By Jose Navarro, MBA | Financial Controller & Public Policy Analyst | San Diego, CA September 21, 2026 WASHINGTON, D.C. — San Diegans who read this publication’s account of the […]
Washington Grades 139 Governments on Fiscal Transparency. Two-Thirds Still Fail.
By Jose Navarro, MBA | Financial Controller & Public Policy Analyst | San Diego, CA September 21, 2026 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Every August, the U.S. State Department quietly publishes one […]
The Department of War’s $93.4 Billion Shopping Spree — While Missiles Ran Short
By Jose Navarro, MBA | The Navarro Report | National Affairs Call it what you want — the Pentagon spent forty-seven years as the Department of Defense before President Trump […]
The $186 Billion Gap: What Washington’s War on Fraud Isn’t Catching in Social Services
By Jose E. Navarro, MBA | National | September 18, 2026 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Vice President JD Vance’s Task Force to Eliminate Fraud has spent six months publicizing individual wins: […]
Fed Breaks Three-Year Pause, Lifts Rates to 3.75%–4% as Oil Shock Forces Warsh’s Hand
National Affairs | The Navarro Report | September 17, 2026 WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate a quarter point on Wednesday, ending a three-year hold and […]
28,700 Trades, One Exemption: The Legal Gray Zone Around a President’s Portfolio
By The Navarro Report Staff | September 16, 2026 A Bloomberg review of financial disclosures found that President Trump, or the money managers acting on his behalf, executed nearly 28,700 […]
AI Anxiety Rattles Wall Street as Markets Brace for a Historic Fed Hike
By The Navarro Report Wall Street closed out the week under a cloud that had little to do with interest rates and everything to do with artificial intelligence. On Monday, […]
Bessent’s Victory Lap Meets a $40 Trillion Reality Check
The Treasury Secretary told Congress the Iran sanctions campaign is a historic success. The debt clock, the bond market, and the gas pump tell a more complicated story. By Jose […]
San Diego Is Selling Its Water Surplus. It Won’t Fix the San Joaquin Valley’s Coming Shortfall.
By Jose E. Navarro | The Navarro Report | California Affairs California’s water story this year is really two stories, and they are almost mirror images of each other. In […]
The $5,000 Question: Campaign Promise or Something Congress Should Worry About?
Opinion | By Jose Navarro | The Navarro Report A president standing before his party’s convention and promising every adult citizen a $5,000 check if his party wins in November […]