By Robert Romano The U.S. economy is growing well above expectations on an inflation-adjusted basis, blowing the barn doors off the hinges, at 4.3 percent annualized in the third quarter, the highest since 2023, according to the latest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) numbers from the Bureau of Economic Analysis . President Donald Trump praised the economy’s performance, by far the best news […]

By Robert Romano President Donald Trump has set an ambitious goal to put man back on the moon by 2028 and to get ready to go to Mars in a Dec. 18 executive order,  “Ensuring American Space Superiority,”  that has tremendous historical, technological, economic and national security implications that will almost […]

By Robert Romano President Donald Trump has completely secured the southern border, with just 108,361 border encounters since he took office on January 20, the latest data through November from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows . That compares to more than 10 million such border encounters the entire time former President Joe Biden was in office from 2021 […]

By Robert Romano Consumer prices slowed to 2.7 percent growth the past 12 months, down from 3 percent in September, the latest data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) shows . The news comes on the heels of the latest income reporting with average weekly earnings in the private sector growing at 3.5 percent the past year, with incomes outpacing inflation for about 29 months now. […]

By Robert Romano Ukraine has reportedly agreed to abandon its ambitions to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as the U.S. pushes both Russia and Ukraine to negotiate a ceasefire and peaceful settlement to the war that began in 2014 and expanded in 2022. Instead, Ukraine might join the European Union (EU). Along with it, Ukraine would appear […]

By Robert Romano The U.S. unemployment rate jumped to 4.6 percent in November following the government shutdown as the unemployment level rose to 7.8 million, the highest since October and September 2021, respectively, the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) shows . Which, again, is usually what happens after peak inflation — it reached 9.1 percent in June 2022 — and the economy is still reeling. […]

By Robert Romano The race for Congress in 2026 is closer than you might think, a new poll from Reuters-Ipsos taken Dec. 3 to Dec. 8 shows, with Democrats only favored over Republicans 40 percent to 39 percent. Or is it really that close? A month ago, the nation saw similar polling in New Jersey prior to the […]

By Robert Romano Unemployment continued claims, not seasonally adjusted, jumped the week of Nov. 29 by 268,460 to 1.96 million, as initial claims also increased to 313,400 the week of Dec. 6, according to the latest data compiled by the U.S. Department of Labor . Almost certainly, this is just normal churning in labor markets headed towards the Christmas […]

By Robert Romano “The reason farmers need relief at all is largely because Donald Trump betrayed them and decimated their businesses with his disastrous tariffs.” That was Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y) making a speech on the Senate floor on Dec. 8 opposing President Donald Trump’s […]

By Robert Romano Brian Cole, Jr., the accused January 6 pipe bomber who planted live bombs at the Republican National Committee and Democratic National Committee the night before January 6 has been arrested by the Justice Department for his crimes after almost five years as the case […]

By Robert Romano In a 20-plus percentage point Republican district in 2024, U.S Representative-elect Matt Van Epps won Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District by a mere 9 points, 53.9 percent to 45 percent. It being a special election, turnout is much lower and with a Republican in the […]

By Robert Romano Wartime fatalities in Gaza have decreased almost 94 percent since the end of the war on October 10, when Israel and what remains of Hamas signed a ceasefire, according to data compiled by the Gaza Ministry of Health . The agency stated that 70,100 people have died attributable to the war that began on […]

By Robert Romano Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom and Air Force Staff Sergeant Andrew Wolfe were serving their country while on duty on November 26 in Washington, D.C. on the mission ordered by President Donald Trump to clean up crime in the nation’s capital, when they were shot […]

By Robert Romano Don’t look now, but the special election for Tennessee’s 7th Congressional district, is a lot more interesting than perhaps it should be following the resignation of Republican U.S. Rep. Mark Green who found another job, perhaps under the assumption that President Donald Trump and […]

By Robert Romano On Oct. 1, Senate Democrats refused to approve a continuing resolution to keep the government open and then set the record for the longest government shutdown in history of 43 days when it ended on Nov. 12. The entire time, President Donald Trump, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and other administration officials were warning […]