“Donald Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle are making moves to expand their influence at the Republican National Committee,” CNN reports.
“Some sources say they may seek to take over the party structure themselves.”
Save to Favorites“Donald Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle are making moves to expand their influence at the Republican National Committee,” CNN reports.
“Some sources say they may seek to take over the party structure themselves.”
Save to FavoritesFormer Vermont Gov. Howard Dean (D) decided against a bid to challenge Gov. Phil Scott (R), WCAX reports. Said Dean: “In theory, this is a winnable race. But I’ve been…
“Rep. Garret Graves (R-LA) is committed to running for re-election this fall — but uncommitted on the district,” the Louisiana Illuminator reports. “Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to allow…
Washington Post: “It has been nearly two months since a judge ruled Willis could continue prosecuting the Trump case, as long as Nathan Wade, the special prosecutor she’d appointed and…
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Donald Trump said he would consider tapping Ken Paxton for U.S. attorney general if he wins a second term in the White House, the Texas Tribune reports. Said Trump: “I…
NBC News: “Professional line-standers are a growing part of the gig economy. But the criminal trial of a former president accused of illegally covering up hush money payments to a…
Senate Banking Chair Sherrod Brown (D-OH) called on President Biden to replace FDIC Chair Martin Gruenberg, after damning reports of a toxic workplace culture at the bank regulator where Gruenberg…
Donald Trump just sent out a fundraising appeal falsely claiming he “could even be thrown into PRISON FOR LIFE!” if the jury in his “hush money” case returns a guilty…
Paul Bondar (R), who is running in a Republican primary against Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK), told KFOR “he recently moved to Oklahoma because he had been asked to run for…
Michael Cohen admitted he lied to the Trump Organization about the amount he needed to be reimbursed for paying a tech firm to rig polls during the 2016 presidential campaign,…
“Sources close to Sen. Joe Manchin, a mainstay of Democratic politics in West Virginia, say he is being encouraged to run for governor,” West Virginia Metro News reports. “Two sources…
“It is a suicidal attitude. Because one thing is to take tradition into account, to consider situations from the past, but quite another is to be closed up inside a…
Famed white supremacist and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes streamed gay pornography on a social media account but later claimed that it was a pro-Israel hack, the Jerusalem Post reports. Fuentes…
An Israeli official told Reuters it was not involved in the crash that killed Iran’s president and foreign minister: “It wasn’t us.” Save to Favorites
Rudy deleted a tweet taunting Arizona prosecutors who were unable to find him to deliver his indictment in a new fake electors case. He was served less than two hours…
“The Human Rights Campaign, the largest LGBTQ rights group in the United States, is launching a $15 million commitment to help Democratic President Joe Biden defeat Republican Donald Trump in…
Associated Press: “Some allies believe she may be forced to endorse him before the November election to avoid permanently alienating the Republican Party base. Some even suspect that Haley will…
“They’re full of shit. And whoever told you that, you can say ‘Jon Tester said you’re full of shit.’” — Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT), quoted by Politico, on Republicans accusing…
“At 8:30 a.m. on June 3, Hunter Biden is scheduled to report to Courtroom 4A in Wilmington, Del., facing his most dire legal peril to date and the possibility of…
“One theme ran throughout Joe Biden’s inaugural address in January 2021: ‘unity,’” NBC News reports. “Biden spoke the word nearly a dozen times, signaling that his driving ambition would be…
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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