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The Department of Homeland Security has asked Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to deputize some law-enforcement workers, including IRS criminal investigators, to assist in immigration enforcement, the Wall Street Journal reports….
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards posted a mock video of President Trump’s arrest. Save to Favorites
“A federal ethics enforcer swept up in a spree of firings President Donald Trump carried out Friday night is suing to get his job back,” Politico reports. “The lawsuit from…
“Five former Treasury secretaries warned Monday that recent actions at the Treasury Department by Trump administration officials and Elon Musk’s DOGE team raise ‘substantial cause for concern’ that the United…
“What security clearance?” — New York Attorney General Leticia James, quoted by the New York Times, when told President Trump revoked her security clearances. Save to Favorites
President Trump said that Palestinians displaced from Gaza to neighboring countries under a U.S. proposal to develop the land would not have the right to return, the Washington Post reports….
Donald Trump ordered that the security clearances of Antony Blinken, the now former secretary of state, be revoked just days after doing the same to Joe Biden late on Friday,…
French President Emmanuel Macron posted a video featuring his face superimposed onto scenes generated by artificial intelligence. Save to Favorites
“The Kremlin issued a warning on Monday about the fragility of current U.S.-Russia relations, after refusing to confirm that President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin recently spoke,” Axios reports….
“Trump’s tornado has changed the world in just a couple of weeks. Yesterday we were the heretics. Now we are the mainstream.” — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, quoted by…
Reuters identified another staffer on Elon Musk’s government efficiency team “who has boosted white supremacists and misogynists online.” Save to Favorites
Jonathan Chait: “The United States is sleepwalking into a constitutional crisis. Not only has the Trump administration seized for itself extraconstitutional powers, but yesterday, it raised the specter that, should…
“A third federal judge indefinitely blocked President Trump’s executive order to restrict birthright citizenship, dealing another stark blow to the controversial directive,” The Hill reports. Save to Favorites
“Megyn Kelly, Tucker Carlson and Bill O’Reilly are going home — sort of,” Variety reports. “Fox Corp., the backer of Fox News Channel, where all three of the aforementioned hosts…
Steve Bannon told Semafor that Donald Trump has once again mastered the art of overwhelming the media with a relentless barrage of executive orders, surprise press conferences, and aggressive efforts…
“President Trump has formulated a plan to force New York to ‘kill’ congestion pricing in Manhattan through the federal Department of Transportation,” the New York Post reports. “Among potential penalties…
Playbook: “In truth, not even all Republicans are united on this. USAID has long enjoyed support from a certain type of Republican in Washington who sees it as an effective…
“House Republican leaders are looking to cut federal spending by $2 trillion to $2.5 trillion as part of their reconciliation push,” Punchbowl News reports. “House GOP negotiators now believe they…
Brian Beutler: “If Democrats provide the decisive votes to fund this government, it will reverberate through history for all time.” Save to Favorites
“The US military has significantly increased its surveillance of Mexican drug cartels over the past two weeks, with sophisticated spy planes flying at least 18 missions over the southwestern US…
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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