Sen. Ted Cruz won’t endorse Donald Trump, but the Republican nominee told CNN that he wouldn’t take the support even if the Texas senator offered.

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“Donald Trump became the first sitting president in nearly a half-century at a regular-season NFL game, attending the Washington Commanders’ contest against the Detroit Lions on Sunday,” The Guardian reports….
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“Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said President Donald Trump’s suggestion that Americans may receive a tariff ‘dividend’ of at least $2,000 could come via the tax cuts passed in his signature…
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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.
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