“A federal immigration officer shot and killed a person in Minneapolis on Wednesday during an enforcement operation,” the New York Times reports.
“The shooting came as the Trump administration intensified a promised crackdown on illegal immigration in Minnesota.”
The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports Mayor Jacob Frey demanded that ICE leave the city immediately.
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Derek Thompson: “This isn’t just about the price of oil. It’s about everything oil becomes—fertilizer, AI chips, plastic—and the cost of snapping the achilles heel of the global shipping economy.”…
“President Trump’s fixation on financial markets as the measure of his stewardship of the economy came into focus again this week when he vacillated on his outlook for the length…
“Attorney General Pam Bondi has quietly relocated to one of several military bases in the Washington area where other Trump administration officials also live, after facing threats from drug cartels…
Axios: “Across interviews, press conferences and social media, Trump floated and erased timelines, predicted the war’s end or promised new escalation, and argued he must choose Iran’s new leader while…
“President Trump’s top advisers are urging House Republicans to turn the 2026 midterms into a choice election — and hammer Democrats on taxes, crime and border security,” Axios reports. “Midterm…
“President Trump’s suggestions that the war with Iran might soon be over are bringing a new problem to the fore: Israel and the U.S. have different ideas on when to…
Washington Post: “The anonymous artists who have targeted President Donald Trump with satirical statues and installations in Washington struck again on the National Mall on Tuesday morning with an enormous…
New York Times: “The extent of that miscalculation was laid bare in recent days, as Iran threatened to fire at commercial oil tankers transiting the Strait of Hormuz, the strategic…
“The Trump administration believes it can withstand a brief spike in oil prices — for as many as four weeks, as one person close to the White House suggested —…
Punchbowl News: “Dragged by President Donald Trump into another war in the Middle East, the GOP’s problems are growing worse every day, and there’s no sign things have hit bottom…
A new Emerson College survey of the June primary for Governor finds Eric Swalwell leading the open primary with 17%, followed by Steve Hilton (13%), Tom Steyer (11%), Chad Bianco…
Bobbi Boudman (D) flipped a Republican-held seat in the New Hampshire state House in a special election on Tuesday night, the Downballot reports, Save to Favorites
“Discussions are underway at the Department of Homeland Security about reevaluating plans to buy a Boeing 737 MAX luxury jet that had been used by Kristi Noem prior to her…
Clay Fuller (R) will face Shawn Harris (D) in a runoff to replace former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in Georgia’s 14th congressional district, CNN projects. Politico: “Fuller, a local prosecutor…
Rep. Kevin Hern (R-OK) will announce Wednesday afternoon that he is running for Senate, Punchbowl News reports. “Hern, in his fourth term in the House, will run for the seat…
“I believe Tucker Carlson is the single most dangerous demagogue in this country.” — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), quoted by Politico. Save to Favorites
If it’s Tuesday, voters are casting ballots somewhere — and today is no different. Here are the race we’re watching. Georgia’s 14th: Seventeen candidates qualified in the free-for-all to replace…
Wall Street Journal: “A plunge in oil prices intensified in the early afternoon after Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on X that ‘The U.S. Navy successfully escorted an oil tanker…
Politico: “A political commentator who argued that white people are the victims of racism and need help protecting their ‘identity’ withdrew his candidacy Tuesday for a senior diplomatic role in…
“Amid what the Pentagon said was the fiercest bombardment of Iran since the start of the war, the Pentagon’s leaders said Tuesday that American and Israeli forces were ‘winning decisively’…
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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