Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat down with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the ASEAN Regional Forum in Manila this week, reviving a diplomatic channel that […]
The Rent Is Still Too High: A San Diego Search for Affordable Living Near the Water
By Jose E. Navarro | The Navarro Report | July 24, 2026 I’ve spent more than twenty years building budgets, closing books and telling other people’s organizations exactly what they […]
As Rivas Fills In, Newsom’s Growing List of Out-of-State Trips Draws Scrutiny
By Jose E. Navarro | The Navarro Report | July 24, 2026 On Wednesday, California briefly had two governor’s offices in operation — one empty, one filling in. Assembly Speaker […]
The Business of War: Who’s Profiting From Iran, What Ukraine Could Teach Washington, and Why Israel’s Economy Keeps Climbing
By Jose E. Navarro | The Navarro Report | July 24, 2026 The Iran war is nearing the two-week mark of a fresh round of escalation, with Tehran now targeting […]
Beyond the Pitch: Argentina’s Football Federation Faces a Reckoning in Miami
The Navarro Report While Argentina’s national team advanced through the 2026 World Cup, a separate and far less celebratory drama was unfolding off the field. Federal investigators in the United […]
Tijuana River Cleanup Funding Left Uncertain After USMCA Renewal Stalls
Federal efforts to address the decades-long Tijuana River sewage and pollution crisis have been thrown into uncertainty after the Trump administration declined earlier this month to renew the United States-Mexico-Canada […]
Bonta’s Rewrite of Prop 39 Ballot Language Sparks Rigging Accusations
A last-minute change to the official ballot title and summary for Proposition 39, California’s voter ID and citizenship-verification initiative, has ignited an election-year fight between the measure’s Republican backers and […]
Fight Over 2026 Midterm Election Integrity Intensifies as Vote Nears
With the 2026 midterm elections roughly three months away, a sharp and increasingly public dispute over the integrity and administration of the vote has become one of Washington’s defining storylines, […]
U.S. Slaps New Tariffs on 60 Trading Partners Over Forced-Labor Enforcement
The Trump administration on Thursday imposed a fresh round of tariffs on goods from 60 countries, arguing that each of those trading partners has failed to adequately police forced labor […]
Whose World Cup Is It? Inside FIFA’s 2030 Expansion Fight and the Governance Gaps Behind It
A vice president’s proposal to nearly guarantee his own confederation a place at the table, a rollback of anti-corruption reforms, and a president whose expansion instincts have always tracked his […]