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Trump Says He ‘Doesn’t Care’ If Iran Negotiations Are Off

June 1, 2026 at 1:25 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

President Trump told CNBC he doesn’t care about the possible collapse of peace negotiations with Iran: “I don’t care if they’re over, honestly.”

He added: “I really don’t care. I couldn’t care less.”

White House Not Budging on ‘Anti-Weaponization’ Fund

June 1, 2026 at 1:22 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

CNN: “Many Senate Republican remain furious at the Trump administration’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund and are refusing to advance a separate bill to fund immigration enforcement until they are satisfied that payouts won’t go to people who assaulted police during the January attack on the US Capitol and other guardrails are put in place.”

“Yet despite vocal public complaints from those GOP senators over the last two weeks, the White House has yet to offer a serious solution to their concerns, according to two Republican aides who say the immigration funding will remain stalled until it does.”

Supreme Court Sides With Another Death Row Inmate

June 1, 2026 at 1:20 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

CNN: “The Supreme Court on Monday sided with a death row inmate in Florida who was blocked from challenging his sentence even though a lower court acknowledged a key witness lied on stand, marking the third time the conservative high court has backed an inmate sentenced to death in recent weeks.”

Tom Kean Insists He’s Still Running for Re-Election

June 1, 2026 at 1:19 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Associated Press: “Now Kean has missed more than 100 votes in Congress, and he has not been spotted in Washington or in his district. It is a political mystery with potentially national consequences: Kean represents a district that is among Democrats’ top targets as they try to retake control of Congress.”

“Kean’s office insists he is still running for reelection. He is not facing any challengers in Tuesday’s primary while several Democrats are running for their party’s nomination.”

Trump Was Not Told Iran Would Halt Negotiations

June 1, 2026 at 12:59 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

President Trump told NBC News he had not been informed of Iran’s decision to suspend peace negotiations ahead of time.

Said Trump: “It’s an appropriate thing to say, because they’re better negotiators than they are fighters. But they haven’t informed us of that.”

He added: “It doesn’t mean we’re going to go and start dropping bombs all over there. We’ll keep the blockade.”

Mike Johnson meets with Trump

June 1, 2026 at 11:48 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Politico: “Speaker Mike Johnson is with President Donald Trump at the White House Tuesday morning, meeting about the stuck GOP immigration enforcement bill.”

Jill Biden Admits She Had to Lie After Debate

June 1, 2026 at 11:37 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Former first lady Jill Biden told NBC News she felt she “had to support” President Joe Biden publicly in the wake of his disastrous 2024 debate with Donald Trump, despite acknowledging now that she feared her husband might have been having a stroke.

Standoff Between Republicans and White House Continues

June 1, 2026 at 10:30 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“A standoff between the White House and the Senate remains unresolved after Republican senators defiantly left town 10 days ago without passing legislation to fund President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agencies,” the Associated Press reports. 

“Senate Republicans who are returning to Washington on Monday say they won’t have the votes to pass the Homeland Security spending bill until the White House works with them to place parameters on a new $1.776 billion settlement fund designed to compensate Trump’s allies. But Trump has shown little interest in doing so, even after a judge temporarily halted any payouts.”

“It’s unclear how they will settle the dispute.”

Why Did the Press Ignore a Gathering of Fascists?

June 1, 2026 at 10:13 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

The Redoubt: “Right-wing extremism is going mainstream, but it’s not getting the coverage.”

Iran Calls Off Negotiations with the U.S.

June 1, 2026 at 10:09 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Iran said it would halt talks with the US in protest for Israel’s expanded ground assault in Lebanon, escalating tensions as Washington and Tehran seek to reach an interim peace agreement,” Bloomberg reports. 

CNBC: “Tehran will also move to fully block the Strait of Hormuz.”

Trump’s Approval Collapses in Pennsylvania

June 1, 2026 at 10:08 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new Penn Live poll in Pennsylvania finds President Trump’s approval rating has dropped to 34%, his lowest on record.

Key finding: The poll found 71% of Pennsylvanians believing that Trump’s tariffs are hurting them, an 11-point increase from April. Only 9% of Pennsylvania voters now believe the President’s signature economic policy is helping them.

Trump Wants to Frighten Would-Be Whistleblowers

June 1, 2026 at 10:05 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Quinta Jurecic: “The NDAs would ostensibly forbid federal workers from sharing ‘non-public, confidential, or proprietary information’ outside the government, including with the press. Exactly what constitutes such information remains unclear, as does the proposal’s legal validity.”

The Problem With Graham Platner

June 1, 2026 at 10:01 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Andrew Egger: “If you’re a Democrat, it’s certainly not unreasonable to look at a guy like Platner and say: Okay, so he’s a cheater—now explain to me exactly why I should think that means Republicans should control the Senate?”

“I don’t have a convenient moral to the story here. It’s not like the answer is just for the parties to keep running the same old colorless senior-citizen career politicians. Voters don’t like them, and they shouldn’t. If Maine Gov. Janet Mills hadn’t been such an uninspiring establishment Senate candidate, Platner would never have found a populist wave to catch in the first place.”

“But I do worry that the path we’re on is one that makes it easier and easier for Democrats to follow Republicans into just abandoning character-related assessments of their candidates altogether. We’re currently in the midst of a long, painful education in how badly that can go on the GOP side of the aisle. Once you decide moral fiber in your leaders is a luxury your party can no longer afford, it’s amazing how quickly things can get out of hand.”

China Aims AI at Predicting Who Could Pose a Political Risk

June 1, 2026 at 9:32 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

New York Times: “A Chinese company has been trying to develop artificial intelligence-powered technology that would enable authoritarian governments to not just monitor dissidents but also potentially predict who could become one in the future.”

“The work, which appears to be in the research stage, is ripped out of dystopian science fiction, offering a glimpse of a world in which an authoritarian state is able to move against its citizens before they begin any public dissent.”

Starmer Faces New Scrutiny as Mandelson Files Published

June 1, 2026 at 9:28 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“The UK government released a vast trove of documents relating to Peter Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador, in a move that threatens to cause fresh damage to Keir Starmer’s faltering premiership,” Bloomberg reports. 

“The release resurfaces a saga that has weakened and embarrassed Starmer over the nine months since Bloomberg News exposed the extent of Mandelson’s ties with the late pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.”

Democrats Hopeful Amid Voter Frustrations in Iowa

June 1, 2026 at 9:26 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“After years in the political wilderness, Iowa Democrats are feeling a new sensation — hope,” Bloomberg reports. 

“Once seen as a bellwether, the Midwestern state of 3.2 million people has over the past decade served as a microcosm for national politics, lurching to the right as President Donald Trump solidified his grasp on White and rural voters. But Democrats see an opportunity to reverse those trends, buoyed by broad dissatisfaction with the economy and a group of well-liked, centrist candidates expected to prevail in Tuesday’s party primaries.”

“Trump’s aggressive tariff agenda has turbocharged voter frustrations with the state’s heavily agricultural economy, squeezing the fertilizer supply chain. The Iran war has driven up fuel prices. The president’s recent trip to China didn’t yield specific guarantees of new row crop purchases. Sweeping policy changes in education and healthcare alienated some Iowans, while longtime Republican incumbents are retiring.”

The White House Is the New Green Zone

June 1, 2026 at 9:16 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Matt Viser: “Three times in four weeks, gunfire has broken out as federal agents were protecting the president and vice president in the vicinity of the White House. Three months ago, a man was shot and killed after entering the Mar-a-Lago security perimeter with a shotgun and fuel can. Three months before that, two National Guard members were shot just blocks from the White House.”

“The Secret Service, which says it has protections all around the building—some visible, some not—has a division that over the past year has been studying the rise in violent rhetoric and action to get at the question: What is driving the attacks—and can they be headed off in advance?”

Trump Faces Mounting Pressure as Republicans Revolt

June 1, 2026 at 9:14 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Semafor: “GOP senators are rebelling against a $1.8 billion Trump-backed ‘slush fund’ to compensate people allegedly victimized by the government, including 2021 Capitol rioters, and refusing to pass an immigration enforcement funding bill as a result.”

“To add to Trump’s woes, he is 20 points underwater in polls — far more unpopular than Joe Biden at this point in his term — and a judge struck down his move to put his own name on the Kennedy Center, saying Congress must be consulted.”

“Trump has also angered Republicans by undermining establishment favorites in recent primaries, creating a “wounded bear caucus” of outgoing congresspeople,”

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goddard-bw-snapshotTaegan 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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