U.S. Consumer Confidence (October 2026): The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index jumped 7.5 points to 91.7, marking its first monthly increase in four months, aided by easing retail gasoline prices.

Advance Report on Durable Goods (September 2026): New orders for manufactured durable goods increased by 1.8% in September, rebounding from an unrevised 0% change in August and beating consensus expectations of around 1.7%.

Federal Reserve GDPNow Estimate: The Atlanta Fed GDPNow running estimate for third-quarter 2026 real GDP growth was updated to 3.4%.

BLS Median Weekly Earnings (Q3 2026): The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that median weekly earnings for full-time workers age 25 and over were $1,307 in the third quarter of 2026, up 2.0% from a year earlier.

What about those critically important earnings reports?

What did you make of General Motors announcing that is moving its listing from the NYSE to the NASDAQ yesterday?

Voters in Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Kansas, South Dakota, and West Virginia will decide whether to strengthen citizenship requirements for voting in their states.

Paul Jacob, chairman of Americans for Citizen Voting, has been at the forefront of this effort, helping advance citizen-only voting constitutional amendments in 15 states since 2018.

In his new Washington Times op-ed: Let Americans decide the matter of citizen-only voting, Paul makes the case for letting Americans decide who gets to vote in their elections.

While federal law already prohibits noncitizens from voting in federal elections, some jurisdictions, including Washington, D.C., and municipalities in Maryland, Vermont, and California, allow noncitizens to vote in certain local elections. Supporters of these ballot measures want to prevent similar policies from taking hold elsewhere.

The six states voting November 3 and what their ballot measures would change.

The growing movement: 15 states have adopted citizen-only voting amendments since 2018.

The national debate: Why some localities allow noncitizen voting and why supporters want explicit statewide prohibitions.

The federal push: Efforts to amend the U.S. Constitution to address citizenship requirements for federal elections.

Why did the Save American Act fail?

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Monday that investigators have identified more than 400 noncitizens illegally registered to vote in Washington state, some of whom have cast ballots in multiple elections dating back decades.

Immigration officials told Fox News Digital Tuesday that dozens of noncitizens have also been arrested nationwide in a major voter fraud crackdown.

In an interview with Fox News Digital, Floyd said investigators identified hundreds of noncitizen voters by reviewing US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) records, which showed that some people who applied for certain benefits had also voted.

While some individuals voted only once or three times in past elections, Floyd said others voted as many as 27 times. In total, his office counted approximately 1,500 instances of noncitizens casting ballots.

What do you think is going to happen with the California illegal voting battle? Will it be resolved prior to next Tuesday, and if not; will a post-election legal battle ensue?

Dr. Gregg’s new book, The Civilization of Commerce: Invisible Hands and the Pursuit of Happiness, makes the case that commercial society is not merely a means of generating wealth but a remarkable civilizational achievement. (Pompeii – a time capsule of vibrant economic activity in 79AD )

Tariffs were sold as a way to protect American workers. Now Republican candidates are asking Washington to protect their constituents from the tariffs.

October 26 reporting from the Associated Press puts that tension at the center of the final stretch before the midterms. The White House says a trade agreement with Canada is close, while Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says progress reflects Washington moving toward Canada’s demands.

Meanwhile, Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers is calling for an end to the tariff war, and Senator Susan Collins has secured exemptions for Canadian products used by Maine businesses.

Those exemptions reveal the practical stakes. In her October 23 announcement, Collins explained that farmers depend on Canadian equipment and packaging that American suppliers either do not provide or cannot replace without significant expense. The relief covers nine product categories, including refrigeration equipment, agricultural machinery, and shipping containers.

That raises a question every American business owner should be asking: Must you win an exemption in Washington to compete at home?

In his recent essay, “A Trade Policy for a Post-Trump World,” Gregg argues that protectionism has become entrenched across both parties. He also outlines ways to expand trade with partners while strengthening America’s strategic position against China.

His new book, The Civilization of Commerce, gives this breaking debate a larger frame: how markets create opportunity, why economic freedom matters beyond material wealth, and what is at stake when political direction displaces competition.

If removing tariffs helps American farmers and manufacturers, what does that tell us about the costs those businesses were carrying?

Who actually pays? How tariff costs move through importers, suppliers, manufacturers, retailers, and households—and why the burden varies across industries.

Can Washington protect one American industry without hurting another? Why a tariff intended to support domestic production can also raise costs for American companies buying materials and equipment.

Does success depend on access to Washington? Whether an economy built around exemptions and special treatment rewards political influence over productivity.

Getting tough on China without weakening partnerships: How America can address genuine security concerns while preserving commercially valuable relationships with allies.

A deal headline versus lasting certainty: What businesses need to see before committing to factories, hiring, and long-term investment.

The American Dream beyond election promises: How competition, entrepreneurship, and economic freedom can give people greater opportunity to build a better life.

Are tariffs making it easier for Americans to build and compete—or making them ask Washington for permission to succeed?

Flavio Bolsonaro and family to receive U.S. visas after fleeing Brazil following election loss. What did he fear?

Is this normal for elections in this part of the world; the loser flees the country?

Will he come to the United States and do what Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado did for 10-months?

US Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz got into a shouting match Tuesday with Cuba’s foreign minister on the floor of the UN’s General Assembly hall while detailing the communist regime’s ill-gotten wealth.

Waltz called out the Havana government for profiting off of the forced labor of its own citizens sent to concentration camps while using confiscated “businesses, farms, factories, homes and the savings of generations of hardworking Cubans” to line the pockets of its leaders.

As Waltz spoke, Cuba’s delegation banged on the table near their seats to express disapproval before Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla charged toward the rostrum and accused Waltz of lying, causing the US envoy to shout: “Back up!”

Christine, what did this exchange, yesterday, at the UN tell us about the Cuba situation?

Immigration officials told Fox News Digital Tuesday that dozens of noncitizens have also been arrested nationwide in a major voter fraud crackdown.

In an interview with Fox News Digital, Floyd said investigators identified hundreds of noncitizen voters by reviewing US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) records, which showed that some people who applied for certain benefits had also voted.

While some individuals voted only once or three times in past elections, Floyd said others voted as many as 27 times. In total, his office counted approximately 1,500 instances of noncitizens casting ballots.

What do you think is going to happen with the California illegal voting battle? Will it be resolved prior to next Tuesday, and if not; will a post-election legal battle ensue?

Don, what was your reaction to the ninth-circuit decision in the California case and where does this case go from here?

On October 14 and 15, ICE, HSI, and the FBI arrested the following aliens (North Carolina); including nine Lawful Permanent Residents (LPRs) and one illegal alien, after they were charged with voting by alien in a federal election for illegally voting in several U.S. elections:

Are these recent arrests intended to deter others from voting in our elections on Tuesday?

If you believed that Bari Weiss was cleaning out the stench from CBS News – think again!

60-Minutes created an DHS/ICE hit piece to influence voters against mass deportations one-week before the midterms!

According to DHS, 60-Minutes was aware (prior to airing) the truth about the “Houston Man” but went ahead anyway. More proof that CBS local television station licenses should be pulled?

The CBS News program was informed of the seemingly fraudulent claims the deported migrant, Moussa Diawara, made about his sexuality on an asylum application a full two weeks before the segment aired, a DHS spokesperson told The Post Tuesday.

But the program made no mention of Diawara, who is married to a woman, invoking his alleged homosexuality in the documents from 2012 as a means to block deportation to his native Mali over discrimination concerns.

At Bari Weiss CBS – the facts do not matter. Has anything changed since Leslie Bathroom Stahl ran defense for the Biden Crime Family prior to the 2020 election?

The Hollywood trade publication Variety performed its typical left-wing tap-dance on Monday for touting disgraced ex-CBS anchor Dan Rather insisting someone else disgraced CBS.

As someone who grew up idolizing CBS News, I can tell you that the slide began with Dan (Blather) the moment he sat behind Cronkite’s anchor desk at the CBS Evening News!

What did you see and was the organic demonstrations infiltrated and taken-over by outsiders?

Would you agree the riots in Paris closely paralleled George Floyd?

With all that is going on in Europe, how does this affect your company? The world has changed much since you started in 2012.