On May 11, 2026, the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a comprehensive child care reform package. Rather than waiting for a divided Congress to approve new spending, the Trump Administration used executive action to fundamentally rewrite the rules governing federal child care block grants and Head Start, the federally funded program that provides early childhood education, childcare, nutrition, and health services to low-income children.
America First Policy Institute (AFPI) congratulates President-elect Keiko Fujimori on her victory in Peru's presidential election. We commend the Peruvian people for their commitment to democracy and their success in carrying out a free, fair, and peaceful election.
The New World Screwworm (NWS) is not a disease or virus, but a fly whose parasitic larvae (maggots) feed on tissue of warm-blooded animals, including livestock, wildlife, and pets. Female flies lay eggs on wounds and any bodily openings of animals and then these eggs hatch into larvae that burrow into flesh.
U.S. higher education is broken. College costs are out of control, rising at more than twice the rate of inflation. Students, parents, and taxpayers are strapped with nearly $2 trillion (about $6,200 per person in the US) dollars in debt for degrees that often do not generate earnings sufficient to repay the loans that funded them. Experts expect one-fourth of the colleges in the United States to close in the decades ahead.
Zach Freimark, Executive Director of the America First Policy Institute's (AFPI) Minnesota chapter, released the following statement after Vice President J.D. Vance referred Governor Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison to the Department of Justice for a criminal investigation into fraud in the state's federally funded social services programs