California’s Office of the Inspector General for High-Speed Rail has done something the California High-Speed Rail Authority itself has resisted for years: put a hard date on the project’s cash […]
Two Checks, One Election: The Arithmetic Behind Trump’s Pre-Midterm Payments
In the span of a week, the Trump administration announced two separate cash payments to American voters — a $500 rebate to roughly 1 million Affordable Care Act enrollees and […]
The Bond Market Is Sending Washington a Warning It Can’t Ignore
The 30-year U.S. Treasury bond yield touched 5.3% this week — the highest level since 2007 — before the Treasury Department stepped in with an emergency-sized buyback to calm the […]
California’s Budget Hit $351.7 Billion. Here’s Where the Money Actually Went.
Six years, $150 billion in new spending, and a fiscal story that no longer runs through the classroom. By Jose Navarro | The Navarro Report | September 8, 2026 California […]
A Governor’s Last Word: DeSantis’s Final-Term Legacy
Bill Meets Miami-Dade’s Budget Math Ron DeSantis has five months left as Florida’s governor. Term-limited after two consecutive terms,he will leave office in January 2027 regardless of what happens in […]
Who Actually Absorbed the Cuts: Testing San Diego’sEquity Promise Against a $118 Million Deficit
San Diego’s city budget has an equity framework built into how it’s supposed to work. CouncilPolicy 800-14 requires capital projects to be scored on equity criteria before funding. The Parksand […]
Obscured Facts: The Inspector General’s Verdict onCalifornia High-Speed Rail’s 2026 Business Plan
California’s high-speed rail project has produced a fresh document that should have settled thedebate over its finances. Instead, the state’s own watchdog says the document itself can’t betrusted at face […]
The $186 Billion Question: Which Agencies Are Leaking
Taxpayer Money, and Can It Be Stopped? While Congress spent early September negotiating a continuing resolution to keep thegovernment funded through December 11, a quieter and more persistent number sat […]
America’s Empty Hand: How Washington’s Aid Retreat Is Ceding the Developing World
The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026 was supposed to look like restraint. Instead, it reads like an accounting record of how far the United States has pulled back from the […]
Amazon Cargo Plane Overruns Runway, Bursts Into Flames at Miami International
All Runways Closed, Multiple Injured as NTSB and FAA Launch Investigation Into Sunday Afternoon Crash The Navarro Report | Miami A Prime Air cargo plane overran the runway while landing […]