“The FBI is expected to search former Vice President Mike Pence’s Indiana home for classified material in the coming days, as senior government officials come under increased law-enforcement scrutiny of their handling of such documents,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
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President Trump told the New York Post that he has “a plan” to tackle surging oil prices caused by the war with Iran after the cost per barrel briefly neared…
Bloomberg: “As oil prices soared past $100 a barrel and the Trump administration’s end-game for Iran looked increasingly elusive, last week’s wait-and-see stance in financial markets is giving way to…
“Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA) announced Monday that his decision to leave the Republican Party and register as an Independent will take effect immediately,” Axios reports. Kiley said he will still…
“Muslims don’t belong in American society. Pluralism is a lie.” — Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN), on X. Save to Favorites
President Trump “left open the prospect of acquiring Iranian oil as the U.S. proceeds with a war officials have said is aimed at depriving Iran of a nuclear weapon and…
Secretary of State Marco Rubio accused Iran of “trying to hold the world hostage” by attacking other Middle Eastern nations even as the United States and Israel continue to bomb…
The U.S. has intercepted encrypted communications believed to have originated in Iran that may serve as “an operational trigger” for “sleeper assets” outside the country, ABC News reports. The alert…
“President Donald Trump is expected to review as early as Monday a set of options to tame oil prices, which have spiked to more than $100 a barrel due to…
Minnesota Star Tribune: “The Jan. 14 shooting sparked chaotic protests and an hourlong standoff with federal authorities at the suspects’ shared north Minneapolis duplex, where agents shattered an upstairs window…
“Kellie Lauwers, the wife of Michigan state Sen. Dan Lauwers (R), is facing two felony charges, after a small chamber of commerce in St. Clair County accused her of stealing…
“A top Iranian official has warned that the government is prepared for a long war with the US and signaled that it is willing to continue attacking Gulf countries in…
“Video released by investigators in the fatal shooting last March of a U.S. citizen by a federal immigration agent calls into question a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson’s claim…
“House Republicans flocked to President Trump’s golf club near Miami on Monday for their annual policy retreat, seeking to carve out a legislative agenda that could blunt the strong headwinds…
Anthropic sued the Pentagon, alleging its designation as a “supply chain risk” violates the company’s First Amendment rights and exceeds the government’s authority, Axios reports. Wall Street Journal: “In designating…
“If you want to diminish the Iranian threat, if you want to make sure this ends with complete Iran capitulation, show some guts and go through that Strait.” — Fox…
Jon Hoffman: “This is a war of choice—Iran posed no imminent threat to the United States, and the White House is now scrambling to devise a strategy for a war…
“A former Trump administration official wasted millions of taxpayer dollars given to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to purchase thousands of employee vehicles that the agency cannot use to arrest…
The Wall Street Journal found that “the Department of Homeland Security, created in 2002 to protect Americans, has turned its force against citizens.” “Of the 279 people accused by officials…
“Lines at security checkpoints continued to stretch for hours at airports across the country Monday morning, as the partial government shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security continues,” CNN reports….
Robert Reich: “A big part of the authoritarian playbook is war. War takes over the news. War blots out criticism. War divides a nation’s people, subjecting those against it to…
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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