By Manzanita Miller A CNN/SSRS poll of state of the union (SOTU) viewers conducted Feb. 24 after President Donald Trump’s speech shows largely positive ratings from viewers. SOTU viewers overall gave President Donald Trump positive marks on his agenda for the country, the economy, immigration, and handling foreign policy and the U.S. military, according to the […]

By Robert Romano About 32.6 million Americans tuned into President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union Address in his second term on Feb. 24, more than 5 million fewer than former President Joe Biden’s 2022 State of the Union Address of 38.2 million, according to the Nielsen ratings released after the speech . Like Biden, […]

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Senate Republicans Should Let The Talking Filibuster Play Out On The SAVE America Act. If Thune Is Right, It Won’t Last Very Long. By Robert Romano “The talking filibuster issue is on which there is not certainly a unified Republican Conference and there would have to be. […]

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By Robert Romano 64 percent of Americans said the policies proposed by President Donald Trump in his State of the Union address on Feb. 24 would move the country in the right direction, compared to 54 percent who said the same thing prior to watching the speech, according a CNN poll taken before and after the speech among speech watchers . That included 56 percent of independents who said […]

By Manzanita Miller   President Donald Trump has had his share of recent setbacks in terms of his approval rating, with the latest Real Clear Polling average placing him underwater by 13.4 percentage points. President Trump has also lost support from Black voters over the past month, […]

By Robert Romano Voters have been clear about what they want most: a country that feels affordable again. The previous administration treated prices like numbers on a chart. President Donald Trump has instead tackled the issue head-on, with sweeping reforms aimed at the everyday costs squeezing family […]

By Robert Romano “BEA estimates that this reduction in services provided by the federal government subtracted about 1.0 percentage point from real GDP growth in the fourth quarter.” That was the Bureau of Economic Analysis noting that the slowdown in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the fourth quarter of 2025 to 1.4 percent was largely attributable to the federal government shutdown that occurred from Oct. 1, 2025 to Nov. 12, 2025, the […]

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