Melania Trump Expands the First Lady’s Policy Footprint in Second Term

Melania Trump is expanding the First Lady’s policy role in her husband’s second term, pushing the bipartisan Fostering the Future foster-care bill toward Senate passage after a House unanimous vote, backing other child-welfare efforts like reunification of displaced children, and guiding AI policy debates, all while keeping a restrained public profile that aides say makes her work more effective and could redefine the office.