President Trump for the first time acknowledged a personal dimension to his decision to attack Iran, citing the country’s efforts to assassinate him in 2024 as a factor in ordering the joint U.S.-Israeli operation that killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Washington Post reports.
Said Trump: “I got him before he got me. I got him first.”
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Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) apologized for what he says was a U.S. strike on a school in Iran that reportedly killed over 160 people, the Times of Israel reports. Said…
Fortune looks at how Jeffrey Epstein pulled Bill Gates and Microsoft “into a web of sex, money, and secrets.” Save to Favorites
“The Social Security Administration’s internal watchdog is investigating a complaint that alleges a former U.S. DOGE Service employee claimed he had access to two highly sensitive agency databases and planned…
“The Trump administration asked Israel on Monday not to carry out further strikes on energy facilities in Iran, particularly oil infrastructure,” Axios reports. Save to Favorites
“He may be governor of a critical swing state, the author of a bestselling book, and one of the hottest names in the hypothetical Democratic presidential field for 2028,” the…
“White House Deputy Chief of Staff James Blair privately urged House Republicans on Tuesday to stop emphasizing ‘mass deportations’ and instead focus their messaging on removing violent criminals,” Axios reports….
NOTUS: “The health inspector found wastewater flooding the floor of the main kitchen when three of the prep sinks drained… A dishwasher was also not properly sanitizing dishes and utensils.”…
“Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of health and human services, is having rotator cuff surgery on Tuesday,” the New York Times reports. “The department did not immediately respond to…
Speaker Mike Johnson said he has discussed “our tone and our message” with the two House Republicans who have made anti-Muslim remarks in recent days but defended the right of…
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) told reporters the closed-door briefing on the Iran war left him “as dissatisfied and angry, frankly, as I have from any past briefing in my 15…
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) warned that the midterms could be “disastrous” for his party if the war in Iran continues, The Hill reports. Said Paul: “Already, we are behind the…
We’ve seen this movie before. The turbulence of the past few months feels like a sequel to the most chaotic stretches of Donald Trump’s first term — when crisis piled…
President Trump has told aides he would back the killing of new Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei if he proves unwilling to cede to U.S. demands, such as ending Iran’s…
“I said, ‘Why don’t we just capture the ship? We could use it. Why did we sink them?’ He said, ‘It’s more fun to sink them.’ They like sinking them…
“A voting machine company at the heart of conspiracy theories about the 2020 election accused the Justice Department on Tuesday of bringing a criminal case against it to further President…
“An events company whose associates helped stage the January 6, 2021 rally has signed contracts worth over $26 million with the United States government,” Wired reports. “Since President Donald Trump’s…
Russian leaders told President Trump during a phone call on Monday that they are not sharing intelligence with Iran during the United States’s war on that country, CNBC reports. Said…
President Trump told Fox News he is “not happy” with Iran’s selection of Mojtaba Khamenei — the 56-year-old son of the supreme leader killed in the opening strikes of Operation…
“President Donald Trump has peppered aides in recent days about whether longtime adviser Corey Lewandowski profited personally from a $220 million federal advertising campaign featuring Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem,…
“The American public does not have a complete picture of senior Trump administration officials’ personal finances — and there’s no telling when they will,” NOTUS reports. “Months after posting disclosures…
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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