Budget, Spending, & Taxes

America First Foreign Assistance Wins on the 1 Year Anniversary of the Closing of USAID

The United States has long been the leader in foreign assistance, and on the one-year anniversary of the reorganization of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), that has not changed. The restructuring of U.S. foreign assistance saw oversight of all foreign assistance programs transferred to the State Department as USAID had deviated from its alignment with American foreign policy goals and become fiscally wasteful—high overhead costs, revolving contracts directed at beltway insiders at the expense of cultivating self-sufficiency by on-the-ground grassroots actors, and ideological programs pushing first-world agendas over developing-world needs.

Statement on Reconciliation

AFPI-FL Applauds Legislature’s Passage of Historic Property Tax Relief Amendment

Bob Rommel, Florida Chapter Chair of the America First Policy Institute (AFPI), today issued the following statement after the Florida Legislature approved a constitutional amendment to dramatically expand the homestead exemption and put Florida on a path toward eliminating property taxes on primary residences

AFPI-MN Responds to Governor Walz’s Final State of the State Address as Fraud Toll Reaches $9 Billion

America First Policy Institute Minnesota state chapter Executive Director Zach Freimark issued the following statement ahead of Governor Tim Walz’s eighth and final State of the State address. “Fraud is expected to be on the agenda—and it should be. But before he takes that podium, Minnesotans deserve the full accounting of what happened.”

AFPI Celebrates Wins in the WFTC on Tax Day

On Tax Day 2026, American families and workers are experiencing the impact of President Trump’s the Working Families Tax Cuts Act (WFTC). Signed into law on July 4, 2025, this historic legislation is delivering wins for working families, small businesses, parents, seniors and farmers across the Nation. AFPI commends President Trump and America First leaders in Congress for putting more money back in the hands of hardworking Americans.