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“It’s going to enhance inequality.” Hamilton added that $1,000 — even with interest — would not be enough to make a significant difference for a child living in poverty.

While the investment would be symbolically meaningful, it’s a relatively small financial commitment to addressing child poverty in the wider $7 trillion federal budget. Assuming a 7% return, the ...

A House Republican proposal backed by President Donald Trump would set up tax-deferred investment accounts with $1,000 for infants born across the U.S. It builds on the concept of baby bonds ...

A House Republican proposal backed by President Donald Trump would set up tax-deferred investment accounts with $1,000 for infants born across the U.S.

Before the vaccines, such illnesses were the main reason why nearly one in five children in 1900 never made it to their fifth ...

Illinois taxpayers could benefit from $4.5 trillion in tax cuts. But the state's poorest residents could bear the brunt of $1 ...

Fox News captured ICE's sweeping illegal migrant crackdown in Boston, arresting hundreds of criminal migrants, including those with serious charges, amid sanctuary policy tensions.

Can you picture what we'll be/ So limitless and free/ Desperately in need of some stranger's hand” - The Doors In the 1990s ...

About 700 Marines will work with National Guard troops to protect federal property and personnel, including federal immigration agents, officials said. President Trump moved on Monday to send ...

Zuckerberg was spoiling for a fight. The day before, he’d suffered an egregious snub from Joe Biden’s White House, when he had not been invited to a summit of “AI leaders”, billed as a meeting of ...