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Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to several thousand supporters at a rally in Atlanta, Georgia.

Trump’s welfare reforms are a major victory; bureaucrats could still wreck them

On the 30th anniversary of the 1996 welfare reforms, Trump's welfare overhaul is historic progress — but bureaucrats could still wreck it. Read more...

  • Promoting Work over Welfare
  • Work Requirements
helping out of dependency

What Washington Learned In The 30 Years Since Welfare Reform

Thirty years after bipartisan welfare reform, Washington has learned that lasting reform is a process — not a single celebratory moment. Read more...

  • Promoting Work over Welfare
  • Welfare Program Integrity

States are increasing food stamp fraud — on purpose

New Mexico is deliberately keeping its food stamp error rate high to dodge one of President Trump's most important welfare reforms. Read more...

  • Food Stamps
  • Promoting Work over Welfare

Welfare doesn’t check if you’re really you, and fraudsters have noticed

Congress, federal agencies and states should immediately require identity verification for all welfare applicants — a fraud-prevention measure that could save taxpayers nearly $30 billion. Read more...

  • Promoting Work over Welfare
  • Welfare Program Integrity
California Governor Gavin Newsom

Attention Gavin Newsom: Donald Trump’s war on fraud is no bluff

California and Minnesota officials may have to shake down state taxpayers for a billion dollars to pay for their Medicaid programs after years of unchecked fraud. Read more...

  • Medicaid Expansion
  • Promoting Work over Welfare

Free-Market Health Reform in Bernie Sanders’s Vermont

The state that flopped with single payer is taking steps in the other direction thanks to Gov. Phil Scott. Read more...

  • Health Care
  • Protecting Patients and Expanding Health Care Options

School Is For Learning, Not Cellphones And Social Media

Cell phones are winning the fight for our kids' attention in the classroom. It's time for every state to ban them from bell to bell. Read more...

  • Education
  • Education Reform
welfare fraud

The War on Fraud’s Coming Food Fight

The Left will claim Trump is kicking a million kids off school lunches. It's false — barely 2,900 ineligible students will be removed, and no child will go hungry. Read more...

  • Food Stamps
  • Promoting Work over Welfare
California Governor Gavin Newsom

Medicaid fraud in California is far worse than you think

If there's a ground zero for Medicaid fraud in America, Los Angeles is giving Minneapolis a run for its money. Read more...

  • Promoting Work over Welfare
  • Welfare Program Integrity
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