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“Top Democratic officials who worked on the party’s still-secret autopsy of the 2024 election concluded that Kamala Harris lost significant support because of the Biden administration’s approach to the war in Gaza,” Axios reports.
“The Democratic National Committee’s research on what went wrong in 2024 has been under lock and key since party leaders decided last year to hide it from the public — a reflection of how explosively it could resonate within the party and beyond.”
“Before Friday, President Trump’s tariffs, after months of on-again, off-again turbulence, had seemed to finally steady. Now, with the bulk of Trump’s tariffs struck down by the Supreme Court, and a new, temporary global tariff in place, fresh questions hang over the U.S. economy,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“The Mexican government said it killed the nation’s most wanted cartel boss on Sunday, setting off a wave of fires and violence across the country as cartel operatives sought to exact revenge in an unsettling show of force,” the New York Times reports.
“Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as El Mencho,’ was the longtime leader of one of Mexico’s most powerful cartels, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, and was widely regarded as one of the country’s most violent criminal figures. He presided over a criminal enterprise that has expanded rapidly over the past decade, producing and selling drugs, extorting local businesses and terrorizing communities across the country.”
CNN: US tourists stranded after Mexico drug lord’s killing sparks wave of violence.
“The AI backpedaling has begun: 2028 Democratic contenders who bet big on data centers are suddenly retreating amid a growing voter revolt,” Axios reports.
“The politics of AI are evolving almost as rapidly as the technology.”
“Just a few months ago, potential 2028 presidential candidates — including Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and Maryland Gov. Wes Moore — were bending over backwards to lure data centers, with offers of lavish tax breaks and other goodies.”
“The Trump administration signaled on Sunday that it was on track to resurrect many of its punishing tariffs that were struck down by the Supreme Court, insisting that the new approach would fulfill President Trump’s trade ambitions in a more legally durable way,” the New York Times reports.
“Through a new 15 percent global tariff that Mr. Trump announced on Saturday, and a set of coming trade investigations that may result in stiff tariffs on countries in Asia, the administration looked to project confidence that the legal setback would not deter its characteristic brinkmanship on trade.”
“President Trump has told advisers that if diplomacy or any initial targeted U.S. attack does not lead Iran to give in to his demands that it give up its nuclear program, he will consider a much bigger attack in coming months intended to drive that country’s leaders from power,” the New York Times reports.
“Negotiators from the United States and Iran are scheduled to meet in Geneva on Thursday for what appears to be last-ditch negotiations to avoid a military conflict. But Mr. Trump has been weighing options for U.S. action if the negotiations fail.”
“Mexico’s military killed the country’s most powerful drug kingpin, Nemesio ‘Mencho’ Oseguera, escalating the government’s war against cartels amid pressure from President Trump to curb drug trafficking and sparking a widespread, violent gang response,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
Rogé Karma: “Even after losing at the Supreme Court, Trump has plenty of ways to reconstruct his trade regime.”
“Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said on Sunday ‘no thanks’ to U.S. President Donald Trump’s idea of sending a hospital ship to Greenland, a territory that Trump has repeatedly said he wishes to take over,” NBC News reports.
“‘President Trump’s idea of sending an American hospital ship here to Greenland has been noted. But we have a public healthcare system where treatment is free for citizens. It is a deliberate choice,’ Nielsen said in a post on Facebook.”
“Nielsen said Greenland remained open to dialogue and cooperation, also with the U.S. ‘But talk to us instead of just making more or less random outbursts on social media,’ he said.”
New York Times: “Troels Lund Poulsen, the Danish defense minister, told Denmark’s public broadcaster, DR, that his government had not been made aware of the plan. He said that there was ‘no need for special health care efforts’ in Greenland.”
“Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen of Denmark also appeared to respond to Mr. Trump’s announcement, though she did not mention Mr. Trump or the United States. ‘I’m happy to live in a country where there is free and equal access to health care for everyone,’ she wrote in a post on Instagram on Sunday. ‘The same approach exists in Greenland,’ she said.”
The Department of Homeland Security reversed course Sunday morning after saying that it would suspend TSA PreCheck because of the partial government shutdown,” the Washington Post reports.
“A DHS official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal processes, said the change was ‘based off of conversations the secretary had with the White House and TSA.’”
“U.S. Secret Service agents and a deputy officer from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office shot and killed a man who entered the secure perimeter of President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate early Sunday morning,” the Washington Post reports.
“Democrats’ fear rising that too many candidates in governor’s race could lead to a Republican victory,” the Los Angeles Times reports.
“Leaders of the California Democratic Party, along with liberal activists and loyal power brokers, are openly expressing fear that their crowded field of candidates running for governor may splinter the vote and open the door to a surprise Republican victory in November.”
Texas Tribune: “If Texans want to know who’s funding the deluge of ads in the final stretch of the U.S. Senate primaries, they’ll need to keep guessing.”
“The race is awash with dark money, or contributions from political nonprofits that are not legally obligated to disclose donors, according to campaign finance reports that were due Thursday.”
“A super PAC supporting one of the Democratic candidates, James Talarico, reported $6.1 million in contributions from Jan. 1 through Feb. 11. But more than half that came from a political action committee that was entirely funded by a dark money group on its last monthly report.”
“And as Rep. Wesley Hunt of Houston tries to squeeze into a primary runoff on the Republican side, a group supporting him — and another opposing him — are also being mostly funded by anonymous sources, according to the filings with the Federal Election Commission.”
“Taken together, the reports show that big-money interests are heavily invested in the Texas primaries — but unwilling to reveal their identities at a critical juncture of the race.”
Wall Street Journal: “When the Justice Department released its last trove of millions of files about Jeffrey Epstein, President Trump found himself in the same place he had spent a year trying to avoid — dealing with the fallout, again.”
“The files showed his own commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, had visited with Epstein long after Lutnick said they had cut ties.”
“Lutnick had to publicly explain his past statements, provoking a direct conversation with Trump, according to administration officials familiar with the matter. Trump questioned why he previously denied connections to Epstein when he knew he had visited Epstein’s island, the officials said.”
“The latest episode started during a conference call just before Christmas, when aides broke the news to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche that another million documents attorneys believed were likely duplicates in fact weren’t.”
“Blanche sighed in exasperation, eventually alerting senior White House aides, who shared his anger and received updates for days, according to administration officials. In the ensuing weeks, the agency ordered hundreds of additional prosecutors to review the files, working through weekends to redact sensitive information and at times plying them with pizza to keep going at night.”
“As President Donald Trump prepares to address the nation Tuesday evening, Americans remain generally sour about his performance, with majorities disapproving of his handling of priority initiatives while saying he has overreached the authority of his office,” according to a Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll.
“The president’s approval rating stands at 39 percent positive and 60 percent negative, including 47 percent who say they strongly disapprove. The last time Trump’s disapproval touched 60 percent was shortly after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.”
“The Supreme Court spent a year signing off on nearly every policy of President Donald Trump that came before it, but in a sharp reversal Friday, the justices struck down what is arguably the centerpiece of his agenda — his sweeping tariffs,” the Washington Post reports.
“That decision along with a ruling in late December blocking Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Chicago marked the justices’ first significant rulings against the president. More may be on the way. Last month, the justices expressed skepticism during arguments on Trump’s efforts to remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve Board.”
“President Trump’s summit with President Xi Jinping in China this April is expected to be a grandiose affair, although friction over trade, Taiwan and technology could upset the bonhomie,” the New York Times reports.
“Mr. Trump is scheduled to travel to China on March 31 for a three-day trip, a White House official confirmed on Friday. The Chinese government, which tends to hold off from revealing plans for major visits, has not confirmed the dates, but Mr. Trump already appears exuberant about his trip.”
“For years, President Trump has complained that his personal and business bank accounts were deliberately closed after the Jan 6., 2021, attack on the Capitol,” the New York Times reports.
“JPMorgan Chase is now admitting that did happen.”
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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