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Op-Ed
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June 24, 2026
Flesh-eating screwworm horror hits US cattle, but Trump’s USDA was ready to fight
The New World Screwworm (NWS) recently was found in American cattle and has gone from a threat moving northward to a near and present danger for U.S. livestock producers. The most effective tool against NWS is also one of the simplest: releasing sterile flies that mate with wild screwworms and collapse the population over time. It is a proven strategy, but it requires planning, infrastructure, and international cooperation long before a crisis reaches our border.
Statement
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June 16, 2026
America First Leadership Crushes Screwworm Threat Despite Mexico’s Obstruction and Open Borders
The America First Policy Institute applauds the Trump Administration’s decisive action, led by Secretary Brooke Rollins and Texas officials, in rapidly containing and attacking the New World Screwworm (NWS) outbreak in Texas.
News Release
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June 16, 2026
AFPI Releases New Report on Benefits of DGAs for Health & Farmers
Today, the America First Policy Institute (AFPI) released a new Issue Brief highlighting the impact of the updated Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Titled “Eat Real Food: How the Dietary Guidelines Help Make Americans Healthy,” the report details how the Trump Administration’s nutrition reset is aligning more than two billion taxpayer-funded meals annually with gold-standard nutritional science, emphasizing real, nutrient-dense foods like high-quality protein, healthy fats, whole milk, fruits, and vegetables.
Statement
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June 16, 2026
AFPI–NM: LFC Report Shows State’s SNAP Failures Could Cost Taxpayers Up to $173 Million a Year
The America First Policy Institute's (AFPI) New Mexico state chapter released the following statement from New Mexico Executive Director Vincent Torres after the Legislative Finance Committee released its program evaluation on the state's administration of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP):
Issue Brief
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June 16, 2026
Eat Real Food: How the Dietary Guidelines Help Make Americans Healthy
On January 7, 2026, Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins and Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., released the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2025-2030 (DGAs) along with the Scientific Foundation for the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, a companion document detailing the underlying nutrition science (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2026). The DGAs were lauded as the most significant reset of federal nutrition policy in decades, prioritizing high-quality protein, healthy fats, fruits, vegetables, and whole grains.