Ryan Routh, a Honolulu man who was convicted of attempting to assassinate President Trump two months before the 2024 presidential election, was sentenced to life in prison, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Save to FavoritesPresident Trump took questions from reporters: REPORTER: Iran’s foreign ministry says you’re not telling the truth when it comes to productive conversations to end the war. TRUMP: Well, they’re gonna…
Referring to the U.S. talks with an unnamed Iranian leader, President Trump says the Strait of Hormuz will be open very soon “if this works,” Bloomberg reports. Trump says the…
President Trump claimed once again that the U.S. is speaking with a “top person” in Iran who is not the Supreme Leader, Bloomberg reports. He said Iran wants “very much…
Washington Post: “The nascent Make America Healthy Again movement got one of its biggest wins last spring: Casey Means was selected to be the nation’s top doctor.” “But more than…
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said President Trump could get “somebody killed” after the president accused Democrats of being the country’s “greatest enemy” after Iran, Politico reports. Said Jeffries: “Donald…
Bloomberg: “President Donald Trump said he did not want Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detailed to airports to wear masks as they assist with security screenings — even as he…
Wall Street Journal: “A bipartisan pair of U.S. senators are introducing legislation Monday to prohibit entities regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, including prediction-market exchanges Kalshi and Polymarket’s U.S….
The Iranian ministry of foreign affairs suggested Iran was not engaging with the United States on ending the war and said President Trump’s statement was part of an effort “to…
New York Times: “It took an act of Congress to create the John F. Kennedy Performing Arts Center. It may take two federal lawsuits to stop President Trump from remaking…
CBS News: “The Supreme Court is considering Monday a major elections dispute involving whether federal law bars states from counting mail ballots that are postmarked by, but received after Election…
Los Angeles Times: “Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, a leading Republican candidate for governor, has seized more than 650,000 ballots from last November’s election to determine, he says, whether they…
“There are politicians who have the ‘it factor,’ and are highly charismatic. That’s not who I am.” — DNC chair Ken Martin, quoted by Rolling Stone. Save to Favorites
“I don’t like where we are with having to fight this battle in Iran, but remember — this is cleaning up Joe Biden and Barack Obama’s mess. Unfortunately it landed…
The AP reports Iranian state television said: “U.S. president backs down following Iran’s firm warning.” Save to Favorites
Nearly two-thirds of Americans, including 69% of independents, disapprove of how President Trump is handling the cost of living, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll. Save to Favorites
President Trump extended the deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, just hours ahead of a deadline later in the day, the AP reports. Writing in all capital letters…
Rachel Bade: “If President Trump thought dispatching ICE agents to airports would force Democrats to blink in the never-ending DHS shutdown standoff, he’s in for a rude awakening this week.”…
The Atlantic: “The White House is calculating that the island’s extreme economic hardships will provide the leverage Trump needs to force Havana into submission…” “The government-to-government talks hold the potential…
“At war with Iran, President Donald Trump is cycling through an increasingly desperate list of options as he searches for a solution to the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz….
“A surge of additional U.S. forces to the Middle East and President Donald Trump’s threat to ‘obliterate’ Iran’s energy infrastructure have set the stage for what U.S. and Israeli security…
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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