Vietnamese officials banned screenings of the forthcoming “Barbie”movie this week because it shows a map with disputed Chinese territorial claims in the South China Sea, Axios reports.
The map in question shows the U-shaped, “nine-dash line” that reflect China’s unilateral and disputed claims to swaths of the South China Sea equivalent to about 22% of the country’s land mass.
Save to FavoritesNOTUS: “House Republican leadership said Friday that they will not vote on the Senate’s funding deal for the Department of Homeland Security, and the Senate has already skipped town for…
Politico: “Speaker Mike Johnson declined to say Friday whether he will keep the House in over the weekend to pass the Department of Homeland Security funding agreement the Senate approved…
CBS News: “The Iranian response to the U.S.’ 15-point framework for a peace deal is expected on Friday.” “President Trump and top White House officials have been told that Iran’s…
CNN: “A US Secret Service special agent on former first lady Jill Biden’s security detail accidentally shot their own leg at the Philadelphia International Airport Friday morning, an agency official…
Robert Pape: “Since February, the United States has surged more than 150 aircraft, two carrier strike groups, over a dozen warships, and tens of thousands of personnel into the region….
USA Today: “With more than 3,100 events planned nationwide to protest President Donald Trump’s actions and policies, organizers expect the No Kings protests to draw millions of Americans into the…
A new Fox News poll finds 64% of Americans are dissatisfied with how things are going in the U.S. Save to Favorites
Politico: “It’s not just Hormuz. There’s a second strait in the Middle East vital to global energy markets that Iran is threatening to close if President Donald Trump fails to…
Financial Times: “Iran is working to establish a system of approved passage for ships through the Strait of Hormuz, a tightening of control over the crucial waterway that Tehran suggests…
Energy Common Sense: “Ethylene, methanol, and petrochemical feedstocks, the inputs that underpin manufacturing, agriculture, and industrial systems, are tightening. More than half of global refining capacity has been impacted, along…
A special panel of the House Ethics Committee has found that Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) was guilty of more than two dozen ethics violations, Punchbowl News reports. The full Ethics…
Forbes says Donald Trump is now worth $6.5 billion, which is roughly $1.4 billion more than he was worth last year. Save to Favorites
Reuters: “The United States can only determine with certainty that it has destroyed about a third of Iran’s vast missile arsenal as the U.S. and Israeli war on the country…
“Nearly one month after the U.S. began strikes on Iran, President Donald Trump is sending thousands of troops to the Middle East to potentially fight in a war he said…
Senate Republicans blinked. In a rare overnight session, the chamber voted to reopen most of the Department of Homeland Security — but carved out immigration enforcement, leaving ICE and Border…
“The Republican-led effort to put Utah’s redistricting law back on the ballot fell below the required threshold in one state Senate district on Wednesday after a signature removal campaign by…
A new Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll finds 13% of Americans who cast ballots for Donald Trump in 2024 say they regret how they voted in the last election. Among Kamala…
Scott Brown (R) told Semafor “he’s not dropping his Senate campaign in New Hampshire, despite the National Republican Senatorial Committee, Senate Leadership Fund, and President Donald Trump endorsing his opponent,…
Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO), the chairman of the House Committee on Transportation, is pulling his plans to seek re-election for his Missouri seat, joining dozens of other lawmakers who are…
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.