Anti-hunger advocates are denouncing a Trump administration proposal that would tighten eligibility requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The proposed rule, introduced on Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to seek public comment, would change a policy that extends eligibility  for SNAP  to people who receive benefits through a social safety net…
Washington — President Trump on Monday signed an executive order creating a women’s health division within the National Institutes of Health and a White House Women’s Health Task Force. First lady Melania Trump joined him for a signing ceremony in the Rose Garden and said the executive order will make progress on five objectives: Directing…
Avid Reader Press We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. In “Your Turn: How to Create a Midlife You Love” (Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster), NPR health and science correspondent and “Sunday Morning” contributor Allison Aubrey writes about the steps Gen Xers may take to foster a sense of…
President Trump is sending checks to millions of Medicare and Affordable Care Act enrollees, with the White House describing the efforts as helping to “lower costs” for seniors and families. But experts say the payments may do little to offset rapidly rising healthcare expenses. On Friday, Mr. Trump announced on Truth Social that his administration…
“Sunday Morning” takes a look at new entertainment offerings in the coming months, from screens to the stage, from music to the page. Movies “Misty Green” (Opens Oct. 9)Comedian Chris Rock directs this comedy-drama starring Rosalind Eleazar (“Slow Horses”) as a once-successful actress trying to regain both employment and dignity in a hostile Hollywood. Rock,…
Scribner We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. Robin Wall Kimmerer, an Indigenous botanist, became a #1 New York Times bestselling author with her 2013 book “Braiding Sweetgrass,” about the value of complementing our understanding of Western science with Indigenous knowledge about nature and humanity. In her most recent…
