By Robert Romano “Both countries agreed that Iran can never have a nuclear weapon.” That was the White House’s readout of the May 13 meeting between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, conveying at least the U.S. understanding of how the meeting shaped up on the question of the Iran war — and the all-important fate of Iran’s nuclear weapons program. The U.S. readout of […]

By Bill Wilson There is a tendency, especially by conservative Americans, to look at an election victory or a legislative or political “win” and relax, to fall back and make the assumption that all will now be well. This trend has been a recurring theme in American politics for at […]

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By Robert Romano Democrats’ lead in the 2026 generic Congressional ballot dropped from 46 percent to 41 percent, to 44 percent to 41 percent, according to the latest Economist-YouGov poll taken May 1 to May 4 compared to April 24 to April 27 . Inside the poll, leading the partial slippage was drops in support for Democrats among men from 35 percent […]

By Manzanita Miller California has become synonymous with costly, unsafe, tax-and-spend policies that drive businesses and families out of the state, but Republicans have a serious shot at reclaiming the governor’s mansion for the first time in decades this November, and that says a lot about how […]

By Robert Romano “[T]here is appropriated to the United States Secret Service, for fiscal year 2026, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2029, for the pur17 poses of security adjustments and upgrades, including within the perimeter […]

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By Robert Romano The 2026 partial government shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security ended unceremoniously on April 30 in the House with unanimous passage of H.R. 7147 , legislation that had already passed the Senate that funds all agencies in the department except for Immigration and Customs Enforcement […]