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

Colleges are facing two pressures at once: fewer freshmen and less federal loan money to prop up tuition. Fertility peaked in 2007, and the post-2007 baby bust is now starting to reach college campuses. At the same time, H.R. 1, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” capped graduate student loans and is already pushing universities to cut prices. The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board highlighted the shift in a new op-ed on MBA programs cutting tuition after Congress limited fede

Washington does not need another expensive housing program to see why buyers are struggling. Millions of homes already exist, but too many are being kept off the market by a tax code that has not kept up with reality. New data from the National Association of REALTORS (NAR) confirms what the Center for a Free Economy has been warning for months. The federal capital gains exclusion for primary home sales is outdated, unindexed, and increasingly out of step with home prices. Th

CFE has been warning CMS and Congress that Medicaid financing schemes are draining taxpayers, weakening program integrity, and turning a safety-net program into a payment machine for states and politically favored providers. CMS is now moving in the right direction. A new CMS proposed rule would strengthen oversight of Medicaid state directed payments, align more payments with Medicare standards, and bring more transparency to payment arrangements that have grown far beyond t

The Center for a Free Economy submits these comments in support of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s interim final order concluding that federal law preempts the Illinois Interchange Fee Prohibition Act. The OCC is right to act. Illinois is attempting to impose a state-level price control on the national payments system by prohibiting national banks and federal savings associations from charging or receiving payment card fees on the tax and gratuity portions of

American families are already paying more for groceries, gas, housing, insurance, and everyday goods. The latest inflation report shows the problem is not over, and Washington should stop pretending cheaper money will solve a price problem caused by too much money. Inflation Is Moving the Wrong Way Again CNBC reported that overall inflation rose 0.6 percent in April and 3.8 percent over the last 12 months, the highest annual inflation reading since May 2023. Core prices, whic

Americans keep hearing that Washington is cutting Medicaid. Paragon Health Institute looked at the actual numbers from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), and the claim does not hold up. CBO’s new presentation on federal health subsidies shows federal Medicaid spending rising every year. Medicaid is projected to grow from $708 billion in 2026 to $981 billion in 2036, a 39 percent increase. CBO also projects federal Medicaid spending will total $8.4 trillion from 2026 throu