Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper plans to drop out of the 2020 presidential race on Thursday, the Wall Street Journal reports.


Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper plans to drop out of the 2020 presidential race on Thursday, the Wall Street Journal reports.
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“National security agencies across the Trump administration are ramping up investigations into alleged leaks to the news media, in some cases using polygraph tests that current and former officials say…
“President Trump is expected to soften the impact of his automotive tariffs, preventing duties on foreign-made cars from stacking on top of other tariffs he has imposed and easing some…
“Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA) said he will seek to become the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee after ranking member Gerry Connolly suddenly announced Monday he would step aside,”…
“The House Ways and Means Committee has largely settled on a suite of tax policies to include in its portion of the GOP megabill,” Politico reports. “But tax writers are…
Punchbowl News: “Republicans’ goal is to get the reconciliation bill to the president’s desk by July 4, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told reporters after huddling with congressional leaders Monday afternoon.”…
“House Republicans are proposing to charge migrants $1,000 to claim asylum, one of a series of new or increased fees on immigrants seeking to gain legal entry into the United…
Apollo Global Management, a large private equity firm, is now forecasting a severe U.S. recession triggered by President Trump’s recent tariffs. The tariff-driven slowdown could lead to stagflation—stagnant growth combined…
“The new head of the Justice Department’s civil rights division is dramatically reshaping the office to propel President Donald Trump’s social agenda, prompting the departure of about half of the…
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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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