“A trio of federal judges excoriated the Trump administration Tuesday over its immigration crackdown and threw up new legal roadblocks to the White House’s no-holds-barred approach,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

Save to Favorites“A trio of federal judges excoriated the Trump administration Tuesday over its immigration crackdown and threw up new legal roadblocks to the White House’s no-holds-barred approach,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

Save to FavoritesAmerican Entrerprise Institute: “The war with Iran is no longer hypothetical. American forces are engaged. Missiles are being launched. Interceptors are being expended. Precision munitions are striking targets across a…
Foreign Affairs: “With its leadership badly damaged and its security establishment humiliated by deep Israeli and U.S. intelligence infiltration, Iran sees little downside in greenlighting a wide variety of attacks,…
New York Times: “With the growing potential for talks between the United States and Iran, the Israeli military is striking as many key targets as it can, concerned the war…
Secretary Chris Wright reiterated that the chaos in global energy markets birthed by the U.S.-Iran war would be “short term,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “But on the stage and…
Goldman Sachs now sees a 30% chance of a recession this year, up from its previous prediction of 25%, Fortune reports.Save to Favorites
CNN: “As speculation continues about what Kamala Harris will do next, she has at least the first part of an answer: a swing through four Southern state Democratic Party events…
Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball: “We are moving 11 ratings this week, all in current Democratic-held districts and all in favor of Democrats.” “Democrats remain favored to win the House majority…
Edward Luce: “The truth inside Donald Trump’s tornado of piffle is that he wants to get out of the mess he created. All the other reasons he gives — from…
“The Pentagon is developing military options for a ‘final blow’ in Iran that could include the use of ground forces and a massive bombing campaign,” Axios reports. “A dramatic military…
President Trump on Thursday called on the Iranian regime “to get serious soon” in negotiations with the U.S. “before it is too late,” Axios reports. Said Trump: “The Iranian negotiators…
Bloomberg: “Trump administration officials are examining what a potential spike in oil prices as high as $200 a barrel would mean for the economy, a sign senior officials are studying…
Washington Post: “As the Trump administration makes what is says are initial peace overtures to Iran, U.S. allies in the Persian Gulf, initially skittish about the war, have become fearful…
The Middle East crisis will fuel a surge in U.S. inflation to 4.2% this year, the highest in the G7, according to an OECD forecast that highlights the cost of…
Washington Post: “The Pentagon is considering whether to divert weapons intended for Ukraine to the Middle East as the war in Iran depletes some of the U.S. military’s most critical…
Wall Street Journal: “The prospects of a diplomatic deal ending the war between the U.S. and Iran look dim right now. But Middle East veterans say there is a pathway…
New York Times: “The White House plans to delay naming a candidate to head the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an agency that has been roiled by a string…
New York Times: “Iran’s de facto closure of the strategic waterway has set off a full-blown energy crisis across the Continent. With skyrocketing oil and gas prices angering voters throughout…
Bloomberg: “Democrats are barreling toward the midterm elections with advantages in messaging, polling and voter enthusiasm. But they’re falling short of their Republican rivals on one of the most important…
“The Israeli military killed the naval commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps in an overnight attack, Israel’s defense minister, Israel Katz, said on Thursday, taking out the leader of…
Dan Pfeiffer: “Donald Trump’s stranglehold on American politics is coming to an end. The evidence of his political crisis is all around us. It started long before his ham-handed war…
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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