Taegan Goddard

New York

Publisher and Founder at Political Wire

Founder and Publisher of Political Wire.

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U.S. to Send Migrants Without Criminal Records to Gitmo

1 week ago | politicalwire.com | Taegan Goddard

You are here: Home / Immigration / U.S. to Send Migrants Without Criminal Records to GitmoMembers should sign in for the full experience. “The Trump administration created broad rules outlining which migrants can be held at Guantanamo Bay, allowing officials to send non-criminal detainees there despite a vow to hold ‘the worst’ offenders at the naval base,” CBS News reports. Save to FavoritesYou're reading the free version of Political Wire Upgrade to a paid membership to unlock full access.
RFK Jr. Contradicts His Agency’s Own Autism Study

1 week ago | politicalwire.com | Taegan Goddard

You are here: Home / Health Care / RFK Jr. Contradicts His Agency’s Own Autism StudyMembers should sign in for the full experience. “HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took the unusual step of publicly contradicting one of his own agencies’ autism studies on Tuesday, suggesting at a press conference that ‘environmental factors’ including drugs, not improved screening, were causing a spike in confirmed cases,” Axios reports.
GOP Lawmaker Visits El Salvador Prison

1 week ago | politicalwire.com | Taegan Goddard

You are here: Home / House of Representatives / GOP Lawmaker Visits El Salvador Prison Members should sign in for the full experience. Rep. Riley Moore (R-WV) visited a maximum security prison in El Salvador where some people deported from the United States are being held and posted photos on social media, including one of Moore giving a thumbs up sign. Save to FavoritesYou're reading the free version of Political Wire Upgrade to a paid membership to unlock full access.
Judge Says Trump Officials Acted in Contempt

1 week ago | politicalwire.com | Taegan Goddard

“Judge James Boasberg has found probable cause that the Trump administration acted in contempt of court when officials last month defied his order to turn two planes around carrying alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador,” ABC News reports.
Trump Slams Harvard and Its ‘Leftist Dopes’

1 week ago | politicalwire.com | Taegan Goddard

You are here: Home / Education / Trump Slams Harvard and Its ‘Leftist Dopes’Members should sign in for the full experience. President Trump attacked Harvard saying that “Leftist dopes” are teaching at the university “and because of that, Harvard can no longer be considered even a decent place of learning, and should not be considered on any list of the World’s Great Universities or Colleges.”He added: “Harvard is a JOKE, teaches Hate and Stupidity, and should no longer receive Federal Funds.
Now Trump Wants More from Big Law

1 week ago | politicalwire.com | Taegan Goddard

“When some of the nation’s biggest law firms agreed to deals with President Trump, the terms appeared straightforward: In return for escaping the full force of his retribution campaign, the firms would do some free legal work on behalf of largely uncontroversial causes like helping veterans,” the New York Times reports.
Donors Just Paid Off Debt of Trump’s Nominee for IRS

1 week ago | politicalwire.com | Taegan Goddard

“President Donald Trump’s choice for Internal Revenue Service director just had his six-figure debt paid off by campaign donors whose firms have significant, often contentious business before the tax agency he would lead,” The Lever reports. “The revelations come as lawmakers call for a criminal probe of how tax credits were used by these donors’ firms — many of which have previous ties to former Rep.
Pity American Firms in China

1 week ago | politicalwire.com | Taegan Goddard

The Economist: “For decades politicians in Washington might have been mistaken for lobbyists for American companies in China. They pushed for the country to be opened up to American banks, planes and fast-food chains. Boeing, an American plane manufacturer, for example, began receiving orders from China just after Richard Nixon visited the country in 1972.
Democrats Pounce on Lawmaker Stock Trading

1 week ago | politicalwire.com | Taegan Goddard

“House Democrats are still honing a message for next year’s midterms, but they appear to have found an early cudgel as they gear up to battle Republicans for the majority: congressional stock trading,” Politico reports.
Why Trump Will Lose His Trade War

1 week ago | politicalwire.com | Taegan Goddard

Paul Krugman: “Yesterday the Financial Times had a mostly good writeup of the stakes, which pointed out that US exports to China are ‘heavily focused on agriculture.’ The FT said that these goods are ‘low value-added,’ which I’m not sure is true — U.S. farming is highly productive and highly capital-intensive.