An America First Housing Solution Starts With Fixing California

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Originally published by the California Globe Americans are exhausted by the rising cost of living. But nowhere is the crisis hitting harder than in California, a state once synonymous with opportunity and upward mobility. Today, it has become a cautionary tale: a place where working people with good jobs still…

AFPI Statement on Governor Beshear’s Veto of Education Freedom in Kentucky

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Washington, D.C.—Today, Erika Donalds, Chair of Education Opportunity at the America First Policy Institute (AFPI), issued the following statement following the veto by Governor Andy Beshear of Kentucky’s legislation (House Bill 1) that would permit participation in the new federal tax credit scholarship created in the Working Families Tax Cut…

Arizona Deserves Secure, Orderly Elections

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This article originally appeared in the Daily Independent on March 13, 2026 Every election cycle, Arizonans brace for the same familiar headlines: long lines at polling places, tabulation delays stretching late into the night, emergency court filings and national media attention focused — once again — on Maricopa County. These…

Mexico, Canada, and Cuba: America Refocuses on the Hemisphere

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In this latest episode of The Western Front, hosts Joshua Treviño and Melissa Ford Maldonado expand the scope of the hemisphere’s most urgent debates by turning north to Canada and south to Mexico — arguing that both frontiers now demand far more serious American attention. Opening with a reflection on…

Stay the Course During the Gulf Storm: No Need to Panic

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Originally published by RealClearEnergy. Since 2019, the U.S. has been a net producer of oil and natural gas. While we aren’t immune to global market fluctuations, our resource advantage and willingness to produce, transport, and refine domestic energy enable us to navigate interruptions in global energy markets effectively. Recent successes…

The Cost of Opting Out — EFTC Donation Impact Projector

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Voter Eligibility Verification Act

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purpose of this act Section 303 of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) was designed to ensure that voter registration records contain basic identifying information. When an applicant has neither a driver’s license nor a Social Security number, however, the statute permits the state to assign a unique identifying number…

Reforming America’s Legal Immigration to a Merit-Based System

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The Parent Trap: The Detransition Reality Schools Tried To Hide From Moms And Dads

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The Daily Wire published this op-ed on March 12, 2026. Last week, the Supreme Court of the United States issued an important ruling in Mirabelli v. Bonta, a case addressing whether schools can implement policies that deliberately exclude parents from critical decisions about their children’s well-being. The Court answered that…

When Diagnosis Becomes Belief

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Reception by the America First Policy Institute, Detrans Awareness Day, March 12, 2026. This speech was given by Forrest Smith, Resilience Health Network Ambassador & Detransitioner Can I have a show of hands, how many of you love America? I’m an American. I’m also an Oregonian. My great-great-grandfather is buried…