“President Donald Trump’s second term is already delivering a massive payday for Washington’s top lobbying shops — especially those with close ties to the administration,” Politico reports.
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Jonathan Lemire and Simon Shuster: “The standoff over the strait has created an unexpected new strain on the relationship between Trump and NATO, one that may not fully shatter the…
David Graham: “The Trump team has discovered that acting fast can prevent anyone from stepping in to stop them—the ‘You can just do things’ ethos. But the president still doesn’t…
Shane Harris: “Trump’s whipsawing public comments and social-media posts have created confusion throughout the war. But this much is evident: Despite all Iran has lost, it maintains the military capability…
“A U.S. federal judge on Thursday halted the Trump administration’s designation of Anthropic as a supply-chain risk, issuing a ruling that the government trampled free-speech protections when it classified the…
“Senate Republicans and Democrats agreed early Friday to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security, moving to end a standoff over immigration enforcement in Congress that had led to…
Wall Street Journal: “Billions of dollars of highly sophisticated military equipment has been lost or significantly damaged since the U.S. and Israel began striking thousands of targets across Iran more…
“The Pentagon is looking at sending up to 10,000 additional ground troops to the Middle East to give President Trump more military options even as he weighs peace talks with…
President Trump said he would sign an emergency order to immediately pay Transportation Security Administration agents as Congress struggles to reach a deal to end the budget impasse that has…
“U.S. dollars will bear the signature of President Trump later this year, the Treasury Department said, an unprecedented change to the nation’s currency that the department said is being made…
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President Trump said Thursday he’ll extend his deadline for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz until April 6, pulling back on his earlier threat to bomb Iran’s energy plants…
Philip Elliot: “So much of Donald Trump’s worldview came together in the 1970s, when turmoil in the Middle East sparked an energy crisis around the world and an economic malaise…
Time posed the question to more than two dozen lawmakers this week. “The exercise laid bare startling disagreements over the main objectives of a spiraling conflict that’s costing the U.S….
President Trump insisted Iran is “begging to make a deal” to end the war amid seemingly tenuous indirect talks between the U.S. and Tehran, ABC News reports. Said Trump: “I…
Washington Post: “In interviews at Gaylord Texan Resort outside Dallas, where first-time Trump-voting college men roamed the same exhibit hall as boomer women buying bedazzled Trump jackets, the eclectic —…
Wall Street Journal: “Several Senate Republicans are pressing the White House to declare a national emergency to free up money to pay Transportation Security Administration agents if lawmakers fail to…
Bloomberg: “Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy kicked off a surprise visit to the Gulf region as he seeks to offer his nation’s anti-drone expertise in exchange for defense support.” Save to…
Niki Frenchko (R) heard Rep. Dave Joyce (R-OH) refer to her as “naked Niki” after she posted about visiting a nude beach on vacation in France, the Cincinnati Enquirer reports….
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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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