By Jose Navarro, MBA | The Navarro Report Social Security’s inspector general opened its books this week and found a number that should stop any controller cold: roughly $1 billion […]
THE MAP WAR: THREE SUPREME COURT DEFEATS SHOW WHY CONGRESSIONAL MAPS NEED A DEADLINE, NOT A WINNER
By Jose Navarro, MBA | The Navarro Report September 2026 JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. Missouri Republicans drew a congressional map last year with one target in mind: a Kansas City seat […]
THE $1 TRILLION LINE ITEM: WASHINGTON NOW PAYS MORE TO BORROW THAN IT SPENDS ON NEARLY EVERYTHING ELSE
By Jose Navarro, MBA | The Navarro Report September 2026 WASHINGTON, D.C. Somewhere in the federal budget sits a line item that no committee chairman defends, no agency requested, and […]
The $40 Trillion Debt Is a Bipartisan Failure the Midterms Are Ignoring
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — By Jose E. Navarro, The Navarro Report | September 25, 2026 The national debt passed $40 trillion in August, roughly $117,000 for every U.S. resident. The […]
The Department That Couldn’t Show Its Work: DOGE and the $110 Billion It Can’t Prove
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — By Jose E. Navarro, The Navarro Report | September 25, 2026 On July 4, the Department of Government Efficiency reached the end of its mandate and, […]
EVERYONE REDREW THE MAPS: DID ANYONE WIN?
The net effect is one seat, four seats or twelve, depending on who is counting By Jose Navarro, MBA | The Navarro Report AUSTIN. The mid-decade redistricting war started here. […]
CONGRESS FUNDED THE GOVERNMENT PAST THE ELECTION: WHAT DID THE DELAY HIDE?
Three of twelve spending bills, one December 11 cliff, and a calendar built around campaigning By Jose Navarro, MBA | The Navarro Report WASHINGTON. Congress has done in an election […]
THE WORST POSSIBLE MOMENT — WHAT THE FED’S RATE HIKE MEANS FOR AN ECONOMY ALREADY SLOWING
By Jose Navarro, MBA | The Navarro Report On September 16, the Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to a target range of 3.75 to […]
The California Strategy: Why Republicans Need Newsom to Lose Before 2028 Even Starts
By Jose E. Navarro, MBA | The Navarro Report | September 22, 2026 The Republican Party has a 2028 problem it has not yet solved publicly, and every political operative […]
The Loan Nobody Is Managing: America’s $1.7 Trillion Student Debt Crisis Is a Balance Sheet Problem Disguised as a Political One
By Jose E. Navarro, MBA | The Navarro Report | September 22, 2026 The federal government is the largest loan holder in American history. Larger than JPMorgan Chase. Larger than […]