“President Trump has selected Susan Monarez, the acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to lead the agency permanently,” the New York Times reports.
Save to Favorites“I think right now at least just kind of keeping a stiff upper lip. Maybe you take one less trip to Starbucks and so that gas goes a little further.”…
President Trump has managed to construct one of the most contradictory policy moves of his presidency: easing sanctions on Iran to help stabilize global oil markets — even as U.S….
Andrew Egger: “Trump is right to be worried. And he’s right in particular to be completely freaked out by the possibility of more attacks from either side on the region’s…
New York Times: “President Gustavo Petro of Colombia, who has had a volatile relationship with President Trump, is under criminal investigation by at least two U.S. federal prosecutors’ offices.” “The…
New York Times: “A Russian tanker full of oil is moving through the Atlantic Ocean and drawing scrutiny to see if it is heading to Cuba, a potential test of…
Axios: “ModSquad, a group of nearly a dozen moderate Senate Democrats, is endorsing Rep. Haley Stevens in Michigan’s Democratic primary.” “Why it matters: The Democratic party is fracturing over its…
Wall Street Journal: “Iran projected defiance as the war neared the three-week mark, with the new supreme leader declaring that ‘safety must be taken away’ from the country’s enemies while…
Tom Nichols: “Trump did seem to have an overarching goal at the start of the war: regime change. In a video he released during the first night of the attack,…
New York Times: “U.S. warplanes and attack helicopters are ramping up assaults against Iranian drones and naval vessels in an escalating military effort to clear the Strait of Hormuz, the…
The Economist: “America’s rural heartland is unusually loyal to Mr Trump. In counties where farming generates at least a quarter of earnings, he won 78% of the vote in 2024,…
Gallup: “Finland once again leads the world as the happiest country, according to the latest World Happiness Report, marking its ninth consecutive year at No. 1.” “The Nordic nations continue…
Bloomberg: “Signs of hardship are everywhere in Cuba. The fuel crunch is exacerbating problems with an already decrepit grid. The country suffered two major blackouts — one of them island-wide…
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) told Axios she is keeping the door open to endorsing challengers to her House Democratic colleagues “if someone crosses some huge line.” But she added that…
Axios: “The Trump administration is considering plans to occupy or blockade Iran’s Kharg Island to pressure Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.” “President Trump can’t end the war, at…
Bloomberg: “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday said Israel would avoid future attacks on Iran’s energy infrastructure, after a pair of strikes on key Middle East gas operations sent energy…
“The 2030 U.S. census is poised to look very different than the one released in 2020. It’s not necessarily because the country’s demographics are radically changing — but because the…
“Airline and transportation officials are warning that the nation is on the verge of a widespread meltdown unless Congress comes to an agreement to end the partial government shutdown impacting…
Associated Press: “The stranglehold is disrupting the lives of Cuba’s 11 million residents, who are enduring massive blackouts and a breakdown in medical care due to a lack of fuel.”…
Punchbowl News: “We’re now 228 days until Election Day. Everyone in the House Republican Conference is publicly confident that the GOP will keep the majority despite the many problems they…
“The beautiful Army blonde Jessica Foster has posed with an F-22 Raptor fighter jet, donned camouflage in the desert and walked a tarmac with President Donald Trump on the first…
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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