March 13, 2026, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government Executive Director Robert Romano today issued the following statement urging Congress to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security:

“Since the U.S. and Israel launched the latest offensive against Iran almost two weeks ago, there have already been four Islamist terror attacks on U.S. soil in Texas, New York, Virginia and Michigan. And yet, Democrats in Congress still refuse to fund the Department of Homeland Security. Even without the war including last June’s Operation Midnight Hammer that targeted Iran’s nuclear weapons facilities, after the October 7 terror attacks in Israel and the ensuing Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, there has been an ongoing heightened terror threat, with anti-Semitic and anti-U.S. forces attacks on the rise, that DHS needs to be functional in order to fulfill its statutory counterterrorism mission.

“Democrats are blackmailing the American people who voted for President Donald Trump in 2024 to secure the border and restore deterrence to illegal immigration by deporting illegal aliens, including by boosting resources to ICE and the Border Patrol by about $140 billion in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Southwest border encounters are now down to almost zero, and by targeting recidivist criminals including illegal alien criminals, violent crime is hitting all-time lows. The policies are working, and to subvert them, Democrats are holding Homeland Security funding hostage. They want to peel out ICE and the Border Patrol and use the shutdown to drain the additional funds from those agencies.

“Forcing TSA, Coast Guard, Secret Service and other DHS employees to work without pay will not change the outcome of the 2024 election or change the policies that President Trump was elected to implement. But it might demoralize those entrusted with protecting the homeland at the worst possible time.

“This is being done because Democrats are paying no political price for it. They think the 2026 Congressional midterms are in the bag and so are behaving arrogantly. This is what happens when you put politics ahead of the safety and security of the American people. Shame. We’ve already had four terrorist attacks during this shutdown. Yes, these appear to be lone wolf attacks responding to the war in Iran, but again, it’s a heightened threat environment. We don’t have time to muck around. We’re not opening up the border and we’re not stopping deportations which create deterrence for would-be illegal aliens, including terror cells. It doesn’t even make sense.

“Even if Democrats win the House and Senate in 2026, they will almost certainly not have veto-proof margins, and still will be unable to force changes in this manner, which the President would just veto. Right now, they don’t even have majorities in either chamber, so they don’t get to write the funding bill.

“In so doing, Democrats are tempting fate. By waiting for negative feedback from the shutdown via public opinion, the longer the shutdown goes on, and the more attacks that occur, they are cynically betting President Trump and Republicans will be blamed. The problem with gambling all-in is eventually you’ll lose the bet. After 2026, the political pendulum will swing the other way, and the question will be, especially if the war wears on, why Democrats with their newfound majorities are paralyzing the ability of the federal government to fight a resilient enemy and endangering the American people. It’s a dangerous game, and when America is attacked, public opinion has proven it can swing rapidly.”

Attachments:

“Democrats Won’t Fund Homeland Security Because They Don’t Think They Need To,” By Robert Romano, March 12, 2026 at https://dailytorch.com/2026/03/democrats-wont-fund-homeland-security-because-they-dont-think-they-need-to/

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March 4, 2026, Fairfax, Va.— Americans for Limited Government (ALG) today released findings in a new exposé, “In Their Own Words: Union Bosses Betray MAGA” once again revealing a deep and troubling disconnect between the political agenda of major labor union leaders and the rank-and-file members they claim to represent.

Union bosses are at it again. According to the latest campaign filings, labor unions continue to support Democratic candidates for office. New findings show how union bosses betray the scores of union workers who supported President Donald Trump in the 2024 election by attacking his policies, backing his fiercest opponents who block his agenda, and using outrageous “fascist” rhetoric.

In a follow-up to our white paper Union Bosses Versus MAGA, new findings show that unions are once again helping anti-Trump candidates get into office to block President Trump’s Make America Great Again (MAGA) agenda at every turn. How? This is accomplished by funding their campaigns with union dues from millions of rank-and-file members who voted for President Trump in the last election.

Union bosses are funding campaigns of some of President Trump’s biggest detractors, including socialists like Zohran Mamdani and “intellectuals” like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC):

• Sen. Adam Schiff: Since 2020, unions have given Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) more than $700,000, including $25,000 from the Teamsters and $30,000 from the Carpenters.
• Chuck Schumer: Since 2020, unions have given nearly $1 million to Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY).
• Elizabeth Warren: Since 2020, unions have given nearly $500,000 to Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA).
• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC): Since 2020, unions have given nearly $225,000 to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).
• Zohran Mamdani: Unions gave self-proclaimed Socialist and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani more than $900,000.
• Leticia James: During her political career, labor unions contributed over $2 million to Leticia James, including more than $100,000 from the Teamsters.

Union bosses have fiercely attacked President Trump and his MAGA agenda that was supported by scores of union members in the 2024 election. They demonize the landmark One Big Beautiful Bill Act that lowers taxes and efforts to bring more accountability to the federal workforce.

Hear them in their own words:

• The AFL-CIO blasted the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, claiming it would “rip away health care from 17 million people and cut more than half a million care jobs.”
• AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler accused President Trump of “deliberately inflicting pain on workers” through DOGE efficiency measures, while Massachusetts AFL-CIO President Chrissy Lynch claimed that President Trump gave “billionaire tech executives the green light to bulldoze the rights and jobs of working-class families.”
• National Nurses United went even further, with Executive Director Puneet Maharaj accusing President Trump’s administration of running a “fascist regime” with a “white supremacist agenda.”

Union bosses have also taken to the courts to stop President Trump’s MAGA agenda. The numbers speak volumes: Unions have sued the Trump administration 60 times since January 2025—on average more than 4 times per month.

Union leaders don’t represent their members who voted for President Trump. On every issue—from economic policy to foreign affairs—they attack the president while bankrolling his fiercest opponents.

Attachments:

“In Their Own Words: Union Bosses Betray MAGA,” March 2026 at https://getliberty.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Union-Bosses-Betray-MAGA-March-2026.pdf

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March 1, 2026, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government Executive Director Robert Romano today issued the following statement urging Congress to reject a proposed War Powers Act Resolution that would make it illegal to protect U.S. forces being attacked and killed by Iran:

“Congressional Democrats want to do a War Powers Act resolution on the U.S. war in Iran. The War Powers Act says if the U.S. faces an imminent danger, then the President can act to protect the U.S. without Congressional approval. Well, the President briefed Congress on the ongoing imminent threat from Iran — which has declared and been at war with the U.S. for 47 years, killing more than a thousand Americans over the years — prior to launching the attack on Iran.

“Three servicemen lost their lives today as U.S. forces are at this very moment under ongoing imminent attacks. If the Democrats’ resolution were to become law — it won’t because even if it somehow passed, President Trump would veto it and it’s unconstitutional in any event — it would become illegal for the President to protect U.S. forces stationed in the region currently under attack, and through weakness, invite more attacks now and in the future.

“Instead, Congress should pass funding for the Department of Homeland Security now that we’re at war so it can fully fulfill its counterterrorism mission, and otherwise vote to support the President and military to achieve victory against Iran, giving our forces everything they need to win. The President has all the authority he needs under Article II of the Constitution to protect the U.S. and her citizens from foreign enemies as has occurred more than 125 times since 1787.

“Congressional Democrats’ resolution represents the same weakness that has allowed Iran to export its revolution for decades, being the number one sponsor of terrorism in the world, the U.S. being subjected to attack after attack, and to get to the brink of possessing nuclear weapons, which the President campaigned against beginning in 2015, promising to end the disastrous nuclear deal, which he has, and in June, launched Operation Midnight Hammer to destroy the nuclear weapons program once and for all. Now, with or without Congress, he is finishing the job. They can thank him later.”

To view online: https://getliberty.org/2026/03/if-democrats-war-powers-resolution-were-to-become-law-it-would-be-illegal-to-protect-u-s-forces-in-the-region/

Attachments:

Ayatollah Khomeni’s June 1980 declaration of war on the U.S.: ““we are fighting against the Western world — devourers led by America, Israel and Zionism… We should try hard to export our revolution to the world, and should set aside the thought that we do not export our revolution, because Islam does not regard various Islamic countries differently and is the supporter of all the oppressed people of the world. On the other hand, all the superpowers and all the powers have risen to destroy us. If we remain in an enclosed environment we shall definitely face defeat. We should clearly settle our accounts with the powers and superpowers and should demonstrate to them that, despite all the grave difficulties that we have, we shall confront the world with our ideology.” https://merip.org/1980/06/khomeini-we-shall-confront-the-world-with-our-ideology/

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Feb. 28, 2026, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government Executive Director Robert Romano today issued the following statement urging Congress to give the President and U.S. military everything it needs to ensure victory over Iran:

“President Donald Trump has directed the U.S. military to use force against targets in Iran to further degrade its nuclear and missile capabilities, to defeat its forces and to prevent them from once again projecting power against U.S. interests in the region, exporting their revolution and threatening national security. Iran at this very moment is attacking our forces and allies across the region. Congress should receive appropriate notifications under federal laws including the War Powers Act, but, really, Congress should play a role and give our military everything it needs to win. Our troops in harm’s way deserve to know that their country is backing them up and that means both parties and the American people’s duly elected representatives in Congress. Give all due authorization, send more arms and do whatever it takes to win. The President can act under his own Article II authority and the laws Congress has enacted against an enemy that has already declared war and has been waging war against us for decades, but that has limits, and victory should be the goal. Now is the time for leadership, not partisanship.

“When the President says something, he means it. No one can doubt that when America says it will use force, it is not only a credible threat, but will be devastating. Iran should’ve taken the deal. The President has spoken often of no more endless wars. So, instead he is using overwhelming force to end this quickly. But in the days and weeks ahead, as it becomes clear how fragile or not the Iranian government really was and how willing and able the Iranian people really are to reclaim their own destiny or not, ultimately the President and Congress will have to make the determination whether to finish the job or not. God bless our troops. Congress, please give them everything they need to ensure victory — and nothing less.”

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Feb. 20, 2026, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government Executive Director Robert Romano today issued the following statement urging President Donald Trump to just “check the [right] statutory box” and reimpose the reciprocal tariffs following the Supreme Court’s ruling striking down the emergency tariffs and overturning Yoshida v. United States:

“Today’s disappointing Supreme Court decision rules that a president cannot impose tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act — even though the statute uses the identical language that existed under the Trading with the Enemy Act that Richard Nixon used in 1971, and the 1977 House Report on IEEPA itself said the new grant of authorities ‘basically parallels’ section 5(b) of the old law. The good news is that very similar tariffs could be levied by a president under Section 232 for national security, Section 301 for unfair trade practices, Section 201 safeguards, Section 122 balance-of-payments surcharges, Section 338 retaliatory duties and so forth. So, let’s go do that instead.

“In the interim, the President should use full IEEPA embargoes while due diligence is performed under the other explicit tariff statutes by the Secretary of Commerce and U.S. Trade Representative. Block trade if necessary with countries who are harming America while the new tariffs are drawn up and go through the processes Congress explicated.

“Then, Congress should revise IEEPA to explicitly restore tariff authority for all presidents — require reauthorization every four or five years if needs be to get it passed — so it can be used as the powerful national security and foreign policy tool it was always meant to be. Today’s decision completely ignored Congress’ explicit intent to retain all of the authorities of Trading With the Enemy Act, with the limits being a properly declared emergency with all due notice.

“The limitation that Congress enacted in 1977 was to put the exercise of the emergency economic powers — which admittedly include the power to ‘regulate… importation’ — to the terms of the 1976 National Emergencies Act. That was the limited intent of the IEEPA as Congress was highly attentive to the fact that it did not wish to hinder a future president’s ability to deal with a bona fide emergency in the ‘national security, foreign policy or econom[ic]’ sphere. That’s it. It never intended to overturn the President’s ability to impose TWEA-like tariffs, because it told us so. Justice Kavanaugh’s dissent is correct. Now Congress must fix it.

“The implication at the moment is that a president can just suspend all trade with a sanctioned country under IEEPA but not levy tariffs to achieve similar policy goals. In 2025, President Trump ended eight wars abroad in part with the mere threat of tariffs. If Congress cannot figure out how that kind of leverage is useful — and far less disruptive than total embargoes — for all presidents to achieve U.S. national security interests abroad, then maybe we need a new Congress that is not bought and paid for by foreign interests. The President should remind Congress of how disruptive embargoes can be. Make every member vote on the record. And keep the embargoes in place until the legislation passes — because passing it will end the need for them.”

Attachments:

The 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) “defines the international emergency economic authorities available to the President in the circumstances specified in section 202. This grant of authorities basically parallels section 5(b) of the Trading With the Enemy Act.” House Report on International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 1977 at https://www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IEEPA-House-Committee-on-International-Relations-report_1977-copy_clean.pdf#page=17

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Feb. 20, 2026, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government Executive Director Robert Romano today issued the following statement urging President Donald Trump to not only disclose documents on aliens, extraterrestrials, unidentified aerial phenomena, and unidentified flying objects but also any underlying, definitive evidence the government or government contractors have in their possession:

“Prior to announcing he would identify and release government files on aliens, extraterrestrials, unidentified aerial phenomena and unidentified flying objects, President Trump told Peter Doocy aboard Air Force One: ‘I don’t know if they’re real or not.’ The President is right to be skeptical — and so should the American people — about anything released in this context. Too often in these disclosure releases, documents include eyewitness or second-hand accounts, intelligence analyses and estimates, yet offer zero definitive evidence or hard data. When the New Jersey drones were flying around and the government suggested it didn’t know what they were, and others have been called to testify before Congress, saying they didn’t know what they were observing in other cases, that not even the government knows, it caused mass hysteria. Why should we trust what’s in the archives? Is the truth really in there? Sadly, what we’re likely to get are papers suggesting aliens might explain the UAPs or UFOs, or that alien craft has crashed, and wreckage and remains were recovered, but without proving it, conceding the government government is clueless about the true nature of this national security threat. That we’re vulnerable. These are scientific questions at their core but the world’s top physicists are still publicly wrestling with the Fermi paradox. How can something like this be kept hidden from the world’s foremost experts who, if the scientific process were being followed publicly with peer review, we could be getting real answers. The real test for any revelation that we are not alone in the universe — and that we’ve been visited — isn’t just to tell us. It’s to show us. Prove it. Make the evidence testable and falsifiable. We don’t just need disclosure. We need definitive data. Proof. And then tell us what is being done to address this ongoing national security threat, or all we might accomplish is frightening people.”

Attachments:

President Donald Trump says he will identify and release the government’s UFO files: “Based on the tremendous interest shown, I will be directing the Secretary of War, and other relevant Departments and Agencies, to begin the process of identifying and releasing Government files related to alien and extraterrestrial life, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), and unidentified flying objects (UFOs), and any and all other information connected to these highly complex, but extremely interesting and important, matters. GOD BLESS AMERICA!” Feb. 19, 2026 at https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116100300268316472

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Feb. 12, 2026, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government Executive Director Robert Romano today issued the following statement praising President Donald Trump and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin for ending the 2009 carbon endangerment finding:

“The carbon endangerment finding error committed by the Obama EPA finally ending is long overdue after being all but overturned in the Supreme Court’s 2022 West Virginia v. EPA decision that struck down the 2015 Obama Clean Power Plan. That ruling overturned the Court’s 2007 decision, Massachusetts v. EPA, a narrow 5-4 ruling by then-Justice Anthony Kennedy that had opened the door for federal regulation of carbon emissions and set the stage for the carbon endangerment finding and the Clean Power Plan’s rules on new and existing power plants.

“Finally, after a twenty-year decline in thermal energy production — an unforced error — we’re finally seeing gains again on the grid for coal, even as alternative energy like solar especially continues to proliferate. The only impact that the endangerment finding had was to make certain kinds of electricity a lot more expensive at the worst possible time when with the proliferation of artificial intelligence and data centers, we need more electricity output, a lot more. The demand for cheaper electricity will ultimately lead to market innovations for those alternatives including solar and nuclear too that really stand a chance of posting the biggest gains even as thermal production can pick up a lot of the slack after coal was years in decline.

“Even now, by lifting the restrictions, electricity generation is only up about 2.4 percent for 2025 through October, data from the Energy Information Administration shows. That number needs to be much, much higher and so we encourage the President and his administration to closely monitor how much generation is coming on line and to get the approvals done. Maybe something can be done in the next budget reconciliation bill to refocus U.S. reindustrialization.

“Thanks to President Trump and Administrator Zeldin’s efforts, and the market boom we are now seeing, ending the carbon endangerment finding was the only option that can help America remain competitive, keep electricity cheap for U.S. households and ensure the U.S. will always be the most technologically advanced society in history. To quote the captain, we need more power.”

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Feb. 9, 2026, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government Executive Director Robert Romano today issued the following statement responding to CBS News reporting showing Department of Homeland Security data confirms 60 percent of illegal aliens being detained and deported have criminal records:

“Immigrations and Customs Enforcement’s most safe and efficient way of capturing illegal aliens is via detainer requests. CBS News’ reporting has uncovered that, surprisingly to them, this is true, that 60 percent of illegal aliens being captured and deported have committed crimes including violent crimes like assault, murder, kidnapping, robbery and so forth. That’s because they’re being largely picked up at court houses, jails, prisons and the like, transferring custody from state and local police departments to federal authorities. And the violent crimes rates are, as the administration has correctly asserted, far higher than the civilian, citizen population. In short, the illegal aliens being deported tend to be more violent than the general population, just as the President has said all along. CBS News’ reporting proves President Donald Trump’s enforcement efforts are prioritizing illegal alien criminals. One slight correction on the report, crossing the border illegally is a crime, too, and so 100 percent of illegal aliens are criminals. The reason to also deport those who are simply here illegally is it creates an incentive for other illegal aliens to self-deport, ending the cat and mouse game once and for all.”

Attachments:

“The statistics show ICE has dramatically increased arrests since Mr. Trump’s return to office. Nearly 60% of ICE arrestees over the past year had criminal charges or convictions, the document indicates. But among that population, the majority of the criminal charges or convictions are not for violent crimes.” Feb 9, 2026 at https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-arrests-violent-criminal-records-trump-first-year/

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Feb. 4, 2026, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government Executive Director Robert Romano today issued the following statement urging the Justice Department Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission to consider the Netflix-Warner Bros. Discovery merger on the merits of the law:

“Upon considering the testimony of Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos and Warner Bros. Discovery Chief Revenue and Strategy Officer Bruce Campbell, it is clear that the Netflix-Warner merger will benefit consumers with lower costs and provide a more stable financial backbone for one of America’s oldest studios, while other streaming providers will continue to provide healthy competition that isn’t going anywhere as a result of this merger. We are encouraged by Mr. Campbell’s statements that the studios themselves will be expanded thanks to the merger, underscoring the need for studios like Warner to be allowed to make the best decision for their company, shareholders and their employees in a free market environment without government interference, even while doing their due diligence to ensure federal laws are adhered to. Netflix’ innovation and incumbent advantage in streaming has transformed the entertainment industry for the better, and makes it the most viable entity bar none to keep Warner going for another hundred years. They are an amazing company and will be moreso thanks to this well-considered merger. The Justice Department and FTC should only consider the merger on the merits of the law, and on the merits, the Netflix-Warner merger will lower costs for consumers, bolster competition, protect American jobs and keep Warner where it belongs in the United States.”

Attachments:

“Netflix-Warner Merger Gets Big Boost From Hearing,” By Robert Romano, Jan. 8, 2026 at https://dailytorch.com/2026/01/netflix-warner-merger-gets-big-boost-from-house-judiciary-subcommittee-hearing/

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Jan. 30, 2026, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government Executive Director Robert Romano today issued the following statement urging President Donald Trump to release any remaining documents from the FBI’s 2016-2019 investigation into false allegations by the DNC and Hillary Clinton that the President was a Russian agent after former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said on Fox News with Sean Hannity that many documents are “stuff that you could only read in the office” that “involved the collusion hoax, Crossfire Hurricane”:

“Almost a decade ago, the FBI launched the ill-fated Crossfire Hurricane investigation into President Trump, making false allegations that the 2016 campaign was conspiring with Russia that ultimately has led to a dangerous escalation, risking war, and almost a decade later, the American people still do not have all of the documents about what happened, and how it was the Justice Department utilized Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton campaign-generated false ‘intelligence’ in a high level operation to conduct surveillance against the opposition party in an election year and then to continue the top secret investigation into the sitting president, undermining the President’s foreign policy and the overall administration of the executive branch and the Justice Department. We’re still picking up the constitutional wreckage from this very dark chapter of American history.

“Judicial Watch is suing for additional documents, and now former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino has confirmed there are still things ‘you can only read in the office’. Maybe it’s the subject of an active investigation, which is interesting, but given the realities of judicial and jury nullification in John Durham’s ill-fated attempts to prosecute Russiagate crimes (or more recent attempts to prosecute violent agitators from 2025 anti-ICE riots), the likelihood of seeing justice appears slim.

“They neither fear prosecution nor conviction. The only thing the perpetrators do fear is exposure and transparency. And it might be the only card left to play. Don’t just tell us what happened — show us — and bring the American people with you. It might be the only way to ultimately prevent this from every happening again, regardless of which party is in the White House. Declassify everything, Mr. President.”

Attachments:

“Tulsi Gabbard Blows Open The Russiagate Scandal. Time To Declassify Everything, Mr. President.” By Robert Romano, July 1, 2025 at https://dailytorch.com/2025/07/tulsi-gabbard-blows-open-the-russiagate-scandal-time-to-declassify-everything-mr-president/

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