to make public from its investigation of disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell include testimony…
The Telegraph: “Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Egypt called for the Palestinian terror group to disband on Tuesday, the first time they have done so.” “They joined 14 other countries, including…
“Kremlin officials decisively rejected President Donald Trump’s new deadline for Russia to negotiate an end to its war against Ukraine and reiterated Moscow’s interest in continuing the war,” the Institute…
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FCC chair Brendan Carr “has launched a formal inquiry into Comcast and NBCUniversal, citing rising concerns about the network’s treatment of local broadcast affiliates and potential violations of federal regulations,”…
President Donald Trump said he plans to impose a 25% tariff on imports from India and levy “a penalty” on the country for buying military equipment and energy from Russia,…
President Trump suggested he could impose martial law to take control of sanctuary cities that refuse to comply with federal immigration laws, the Daily Mail reports. He also implied that…
“The U.S. economy returned to growth in the second quarter after contracting in the first, largely due to trade swings,” the Wall Street Journal reports. New York Times: “On the…
“White House envoy Steve Witkoff is expected to travel to Israel on Wednesday to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Gaza,” Axios reports. “This is Witkoff’s first trip to Israel in…
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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