A new report from the Paragon Health Institute finds that 28 states now have more low-income Obamacare exchange enrollees than eligible residents in the income range receiving the program’s most generous subsidies, a striking sign that the program’s enrollment problems remain far from resolved. Paragon estimates that 6.2 million individuals are improperly enrolled in Affordable Care Act exchange plans in 2026. While that figure is slightly below the institute's estimate of 6.

A growing coalition of conservatives is raising alarms about S. 4668, the "Protect College Sports Act," arguing that the legislation would move far beyond establishing rules for college athletics and instead place Washington at the center of the industry. The latest warning came from House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, who told Politico that the Senate bill faces serious obstacles in the U.S. House. Scalise specifically cited concerns over student-athlete employment status a

A new Health and Human Services study adds a major data point to the Medicaid reform debate: community engagement requirements for able-bodied adults should lift between 1.6 million and 2.9 million people out of poverty. The finding strengthens the case for H.R. 1, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” and its effort to restore work, accountability, and fiscal discipline to welfare programs. The study, released by HHS’s Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluatio

The Trump administration is taking direct aim at one of Washington's least scrutinized spending pipelines: the federal grant system. Last week, the Office of Management and Budget unveiled a sweeping overhaul of how more than $1 trillion in federal grants and assistance are distributed, reviewed, and monitored. The new rule follows President Trump's Executive Order 14332, "Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking," and represents one of the most significant attempts in deca

America had a corporate flight problem before the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Companies had powerful incentives to move headquarters overseas, shift profits abroad, and escape a tax code that made the United States one of the least competitive places to do business. The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act changed those incentives. It made America more competitive, helped stop corporate inversions, and delivered stronger revenue than critics predicted. New analysis from the Committee t

New enrollment data strengthen the case for Medicaid and CHIP integrity reforms in H.R. 1, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” New data from the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) show that 74.9 million people were enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP in February 2026, about 3.5 million more than in February 2020, the month before the pandemic. That figure complicates the familiar claim that Congress is gutting Medicaid. The program remains larger than it was before COVID, even after stat

The Trump Accounts app is now live, marking another major step toward the July 4 launch of one of the most significant family wealth-building reforms in decades. The Treasury Department announced this week that the app is available in major app stores and will serve as the main public interface for Trump Accounts as families prepare to enroll. As Daily Wire reported, the app is designed to help families learn about the accounts, follow the rollout, and use financial literacy

Large nonprofit hospital systems are drawing the scrutiny they have long avoided. The U.S. House Ways and Means Committee, led by Chairman Jason Smith, is continuing its oversight of hospital affordability, tax-exempt hospital networks, and the federal policies that have allowed major systems to expand while families face higher medical bills. The committee’s work is overdue. Hospital spending has become one of the largest cost pressures in American health care, and many of t

Thomas Massie and his supporters have long presented him as one of Congress’s leading libertarian voices. That reputation deserves scrutiny after his vote against H.R. 1, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which delivered the Working Families Tax Cuts, major welfare reforms, and $1.3 trillion in net spending cuts over the first decade. Massie’s defenders can respect his rhetoric on spending restraint. They cannot ignore the record. When Congress had a real opportunity to preve