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When it comes to the federal budget our friend Robert Romano, Executive Director of Americans for Limited Government, is one of the smartest guys we know. So, when he asks “Do Senate Republicans now think we can tax our way out of the deficit?” we paid attention. Read More.

Consumer optimism got a much-needed boost in May according to a respected survey by the Conference Board. The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index leaped to 98.0, a 12.3-point increase from April. Consumer confidence often translates into votes for the party in power, so a boost in consumer confidence could mean a boost for the GOP in the midterm elections. Read More.

During his first presidential campaign, Donald Trump pledged to defeat what he called the ideology of “radical Islamic terrorism.” Of late, his administration has been signaling a willingness to embrace its enablers and practitioners. Read More.

Senate Republicans seem ready to overhaul the legislation as conservatives and moderates alike have been sounding alarm bells about the House-passed bill. Even some of President Donald Trump’s closest allies in the Senate have said they cannot vote for the House bill as written. Read More.

Phil Robertson, the inventor of the Duck Commander duck call, patriarch of the “Duck Dynasty” TV clan, and fearless Christian witness has gone home to Jesus. At one time the A&E network’s “Duck Dynasty” was the number one rated entertainment show on cable TV. Read More.

Today's Secure Freedom Minute with Frank Gaffney: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem informed Harvard yesterday that it can “no longer enroll foreign students” for “fostering anti-Semitism and violence” and “coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party on its campus.” Read More.

Once upon a time Memorial Day commemorated the end of America’s Civil War and had a more serious purpose than providing an excuse for a long spring weekend and “start the summer” sales at our favorite retailers. Read More.

We can now stop putting the “one big beautiful bill” in quotes as the GOP House of Representatives, in an epic troll of the Democrats, has officially changed the title of the extension of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) of 2017 to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Read More.

Today’s Secure Freedom Minute with Frank Gaffney: Four decades ago, President Ronald Reagan declared that it would be better “to save lives than to avenge them.” For that purpose, he unveiled a “Strategic Defense Initiative.” Tragically, his vision for protecting our country and its population has not been fully actualized, even though the threat we face from enemy missiles has metastasized dramatically. Read More.

After confirming President Trump’s Cabinet in record time, the Republican-led Senate has returned to its traditional two-and-a-half-day work week and lackadaisical work ethic. As of today, nearly 80 sub-cabinet and ambassadorial nominations now languish on the Senate’s Executive Calendar, so here’s your 60-Second Activist script to tell Senators to get to work. Read More.

As President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” takes shape and moves through the legislative process the establishment media, the Deep State and their allies in the Democratic Party are doing their best to hide – and indeed just plain lie – about the benefits of the tax cuts to working families and small business. Read More.

Efforts by Democrat White House officials to conceal former President Joe Biden’s cognitive impairment constitute a serious scandal, according to a majority of voters who also believe the news media were part of the cover-up. Read More.

One of the primary inspirations for much of my writing on national security matters, Michael Ledeen, the polymath historian, political theorist, and Reagan revolutionary passed away on May 17, 2025. He was 83 years old. Read More.

President Donald Trump traveled to Capitol Hill Tuesday morning to deliver a message to House Republicans impeding a massive bill for his domestic agenda: Stop fighting and get it done as soon as possible, and our friends at the Club for Growth may have broken the code to get the bill passed. Read More.

Today's Secure Freedom Minute with Frank Gaffney: Yesterday, Jamie Dimon’s JPMorgan and Brian Moynihan’s Bank of America raised $4.4 billion for a Pentagon-designated “Chinese military company operating in the United States.” Most Americans might be astonished that there are any such companies – let alone that Wall Street is so indifferent to the national security implications that it is massively enriching one. Read More.