First Focus on Children provides on-the-record context, analysis and, of course, quotes about the issues pressing hardest on our nation’s children. We also offer Reporter Roundtables, newsletters and media briefs.
Being a child has never been easy in this country. But the weeks ahead may prove especially rough for...
Kristi Noem is out at the Department of Homeland Security, but thousands of children are in — inside DHS jails. “It...
With the House of Representatives scheduled to vote on fiscal year 2026 funding for the Department of Homeland Security...
President Trump hardly mentioned children in his State of the Union address this week, mostly using his platform to...
It’s no secret that this Congress has largely failed to protect the nation’s children. But a few lawmakers stand...
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...
Congress can’t seem to make up its mind about what to do with health care. And the uncertainty looks...
Did you know: For every $100 the federal government spent in FY 2025, it invested just $1.59 in babies,...
