Donald Trump’s transition team wants Mitt Romney to publicly apologize for railing against the president-elect during the campaign if he hopes to become the next Secretary of State, Fox News reports.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio told an official with the United States Agency for International Development that foreign aid was “the least popular thing government spends money on” and had…
“President Donald Trump has placed holds on tens of billions of dollars in congressionally-approved spending for projects across the U.S. that range from Iowa soybean farmers adopting greener practices to…
Playbook: “It might be Friday, but the internal Republican battle for the upper hand on reconciliation is still in full swing. Speaker Mike Johnson had promised House Republicans he and…
A new Emerson College poll in New York City finds Andrew Cuomo leading the Democratic mayoral primary with 33%, followed by Eric Adams at 10%, Scott Stringer at 8% and…
Panama President José Raúl Mulino said on Thursday the U.S. was spreading “lies and falsehoods” after the State Department claimed U.S. government vessels would be able to pass through the…
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“Republican donors at a gathering last week in Palm Beach County openly discussed the prospect of Casey DeSantis’ running for governor in 2026, and for the first time, Florida’s first…
NBC News: “Across the country, health clinics and nonprofit organizations largely serving rural and low-income patients have found themselves unable to access previously allocated federal funds, as a short-lived government…
“The Senate on Thursday confirmed Russell Vought as the next director of the powerful White House budget office, installing a conservative fiscal hawk who has promised to pursue sweeping spending…
“The Trump administration plans to retain only about 290 of the more than 10,000 employees worldwide at the U.S. Agency for International Development,” the New York Times reports. Save to…
The White House has directed the General Services Administration to terminate “every single media contract” expensed by the agency, Axios reports. Save to Favorites
“A familiar pattern has emerged since President Donald Trump returned to the White House less than three weeks ago: He makes a brash proposal, his opponents file a lawsuit and…
The Justice Department is disbanding an effort started after Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine to enforce sanctions and target oligarchs close to the Kremlin, The Guardian reports. Save to Favorites
“A staffer for Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency whose access to U.S. Treasury payment systems was approved by a federal judge on Thursday has links to a deleted social-media…
“President Donald Trump outlined his tax priorities in a meeting with Republican lawmakers, including ending the carried interest tax break used by private equity fund managers and expanding the state…
“I’m not here to suggest that people shouldn’t be alarmed. I think they should be alarmed, but I also think that one of Trump’s great advantages is that he’s a…
“”Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented a plan for ending the war in Gaza in return for Hamas giving up power and its leaders leaving Gaza,” Axios reports. “Netanyahu has…
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu gave the “golden beeper” award to President Trump as “our greatest friend and greatest ally.” Save to Favorites
Some federal employees have found a program downloaded to their government computers that could be used to sift through their team chats to search for certain keywords, CBS News reports….
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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