By Robert Romano Last week, the media was flooded with stories coming from a group of named and anonymous Democratic office-holders all warning in the gravest tones possible that their “base” has had enough .  There were open calls, we were warned, for arrests, for direct confrontation, for extreme action, even blood! Axios quoted one stating, “Our own base is telling us […]

By Robert Romano “Are the prices just not passed through yet? No, I think what’s happening is everything’s evening out. You know, when we charge, see what people don’t understand the other countries have been charging almost — every country charges us tariffs. We had deficits with […]

By Robert Romano Federal spending outlays will increase a whopping $3.38 trillion from their 2024 level of $6.87 trillion to $10.2 trillion by 2034, according to former President Joe Biden’s last budget submitted to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The estimates are a year old, and we still await President Donald Trump’s first full budget that will adjust the baseline, hopefully […]

By Robert Romano Following the House and Senate completing their work on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act , enacting much of President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda as he signed it into law on July 4, Democrats are now shifting their posture towards the 2026 Congressional midterms with an eye to reclaiming the […]

By Robert Romano “All the world can now see the truth: Brennan, Clapper and Comey manipulated intelligence and silenced career professionals — all to get Trump. Thank you to the career @CIA officers who conducted this review and exposed the facts.” That was Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) […]

By Robert Romano For a while, it looked like it might be one, big, beautiful mess, but now Congress has officially enacted, H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act , fulfilling Republicans’ legislative agenda on tax cuts, the border and immigration enforcement that President Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans campaigned on in 2024 that […]

By Robert Romano   Antitrust concerns don’t arise without good reason. More often than not, modern-day mergers between larger players in an industry can mean layoffs for workers and bad deals for consumers. It’s rare that a good deal comes along that spurs economic investment, brings back […]

By Robert Romano President Donald Trump came one, big, beautiful step closer to achieving his legislative agenda for 2025 as the Senate passed 51 to 50 the One Big Beautiful Bill Act on July 1 in time for the President’s July 4 self-imposed deadline. The bill now moves back to the House where it will either go to […]

By Robert Romano Recently I wrote about a small sideshow in the ongoing Congressional war over the budget reconciliation bill that dealt with the so-called “duty drawback” provision.  Based on the magnitude of President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act and his policies to put America first on trade, such an insider […]

By Robert Romano President Donald Trump’s June 23 declared ceasefire between Israel and Iran in what the President is calling the Twelve Day War appears to be holding (for now) after a bumpy start , as both sides accused the other of violating the terms of the agreement, but now with both saying they will respect the ceasefire as long as the other […]

By Robert Romano President Donald Trump’s announced 24-hour ceasefire on June 23 between Israel and Iran following U.S. airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities on June 21 got off to a bumpy start after Israel Defense Minister Israel Katz said that Israel would “respond with force” after “Iran’s total violation” of the nascent […]

By Robert Romano On June 21, President Donald Trump ordered targeted air strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities with an aim to eliminating its nuclear enrichment capabilities, then thought to be days or weeks away from achieving nuclear weapons in violation of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, following similar […]

By Robert Romano “Based on the fact that there is a substantial chance of negotiation that may or may not take place with Iran in the near future, I will make my decision whether or not to go within the next two weeks.” That was a brief statement issued by President Donald Trump via Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on June 19 , offering a couple […]

By Robert Romano Each day another story comes out about the games and outright deceptions being run on the public and members of Congress as the effort to enact a budget plan drags on. The process is so cumbersome and mutated because Congress is unable or unwilling […]

By Robert Romano “I may do it, I may not do it. I mean, nobody knows what I’m going to do.” That was President Donald Trump, speaking at a flag-raising ceremony at the White House on June 18 , maintaining strategic ambiguity ahead of what could be a U.S. military strike against Iran’s nuclear capabilities as Israel’s war with […]