SpaceX finally got Starship off the ground Thursday night, and the world was watching.Flight 12 — the debut of the redesigned Version 3 vehicle — lifted off from Orbital Launch […]
Cuando el Estado Miente: La Historia de Víctor y Carmen Navas
Hay muertes que ocurren una sola vez. Y hay muertes que el Estado fabrica dos veces: primero en silencio, luego con un comunicado de prensa.Víctor Hugo Quero Navas tenía 51 […]
Reconciliation 2.0: Another Round of Partisan Legislating Won’t Fix What’s Broken
Before the ink was dry on the One Big Beautiful Bill, House Republicans were already drawing up the sequel.Reconciliation 2.0 — a second party-line budget package targeting additional GOP priorities […]
Medicaid’s Quiet Unraveling: The Bill Is Already Arriving
The debate over Medicaid is over. The implementation has begun. The only question left is how many people lose coverage before the midterms force someone to pay attention.When Congress passed […]
The $1.8 Billion Slush Fund That Broke the Republican Senate Jose Navarro, MBA | Financial Controller & Public Policy AnalystSan Diego, California — May 2026
There is a lesson in this week’s Senate meltdown that has nothing to do with immigration and everything to do with institutional trust.Congress left Washington Thursday for a weeklong Memorial […]
American Mayors Are Looking to Budapest for Democracy Tips — That’s Not Nothing
When the mayors of Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, and San Antonio flew to Bratislava, Slovakia last week to sign a democracy alliance with European counterparts, the White House called it a […]
Congress Just Took Its Most Significant Step on Crypto in Years — And It Still Might Not Stick
Cryptocurrency has been waiting a long time for Washington to figure out what it is. The Senate Banking Committee moved that process meaningfully forward this week, and then reminded everyone […]
Iran Turned the Strait of Hormuz Into a Toll Booth — and the World Has a Problem
The Strait of Hormuz has always been the pressure point of global energy trade. Iran just figured out how to charge admission. Since late February, the Strait has operated under […]
The $67 Billion Bet on America’s Energy Future — and Why AI Is Behind It
On Monday, two of the largest energy companies in the United States announced they were merging. The deal is worth nearly $67 billion. It would create the largest regulated electric […]
The Medicaid Clock Is Ticking — and the Disability Community Is Watching Every Second
By December 31, 2026, states across the country must have systems in place to enforce a new federal rule: Medicaid recipients between the ages of 19 and 64 who receive […]