The Gallup tracking poll shows President Trump’s approval rate at 34%, a new low, and his disapproval rate at 61%, a new high.
For members: An Ugly Gallup Milestone for Trump
Save to FavoritesThe Gallup tracking poll shows President Trump’s approval rate at 34%, a new low, and his disapproval rate at 61%, a new high.
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President-elect Donald Trump wants to see a ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza before he assumes office on Jan. 20, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) told Axios. Save to Favorites
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Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris’s party was locked in a virtual dead heat with Sinn Fein in the general election, according to the official exit poll, suggesting his decision to…
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Playbook: “As grim reality has set in following Donald Trump’s election victory, those staffers toiling away in the West Wing and EEOB have had something else sapping their morale —…
“Saudi Arabia has abandoned its pursuit of an ambitious defense treaty with Washington in return for normalising relations with Israel and is now pushing for a more modest military cooperation…
“President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to install loyalists have left officials fearful that he intends to carry out his threats of retribution but hopeful that rule-of-law norms can hold,” the New…
“Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum is convinced that her country can reach a deal with the US to avoid the 25% tariff threatened by US President-elect Donald Trump, she told reporters…
Russian president Vladimir Putin has a secret daughter who’s living in Paris under a pseudonym, the Times of London reports. Elizaveta Krivonogikh uses the family name of a deceased ally…
Washington Post: “Gov. Greg Abbott and other top officials have spent the past four years positioning themselves as the Biden administration’s greatest antagonists — and heirs to the border enforcement…
“Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spent weeks lobbying Donald Trump to nominate an Agriculture secretary who would be his ally in a war with the sugar, soybean, corn and other farm…
New York Times: “He wants friendly relations with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, may slash U.S. support for Ukraine and has threatened to withdraw from the North Atlantic Treaty…
Think tanks and advocacy groups preparing for a second Trump term have reaped hundreds of millions of dollars in donations since 2020, Bloomberg reports. Save to Favorites
“Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News has captured nearly three-quarters of all US cable news audiences in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s election victory, as liberal Americans tune out of the former…
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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