Three times in a row yesterday, Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) dodged questions about whether it’s appropriate for a president to ask a foreign power to investigate a political rival, Iowa Starting Line reports.

Save to FavoritesThree times in a row yesterday, Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) dodged questions about whether it’s appropriate for a president to ask a foreign power to investigate a political rival, Iowa Starting Line reports.

Save to Favorites“We’re always there for NATO, we’re helping them with Ukraine… It’ll be interesting to see what country wouldn’t help us with a very small endeavor, which is just keeping the…
“It’s early days, but Trump’s efforts to cajole, bully and threaten allied nations into sending warships to help his mission in the Gulf are already mired in difficulty,” Politico reports….
“President Donald Trump’s demands for a coalition to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz appeared to fall on deaf ears on Monday as allies Japan and Australia said they were…
France is not interested in sending ships to the Strait of Hormuz until hostilities stop and the situation stabilizes first, France24 reports. Save to Favorites
British prime minister Keir Starmer continues to resist the President Trump’s demands to send ships to help the U.S. keep the Strait of Hormuz open, The Independent reports. Save to…
Playbook: “Trump put up more than 1,600 words across multiple posts on Truth Social last night, all of them furious.” “This all followed a tempestuous 20-minute briefing on Air Force…
New York Times: “At a meeting in the Oval Office last week, a frustrated Mr. Trump pressed Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, about why…
Punchbowl News: “With war raging in the Middle East, the Department of Homeland Security still shut down and a storm bearing down on the East Coast — again — Congress…
“President Trump is weighing a seizure of Iran’s critical oil depot on Kharg Island — a move that would require U.S. boots on the ground — if tankers remain bottled…
“Really, I’m demanding that these countries come in and protect their own territory, because it is their territory … you could make the case that maybe we shouldn’t be there…
Wall Street Journal: “The Trump administration as soon as this week plans to announce that multiple countries have agreed to form a coalition that will escort ships through the waterway,…
“Iran pulled off likely the most significant wartime cyberattack against the U.S. in history, leveraging its hacking powers to cause major disruptions at a global medical-equipment firm that struggled to…
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has dismissed President Donald Trump’s claim that Tehran wants truce talks, saying it will continue defending itself, Al Jazeera reports. Save to Favorites
Wall Street Journal: “Across the island, pot-banging is becoming louder as Cuba plunges into darkness almost every night, protecting the identity of protesters in a country where the totalitarian government…
“If you predicted the U.S. would fall into recession due to the latest headlines, the last few years have made you look dumb. Through interest rate increases, armed conflict in…
“President Trump has demanded that the GOP-controlled Senate quickly pass strict new voting rules ahead of the midterms, setting the stage for a theatrical showdown on the floor this week…
“Two weeks into a war against Iran that he chose to launch, President Trump faces a stark choice — stay in the battle to achieve the dauntingly ambitious goals he…
The Economist: “The Trump administration reportedly did not expect the strait to slam shut—another example of its short-sightedness in the prosecution of this war—and is scrambling for a response. ‘One…
The Ayatollah Ali Khamenei worried about his son, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, who has now replaced him, was “perceived as not very bright … unqualified … and had issues in his…
“Swaths of the public in Canada, Germany, France and the U.K. have soured on the U.S., driven by President Donald Trump’s foreign policy decisions” according to recent results from the…
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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