Taegan Goddard

New York

Publisher and Founder at Political Wire

Founder and Publisher of Political Wire.

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Trump Gets Rolled Again

1 day ago | politicalwire.com | Taegan Goddard

Donald Trump may project strength, but the defining feature of his presidency is weakness. He’s routinely overruled — by courts, state officials and lawmakers in his own party. That shouldn’t be comforting to his critics. A president this easy to manipulate is a national vulnerability. The latest example: Trump carved out exceptions in his mass deportation policy for the agriculture and hospitality sectors following pushback from business groups and their Republican allies.
Mike Lee Deletes Posts About Minnesota Killing

1 day ago | politicalwire.com | Taegan Goddard

“Sen. Mike Lee, amid widespread outrage, has deleted a pair of social media posts associating the deadly Minnesota shootings last weekend with ‘Marxists’ and the state’s Democratic governor,” Politico reports. “The move to remove the X posts came amid criticism from a Republican colleague Tuesday. Sen. Kevin Cramer of North Dakota told reporters said Lee’s decision to comment online over the weekend ‘seems insensitive, to say the least, inappropriate, for sure’ and ‘not even true.’”Save to Favorites
Trump’s Tax Bill Would Add $3.3 Trillion to National Debt

2 days ago | politicalwire.com | Taegan Goddard

You are here: Home / Budget & Taxes / Trump’s Tax Bill Would Add $3.3 Trillion to National DebtMembers should sign in for the full experience. “The centerpiece of President Donald Trump’s second-term legislative agenda would add $3.3 trillion to the national debt over 10 years, Congress’s nonpartisan bookkeeper reported Tuesday, when taking into account interest costs and the changes it would spell in the economy,” the Washington Post reports.
Trump Says He Knows Where Ayatollah Is Hiding

2 days ago | politicalwire.com | Taegan Goddard

You are here: Home / Foreign Affairs / Trump Says He Knows Where Ayatollah Is HidingMembers should sign in for the full experience. President Donald Trump says the U.S. knows where Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is hiding but doesn’t want him killed “for now,” the AP reports. He also called for Iran’s “unconditional surrender.”Save to FavoritesYou're reading the free version of Political Wire Upgrade to a paid membership to unlock full access. The process is quick and easy.
Appeals Court to Decide Trump Control of National Guard

2 days ago | politicalwire.com | Taegan Goddard

“A federal appeals court will hear arguments Tuesday to determine whether President Trump, against the wishes of Gov. Gavin Newsom, can keep using California’s National Guard to protect immigration enforcement agents and quell protesters in Los Angeles,” the New York Times reports.
Ten Years of Trump

2 days ago | politicalwire.com | Taegan Goddard

Charlie Sykes: “Conventional political analyses do not come close to describing the way our world has been turned on its head. Yes, the GOP lost its spine and its balls; Democrats flailed; the electorate realigned. The entertainment wing of the GOP routed the establishment. Much of the rest of the media has been enshittified.”“But that really doesn’t capture the velocity or the scope of the transformation. It’s not just our politics. America has become dumber, crueler, crazier, and more violent.
Political Book Authors Turn to Podcasts

2 days ago | politicalwire.com | Taegan Goddard

New York Times: “In an era when mainstream media is increasingly politically polarized and siloed, and authors face dwindling opportunities for coverage in print and on television, podcasts have emerged as the rare popular medium where hosts are willing, even eager, to engage with the opposition.”“Podcasts have also become one of the few forms of mass media that indulge lengthy conversations about serious topics, allowing authors to speak in more than a 30-second sound bite.
Trump Denies Reaching Out to Iran

2 days ago | politicalwire.com | Taegan Goddard

“President Donald Trump denied early on Tuesday having had contact with leaders in Iran, saying he hadn’t reached out about a potential ceasefire and that he was ‘not too much in the mood’ to negotiate with Iran,” ABC News reports. Said Trump: “I’ve been negotiating. I told them to do the deal. They should have done the deal. The cities have been blown to pieces, lost a lot of people. They should have done the deal. I told them do the deal, so I don’t know.
GOP Tax Bill Faces Nearly 2-1 Opposition

2 days ago | politicalwire.com | Taegan Goddard

“As Senate Republicans race to pass President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a plurality of Americans oppose the sweeping tax-and-spending legislation, with mixed opinions on specific provisions and concerns about its impact on the national debt and Medicaid,” according to a Washington Post-Ipsos poll.
A Senator’s Fall From Grace Ends in a Federal Lockup

2 days ago | politicalwire.com | Taegan Goddard

“For decades, Robert Menendez had the ear of presidents and prime ministers. He controlled the flow of military aid as the Democratic leader of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. A son of Cuban refugees, he was a go-to authority on immigration policy,” the New York Times reports.