“The adult content website Pornhub blocked access in Utah on Monday due to new state laws requiring websites with adult content to verify users’ ages before allowing them to access the platforms,” Axios reports.


“The adult content website Pornhub blocked access in Utah on Monday due to new state laws requiring websites with adult content to verify users’ ages before allowing them to access the platforms,” Axios reports.
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“Chinese President Xi Jinping has no shortage of pressure points to ensure Americans feel the pain from President Trump’s superpower trade war,” Axios reports. “China on Friday increased its tariffs…
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Wall Street Journal: “The surcharges are a way to pass some tariff costs to customers while pointing the blame at the White House.” Save to Favorites
“After lying low from cable TV in 2024, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is returning to the airwaves,” Axios reports. “Signalgate and President Trump’s tariffs have given Schumer a…
Gallup: “Americans’ support for the use of nuclear energy as an electricity source in the U.S. has risen six percentage points, to 61%, since Gallup’s last measurement, in 2023. This…
As soon as I arrived in Havana, the city felt like a time capsule. Much like walking through the ruins of Rome, it was easy to imagine what this once-grand…
“Former Blackwater CEO Erik Prince and a team of defense contractors are pitching the White House on a plan to vastly expand deportations to El Salvador — transporting thousands of…
Elon Musk called the Trump administration’s reported plans to drastically reduce NASA funding “troubling.” Save to Favorites
“The Trump administration has ordered State Department employees to report on any instances of coworkers displaying ‘anti-Christian bias’ as part of its effort to implement a sweeping new executive order…
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., in largely off-the-cuff remarks, asserted that the “Deep State” is real, referenced past CIA experiments on human mind control and accused the employees he…
CNN: “After three months of insulting, tariffing and even threatening to annex some of its best allies, the Trump administration suddenly needs some help.” “The US President has now escalated…
“The Treasury market freaked everyone out this week when yields on longer-term debt shot higher even as stocks were being bludgeoned and the dollar fell. Naturally, traders are wondering why,”…
“Five more prominent law firms facing potential punitive action by President Trump reached deals on Friday with the White House to provide a total of $600 million in free legal…
“The FBI has suspended an analyst on Kash Patel’s so-called enemies list after Mr. Patel told lawmakers that the bureau under his leadership would stay out of the political fray…
“A federal judge on Thursday allowed the Trump administration to move forward with a requirement that everyone in the U.S. illegally must register with the federal government and carry documentation,…
Nate Silver notes President Trump’s approval since “Liberation Day” has plummeted from -2.5 to -8.5 in barely more than a week. Save to Favorites
“Americans turned much more pessimistic about the economy in April as President Trump’s trade war gained steam, according to a closely watched survey of consumer sentiment,” the Wall Street Journal…
“The bedrock of the financial system trembled on Friday, with government bond yields rising sharply as the chaotic rollout of tariffs shook investors’ faith in the pivotal role played by…
“Wall Street executives Friday warned President Trump’s tariffs were sending the U.S. economy into the unknown and that the uncertainty was already hurting consumers and companies alike,” the Wall Street…
“An immigration judge in Louisiana found on Friday that the Trump administration could deport Mahmoud Khalil, granting the government an early victory in its efforts to crack down on pro-Palestinian…
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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