As Tennessee lawmakers consider new restrictions on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in a bill sponsored by State Senator Rusty Crowe (R-Johnson City), a newly released poll suggests that most Americans — including key conservative voter blocs — oppose efforts to limit what SNAP recipients can buy with their benefits.
In a highly anticipated move on Thursday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, calling it a “historic action that is 45 years in the making.” The East Room ceremony was attended by GOP governors from Texas, Indiana, Florida, and Ohio, Education Secretary Linda McMahon, senior advisor Stephen Miller, along with a number of students and other special guests.
“We are going to be returning education very simply BACK TO THE STATES where it belongs,” Trump said. “It’s a commonsense thing to do and it’s going to work.”
NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, along with Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, safely splashed down in the Gulf of America Tuesday, concluding an eventful Crew-9 mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft hit the water at 6:57 p.m. central time, ending a journey that saw Williams and Wilmore’s stay extend far beyond its planned eight days due to issues with Boeing’s Starliner.