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Trump’s Tariff Clock Is Ticking

June 18, 2025 at 5:00 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Leaders from some of America’s biggest trading partners traveled to the Group of Seven industrial nations summit in Canada this week hoping for deals with President Trump. They left empty-handed,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“A meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba ended with a pledge for more talks. After discussing trade with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Trump said he didn’t think the bloc was offering a fair deal. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney set a new 30-day timeline for a trade deal but couldn’t ink an agreement.”

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Feds Investigate Anonymous Pizza Deliveries

June 19, 2025 at 9:30 am EDT

“Federal authorities are trying to determine who has been anonymously ordering pizzas that are sent to the homes of U.S. lawmakers across the country and to the homes of those…

Trump Is Bad at This

June 19, 2025 at 9:01 am EDT

Jonathan Bernstein: “I noted over the weekend several reasons why Donald Trump himself, his presidency, and his administration overall are nowhere near prepared for the Iran/Israel situation.” “But the more…

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June 19, 2025 at 9:00 am EDT

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A New Middle East Is Unfolding

June 19, 2025 at 8:54 am EDT

Time: “The war on Iran, by contrast, is one Israel spent years planning for, and opened with the playbook of deception, decapitation, and precision strikes on missile sites….the question is…

U.S. Giving Up on Taxing Inheritances

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Iran’s ‘Axis of Resistance’ Is Missing in Action

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A New MAGA Litmus Test

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Travel Restrictions Bar Residents Needed at U.S. Hospitals

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Los Angeles Dodgers to Help Immigrant Communities

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“The Dodgers on Thursday will announce their plans to assist the immigrant communities recently impacted in Los Angeles,” the Los Angeles Times reports. Save to Favorites

Trump at Odds with U.S. Intelligence

June 19, 2025 at 7:00 am EDT

“The U.S. assessment of Iran’s nuclear program has not changed since March, when the director of national intelligence told lawmakers that Tehran has large amounts of enriched uranium but has…

Americans Still Stuck in Israel

June 19, 2025 at 6:30 am EDT

“The U.S. State Department said Wednesday it had ‘no announcement about assisting’private U.S. citizens to depart at this time,” after the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem said it was working on…

Swiss Exports to U.S. Collapse

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“Swiss exports to the US plunged for a second month as cross-border shippers wait for a trade deal to cushion tariffs proposed by President Donald Trump,” Bloomberg reports. Save to…

Trump to Cut Inspectors Monitoring Gun Sales

June 19, 2025 at 6:00 am EDT

“The Justice Department plans to slash the number of inspectors who monitor federally licensed gun dealers by two-thirds, sharply limiting the government’s already crimped capacity to identify businesses that sell…

Israel to Intensify Strikes on Iran

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“Israeli officials said they would intensify strikes on Tehran after a key hospital in southern Israel was hit in an Iranian missile attack,” the Washington Post reports. Save to Favorites

A Big, Beautiful Loser

June 19, 2025 at 5:17 am EDT

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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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