How Federal Spending is Distributed by Age | Penn Wharton Budget Model American retirees receive over twice as much in total federal outlays as working-age adults and six times more than children and young adults. These ratios are even larger on a per-capita basis.…

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ICE Arrests in Texas Leave Children to Raise Their Siblings After Parents Are Detained - The New York Times

How Medicaid Contractors Stand To Gain From Trump’s Policy - KFF Health News Get our weekly newsletter, The Week in Brief, featuring a roundup of our original coverage, Fridays at 2 p.m. ET.

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How American Kids Have Been Collateral Damage in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown - Davis Vanguard House and Senate Democrats are holding a forum to highlight the American children who have been caught up in the government's immigration dragnet, with some being handcuffed, held at gunpoint, or…

How American Kids Have Been Collateral Damage in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown - Davis Vanguard davisvanguard.org/2026/03/trum...

U.S.-Born Students Tell Congress About Lasting Toll of Harrowing ICE Encounters Unable to sleep and concentrate on school, teens say they are increasingly anxious — and have trouble planning for the future.

U.S.-Born Students Tell Congress About Lasting Toll of Harrowing ICE Encounters – The 74 www.the74million.org/article/u-s-...

How a High School Librarian in Abilene Fought Back Against Moms for Liberty I entered this profession just as the storm clouds of the current book-banning push were starting to gather; now I’m in the middle of it.

How a High School Librarian in Abilene Fought Back Against Moms for Liberty - Texas Observer www.texasobserver.org/abilene-isd-...

The Real Scandal is Failing to Protect and Support the Nation's Children The state of our nation’s children is dire: homelessness is rising rapidly among infants and toddlers, child poverty has nearly tripled in recent years,

The Real Scandal is Failing to Protect and Support the Nation's Children | First Focus on Children firstfocus.org/update/the-r...

COMMENT: Revise proposed rule to ensure that children continue to have access to affordable and appropriate care First Focus on Children joined the American Academy of Pediatrics, Children's Defense Fund, and five other organizations in urging the Centers for

When a child has an accident, they need coverage they can count on. That’s not what Dr. Oz has in mind. Read our letter on CMS’s proposal to raise deductibles to $30k+ for families on the Exchanges, leaving families on the hook.

“Nearly 59 percent of Americans support birthright citizenship, whereas 24 percent oppose it.”

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Kansas moves closer to updating Children’s Health Insurance Program eligibility stuck in 2008  • Kansas Reflector Kansas is the only state where eligibility for the Children's Health Insurance Program is tied to income levels from 2008

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Kansas moves closer to updating Children’s Health Insurance Program eligibility stuck in 2008  • Kansas Reflector kansasreflector.com/2026/03/14/k...

Children often face deportation hearings alone — with little public scrutiny As the Trump administration carries out its aggressive deportation agenda, children here and across the country are subject to court proceedings similar to those adults face. The core of these…

Children often face deportation hearings alone — with little public scrutiny | WBUR News www.wbur.org/news/2026/03...

America’s Babies Get a Tiny Slice of the Federal Budget A recent report found that just 1.59% of federal spending in 2025 supported children under 3 — down 20% since 2021 — and deeper cuts may be looming.

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In Talking to Parents About Vaccines, Pediatricians Navigate a Sea of Misinformation - The New York Times

As ICE Moved In, Minnesotans Set Up a Shadow Medical System. It’s a Lesson for Other Cities. - KFF Health News President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown in Minneapolis forced families into hiding and catalyzed informal medical networks to deliver critical health care services.

As ICE Moved In, Minnesotans Set Up a Shadow Medical System. It’s a Lesson for Other Cities. - KFF Health News kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

Terrible Toxics: How the EPA Rollbacks Are Betraying Child Health A new report by leading scientists who worked at the EPA document how the Administration's recent rollbacks of health safeguards are exposing children to mercury, lead, pesticides, and PFAS.

Terrible Toxics: How the EPA Rollbacks Are Betraying Child Health brucelesley.substack.com/p/terrible-t...

First Focus on Children Tells Supreme Court: Ending Birthright Citizenship Would Irreparably Harm Every Baby Born in America National child advocacy organization files amicus brief in Trump v. Barbara, urging the Court to affirm birthright citizenship as a fundamental

First Focus on Children Tells Supreme Court: Ending Birthright Citizenship Would Irreparably Harm Every Baby Born in America firstfocus.org/news/first-f...

Catholic bishops push for end to ‘immoral’ birthright citizenship order at Supreme Court The Catholic-majority Supreme Court gets spiritual and legal advice from bishops ahead of showdown on birthright citizenship.

Catholic bishops push for end to ‘immoral’ birthright citizenship order at Supreme Court | Courthouse News Service www.courthousenews.com/catholic-bis...

Colorado’s family-oriented tax credits gave ‘light and hope’ to one mom — but costs make their future uncertain A study led by researchers at Washington University and Appalachian State University found that the three tax credits helping families lifted more than 52,000 Colorado children out of poverty last …

Colorado tax credits cut child poverty by more than a third - Denver Post

The ‘SAVE America Act’ Threatens Children’s Representation For most of American history, democracy was not designed to include everyone.

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Be Careful What You Ask For: The Parental Rights Trap and the Cost to Children Professor Nila Bala Explains How Expansive Parental Sovereignty Becomes Liability, Isolation, and Organized Abandonment — and Why Children Pay the Price

Be Careful What You Ask For: The Parental Rights Trap and the Cost to Children brucelesley.substack.com/p/be-careful...

Can We Just Let Teens Exist in Public? When malls ban unaccompanied minors and when cities enact curfews, they restrict adolescents’ ability to participate in society.

Can We Just Let Teens Exist in Public? - The Atlantic www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/...

The feds child care cuts will hurt Minnesota kids • Minnesota Reformer In Minnesota, child care costs $23,000 annually for infants and nearly $18,000 for preschoolers, making it the third most expensive state for child care.

The feds child care cuts will hurt Minnesota kids • Minnesota Reformer minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/06/t...

What the Crackdown Has Done to Minneapolis Children “It’s like living in fear all the time,” a teenager said about the federal raids that have shattered families.

What the Crackdown Has Done to Minneapolis Children - NY Times www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/u...

The Education Department's efforts to fire staff cost over $28 million, watchdog says A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office calculates the cost of efforts to fire civil rights staff and questions the department's ability to enforce federal civil rights laws.

Education Department firings cost over $28 million, report says : NPR www.npr.org/2026/02/02/n...

‘These kids are invisible’: Child abuse deaths spur clash over homeschool regulation • Stateline Recent high-profile child abuse deaths in several states have led to renewed calls from state lawmakers for stronger homeschooling regulations.

‘These kids are invisible’: Child abuse deaths spur clash over homeschool regulation • Stateline stateline.org/2026/01/29/t...