By Robert Romano One provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act expanded the use of Pell Grants for trade schools with short term certificates — between 150 and 599 clock hours at a minimum of eight weeks — that could help pay for trade school certifications […]

By Robert Romano A flurry of optimistic diplomatic activity has followed President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s historic, apparently successful summit in Anchorage, Alaska on Aug. 15 as a peace process has officially begun between the heads of state of Russia and Ukraine, with Volodymyr Zelensky agreeing to meet with Putin after Trump convened an Oval Office meeting between the heads of the […]

By Robert Romano Southwest border encounters once again hit a record low in July at 7,832, according to the latest numbers by U.S. Customs and Border Protection , amid continued U.S. military deployment to U.S-Mexican border and continued construction of the southern border wall in Texas , California , Arizona and New Mexico . That is the lowest on record  in data dating all the way back to 2000 . In 2025 […]

By Robert Romano Earlier this year in March, Congress completed work on a six-month continuing resolution that will carry discretionary government spending, about $1.87 trillion, through the end of the fiscal year, Sept. 30, which is now rapidly approaching. Now, Congress will again be called on to pass in some form […]

By Robert Romano Consumer inflation grew by 0.2 percent in July and is 2.7 percent above last year’s level according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics , relatively flat from the prior month as food and energy prices continue cooling amid boosted production globally, down from 2.9 percent when President Donald Trump took office […]

By Robert Romano President Donald Trump on Aug. 7 via executive order directed federal departments and agencies to take on debanking by financial institutions, which deny access to checking accounts, payment processors and other financial services due to political grudges and other viewpoint-based discrimination that has taken place against small businesses, individuals and […]

By Robert Romano The U.S. unemployment rate in July rose to its highest level since November 2021 at 4.248 percent according to data compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics . The number of people employed also contracted 260,000 to 163.1 million, its lowest level this year after reaching 163.96 million in April. This is what usually happens when inflation declines historically — after falling from […]

By Robert Romano The U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 2.97 percent annualized in the second quarter, according to the latest data compiled by the Bureau of Economic Analysis . It’s a good number. The number, following a 0.5 percent decrease in the first quarter, when imports — which are subtracted from GDP — were stockpiled in anticipation […]

By Robert Romano Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin is calling it “one of the largest deregulatory actions in U.S. history” as the Trump administration once and for all is ending the 2009 Obama era carbon endangerment finding defining carbon dioxide as a harmful pollutant under the terms of […]

By Robert Romano Not much has changed since the November 2024 election of President Donald Trump to his second term, according to the latest poll by Emerson conducted July 21 to July 22 , with 50 percent of 2024 voters approving of the President’s handling of the job, with 46.8 percent disapproving. This largely mirrors the popular vote in 2024, […]

By Robert Romano By the time then-President Barack Obama convened a Dec. 9, 2016 White House Cabinet meeting to order a new intelligence assessment for Russia’s alleged intervention into the 2016 campaign to damage the candidate Moscow perceived would win the election, Hillary Clinton, the Crossfire Hurricane investigation into the Trump campaign had already been ongoing for more than four months. […]

By Robert Romano Russia thought Hillary Clinton was going to win the 2016 election, was surprised at President Donald Trump’s victory, were holding back more damaging material on Clinton for when she took office and this intelligence was suppressed by senior Obama administration officials when it composed […]

By Robert Romano After President Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election, then-President Barack Obama directed U.S. intelligence agencies to produce a new intelligence assessment of Russian activities interfering with the 2016 election that would ultimately conclude that Russia had been trying to help Trump […]

By Robert Romano Consumer prices increased slightly in June by 0.3 percent to an annual rate of 2.8 percent , but not because of imports, the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows, with import prices only rising 0.1 percent . In the past year, import prices are actually down 0.2 percent. The Federal Reserve has been holding interest rates at an elevated level since 2022 to deal […]

By Robert Romano “Their new SCAM is what we will forever call the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax, and my PAST supporters have bought into this ‘bullshit,’ hook, line, and sinker. They haven’t learned their lesson, and probably never will, even after being conned by the Lunatic Left for […]