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Save to FavoritesDonald Trump “is taking concrete steps to deprive Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of oxygen as they compete for a portion of the same voters,” The Hill reports. “The strong anti-Kennedy…
Philip Bump: “Why is the simplest explanation of campus protests so hard to accept? Young people were sympathetic to Palestinians even before the war began. Why is that ignored?” Save…
“Ukrainian authorities said they foiled a plot to assassinate President Volodymyr Zelensky and other high-ranking officials, making the announcement on the day of Vladimir Putin’s inauguration in Moscow,” Bloomberg reports….
“An American soldier detained in Russia last week will remain in jail until at least July while the authorities investigate theft charges against him, the Russian news media reported on…
“Donald Trump is scheduled to give the keynote address at the Minnesota Republican Party’s annual Lincoln Reagan Dinner on May 17, the same day he requested off court to attend…
“Testimony in the criminal trial of Donald Trump has pivoted from weeks of salacious stories of sex and scandal to focus on the financial transactions at the center of the…
Donald Trump appears to have deleted a Truth Social post complaining that his legal team didn’t have time to prepare for today’s witness, CNN reports. Save to Favorites
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) refused to admit in an interview with NewsNation that her story about meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was not true. However, she…
Aaron Blake: “Polls have yet to ask how Americans would view Trump’s being jailed for violating the gag order, and much would depend on the specifics.” “But a strong majority…
“Donald Trump’s valet told investigators before the FBI searched Mar-a-Lago in 2022 that he randomly chose boxes of documents to return to the National Archives and Trump himself directed that…
“A federal judge smacked down a series of threats by Alabama’s Republican attorney general to prosecute groups that help women obtain out-of-state abortions, wading into a debate over access to…
“Rep. Tony Gonzales’ (R-TX) centrist voting record and willingness to excoriate his colleagues have earned him a fair share of GOP enemies. Party leaders are still dreading what happens if…
“Rep. Tim Kennedy (D-NY) was sworn in on the House floor Monday, replacing the now-retired Rep. Brian Higgins (D-NY) and leaving Republicans with just a one-vote margin for any partisan…
“Some Libertarian Party leaders are fuming over the party’s decision to have former president Donald Trump headline their national convention this month, with national committee members calling on the party…
“Javier Ortiz, the Miami police captain whose long history of citizen complaints alleging beatings, false arrests and harassment made him notorious in the city he swore to protect and serve,…
“Israeli officials claim the Biden administration knew about the latest hostage and ceasefire deal proposal Egypt and Qatar negotiated with Hamas, but didn’t brief Israel before Hamas announced it accepted…
Los Angeles Times: “Many young voters don’t know much about Biden’s climate record, and many of the activists who helped fuel his 2020 victory are angry with his approval of…
“With his own party divided and universities engulfed in increasingly confrontational protests over the war in Gaza, President Joe Biden will deliver a major address on Tuesday that advisers hope…
Semafor: “What, exactly, the playbook would look like if Trump actually goes to jail remains to be seen. But, based on the tactics currently being deployed by the campaign, it…
“Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) stepped to the microphone on the House floor Monday to speak about one of her latest pieces of legislation, as she has done many times before…
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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