“An Indiana judge and his wife were shot at their home on Sunday, prompting concerns for the safety of the state’s judiciary after recent increases in threats and violence against public officials nationally,” the New York Times reports.
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“Oil smashed through $100 a barrel as more major Middle East producers cut output, with a standstill of tanker traffic through the vital Strait of Hormuz choking off supplies to…
“A year after Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency allies purged hundreds of thousands of federal employees, the Trump administration is ramping up hiring — a reversal that…
“Just more than a week into the fight with Iran, President Donald Trump is recasting the role of wartime leader in his image, breaking from generations of practice as he…
The New York Times found that “300 billionaires and their immediate family members donated more than $3 billion — 19 percent of all contributions — in federal elections in 2024,…
New York Times: “The suddenly rising energy costs — everything from jet fuel to diesel for trucks and tractors is more expensive — are rooted in the supply of crude…
Axios: “Donors, operatives and some DNC members are questioning his leadership, fundraising ability and handling of the party’s still-secret ‘autopsy’ of the 2024 election loss… It’s not just the usual…
“An improvised device thrown at Jan. 6 rioter Jake Lang at an anti-Muslim protest he organized outside Gracie Mansion was a potentially deadly explosive, with the FBI now heading a…
“As U.S. and Israeli missiles and bombs rain on Iran, Russia has responded with words of indignation but no visible action to support its Middle Eastern ally,” the AP reports….
Wall Street Journal: “One week into President Trump’s war on Iran, the most severe shock to energy markets since the 1970s is cascading through the world economy. The disruption quickly…
Jonathan Martin: “Those who talk to her regularly say she’s truly undecided — at least as far as they can tell. Harris isn’t even engaged in conversations right now about…
Punchbowl News: “House Republicans are in Doral, Fla., at the Trump National Doral for their annual legislative retreat. President Donald Trump will be speaking to House Republicans this evening in,…
President Trump told the Times of Israel on Sunday that a decision on when to end the war with Iran will be a “mutual” one that he’ll make together with…
“President Trump heads into the second week of the Iran war under growing pressure to address surging gasoline prices, stretched-thin munitions stockpiles and sustained opposition to the conflict among voters,…
“A woman who claims she was abused as a minor by both Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump has given the FBI vivid accounts that include aspects of her life corroborated…
“U.S. oil futures have followed their biggest weekly rise ever by surging as much as 20% in Sunday evening trading, vaulting above $100 a barrel for the first time since…
“Iranian state TV announced Sunday that Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the country’s late supreme leader, has been named his successor,” the AP reports. “The younger Khamenei had long been considered…
“Iranian missile and drone attacks have disrupted the flow of commerce through one of the global economy’s most critical hubs, paralyzing much of the ocean and air traffic that carries…
“Israel’s strikes on 30 Iranian fuel depots Saturday went far beyond what the U.S. expected when Israel notified it in advance, sparking the first significant disagreement between the allies since…
“Another American service member has died in the war with Iran, the Pentagon said on Sunday, bringing the number of American troops killed in the conflict to seven,” the New…
“The Trump administration is preparing an economic deal with Cuba that could be announced soon,” USA Today reports. “The details of the prospective deal and exact timing are not known….
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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