Donald Trump — who backed out of a debate with Kamala Harris — claimed on Truth Social that she does not “have the mental capacity” to debate him.


Donald Trump — who backed out of a debate with Kamala Harris — claimed on Truth Social that she does not “have the mental capacity” to debate him.
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Garry Kasparov: “Andrew Cuomo positioned himself as just that person—the normalcy candidate. The problem is that the disgraced former governor wasn’t. Normalcy is not having over a dozen sexual harassment…
“Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) said Wednesday he’s not ready to support Donald Trump’s signature domestic policy bill. But the Wisconsin Republican said that the White House, including the president himself,…
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Vice President J.D. Vance raised his middle finger during a Republican Party dinner in Ohio, while delivering remarks about political culture in Washington, D.C., NBC News reports.Save to Favorites
Former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) is expecting a child with his wife Ginger.Save to Favorites
New York Times: “He distinguished himself from a field of 10 rivals by offering an unapologetically progressive economic platform that was as memorable as it was ambitious. He proposed making…
“President Trump said on Wednesday that the United States and Iran would hold talks ‘next week,’ while also casting doubt on the need to iron out a deal with Tehran…
“After six months of aggressive immigration enforcement and promises to focus on deporting violent criminals, the Trump administration has arrested and detained a small fraction of the undocumented immigrants already…
NATO General Secretary Mark Rutte referred to President Trump as “daddy” during a news conference. Said Rutte: “Sometimes daddy has to use strong language.”Save to Favorites
The children of Melissa and Mark Hortman, who were gunned down in a political assassination earlier this month, issued a statement calling on people to honor their parents’ legacy by…
“We are not cutting Medicaid. The president has said that and I have said that. We’ve all said that. We’re strengthening the program.” — Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), speaking to…
“Tucker Carlson says the Murdoch family, which owns Fox News along with The Wall Street Journal and a number of other international media properties, urged him to run for president…
After the painful lessons of Vietnam and Iraq, skepticism about official war narratives has become a bipartisan instinct in Washington. That makes the absence of any publicly released footage from…
“The Pentagon has launched a criminal investigation into the leak of a classified Defense Intelligence Agency report assessing that damage to Iranian nuclear facilities from U.S. airstrikes didn’t significantly set…
“The Trump administration is planning to dismiss asylum claims for potentially hundreds of thousands of migrants in the United States and then make them immediately deportable as part of the…
“Speaker Mike Johnson is warning in private that Senate Republicans could cost House Republicans their majority next year if they try to push through the deep Medicaid cuts in the…
“Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) says he has the ‘antibodies’ after surviving President Trump’s previous attempt to oust him during his first administration,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “The Kentucky Republican’s…
“The Trump administration is preparing to test a 1974 budget law by refusing to spend congressionally mandated funds, senior federal officials say — an escalation that could change the balance…
Zohran Mamdani’s upset win in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary sent shockwaves through the party—not just for the result, but for what it says about the state of Democratic…
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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.
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