The Kid Angle: The President Still Has a Chance to Make a Difference for Kids
President Trump hardly mentioned children in his State of the Union address this week, mostly using his platform to...
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President Trump hardly mentioned children in his State of the Union address this week, mostly using his platform to...
SOTU offers no vision for improving the lives of kids In response to last night’s State of the Union...
It’s no secret that this Congress has largely failed to protect the nation’s children. But a few lawmakers stand...
40 Senators, 80 Representatives, named Champions or Defenders Amid the failure of this Congress to protect the nation’s children,...
Once again, Congress is on the precipice of a government shutdown, this time battling over whether to take a...
H.R. 1, also known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill”, would cut billions from children’s health care and nutrition...
Bruce Lesley, president of First Focus Children, said that to make matters worse, cuts to Medicaid, the Children’s Health...
Fraud must be addressed, but without hurting kids In response to the Trump Administration’s decision to freeze billions of...
Congress can’t seem to make up its mind about what to do with health care. And the uncertainty looks...