“The United States has evacuated only about 3 percent of Afghans who worked for the American government and applied for special visas, leaving behind an estimated 78,000,” NBC News reports.
Save to FavoritesPolitico: “Now, more than two weeks into the campaign, some of those allies believe the president no longer controls how, or when, the war ends. They fear Iran’s attacks on…
Punchbowl News: “AIPAC faces a reckoning in Democratic primaries on Tuesday. The nation’s largest pro-Israel organization is scrambling to regain its footing with a bloc of voters that has grown…
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced on Tuesday that Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, was “eliminated” Monday night, CNN reports. Larijani is among Iran’s most powerful…
“A Minnesota woman running for U.S. Senate, accused of throwing a live tarantula onto a staircase leading to where her then-tenant was staying, has been convicted in the 2024 incident,”…
“Multiple political storylines will converge in Illinois on Tuesday when the state holds primaries shaped by attempted comebacks, the retirement of longtime incumbents and the looming 2028 presidential campaign,” the…
“A tanker anchored off the coast of the United Arab Emirates near the Strait of Hormuz was hit by a projectile early Tuesday, the first such strike in and around…
“The war in Iran is threatening a fragile détente between China and the United States, with the two powers now moving to postpone a much anticipated summit meeting after President…
“Iran’s rulers have unleashed a new crackdown against domestic dissent, arresting people suspected of collaborating with foreign entities and threatening would-be protesters with death to hold back the risk of…
“House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) could get caught in the undertow of the very blue wave he hopes to ride into power this November as a growing number of…
“Despite more than two weeks of relentless airstrikes, U.S. intelligence assessments say, Iran’s regime likely will remain in place for now, weakened but more hard-line, with the powerful Islamic Revolutionary…
“President Trump is pressuring allies to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz and relieve pressure on the global economy. So far, most of them aren’t biting,” the Wall Street Journal…
President Trump says Cuba is on the brink of collapse and the U.S. may be “taking” the island nation, Politico reports. Said Trump: “I think Cuba sees the end. All…
“President Trump said he had sought to postpone a planned summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, saying he wanted to be in the U.S. as the war continues. Trump had…
“A judge ruled this week that a top Georgia Republican Party official, who has promoted former President Donald Trump’s claims of widespread voter fraud affecting the outcome of the 2020…
Punchbowl News: “The speaker inched ever closer to saying that he’ll try to put a large-scale Iran war funding bill in a reconciliation package. Johnson detailed the outlines for a…
“In a severe blow to the Trump administration’s health agenda, a federal judge in Massachusetts on Monday blocked the government from implementing a series of decisions on vaccines made over…
“Military officials have included options in regular war planning for President Donald Trump to end the conflict in Iran should he decide to do so,” NBC News reports. “As the…
“I knew the Strait would be a weapon. I predicted it a long time ago. I predicted all of this stuff. I predicted Osama bin Laden would knock out the…
President Trump spoke to reporters about the Iran war: TRUMP: I’ve spoken to a certain president, who I like actually, a past president, he said, “I wish I did it.”…
After spending the weekend demanding that key allies help open the Strait of Hormuz, President Trump told reporters today that the U.S. doesn’t need the assistance. Said Trump: “I don’t…
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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