Texas legislators are reviewing a proposal that would restrict individuals using the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) from spending those funds on unhealthy food choices. This legislative move comes as former President Donald Trump’s administration pushes forward with its Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) initiative.
The legislation under review, known as Senate Bill 379, was introduced by Republican State Senator Mayes Middleton of Galveston. The bill would prohibit SNAP recipients from using their benefits on items such as soda, candy, cookies, chips, and energy drinks, according to a report by Fox 4, a Dallas-Fort Worth news station.

Top intelligence officials Tulsi Gabbard and John Ratcliffe told the Senate under oath on Tuesday that no classified content was shared in a Signal group chat created by National Security Adviser Mike Waltz to coordinate military actions against the Houthis.
“There was no classified material that was shared in that Signal chat,” Gabbard stated during the hearing. Ratcliffe echoed that, saying, “My communications, to be clear, in the signal message group were entirely permissible and lawful and did not include classified information.”
Gabbard reaffirmed, “I can attest to the fact that there were not classified or intelligence equities that were included in that chat group at any time.”

National Security Adviser Mike Waltz told CBS News’ Margaret Brennan that the only acceptable move for Iran, as far as the Trump admin is concerned, is full dismantlement of its nuclear program; “walk away completely,” Waltz said.
“Full dismantlement,” Waltz said. “Iran has to give up its program in a way that the entire world can see. As President Trump has said, this is coming to a head. All options are on the table.”
“And it is time for Iran to walk away completely from its desire to have a nuclear weapon,” he continued. “And they will not and cannot be allowed to have a nuclear weapons program — that’s enrichment, that is weaponization, and that is its strategic missile program.”

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) expressed his disappointment on ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday, stating that when the Democratic Party held power, they “did virtually nothing for working people.”
Here’s a part of the transcript:
KARL: With about 60 days having passed in the second Trump presidency, how would you evaluate the Democratic Party’s reaction?
SANDERS: Well, let me take you back even further, to a time before Trump was elected. I find it disheartening that, when the Democrats were in control of the Senate, they failed to take meaningful action for working-class Americans. I have to be honest about that. As an Independent, I am part of the Democratic Caucus, but I’m not going to pretend that things were different.
KARL: Understood.

On ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie expressed concerns about President Donald Trump’s ongoing remarks about impeaching judges, warning that such rhetoric could alienate the Supreme Court and result in unfavorable rulings.

Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) expressed on CBS’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday that he believes the courts will determine that individuals should have the right to due process before being deported.
Margaret Brennan, the host, brought up the legal concerns surrounding the use of these authorities to deport detainees without providing them an opportunity for a court hearing. She also pointed out the complications in handling cases involving individuals who were turned away by El Salvador, one for gender reasons and another for not being Venezuelan. She then raised concerns about whether the families’ claims that many of these individuals were not involved in gangs should be taken into account.

A video showing israeli Housing Minister Yitzchok Goldknopf, the head of the Agudas Yisroel faction of the United Torah Judaism party, dancing at a wedding to a song that promotes anti-Zionist and anti-enlistment sentiments has drawn widespread condemnation from secular and non-chareidi politicians in Israel.
Amid the backlash, Prime Minister Binyomin Netanyahu praised Goldknopf for “disavowing” the song.
In the viral video, Goldknopf can be seen surrounded by young chareidi men as they chant lyrics that include, “We don’t believe in the government of infidels” and “We won’t show up at their [army] recruitment offices,” with one part of the song stating: “We will die and not enlist.”
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Yidden from all over the world gathered at the kever of Tzadik of Rav Elimelech of Lizhensk zt”l in Lizhensk to mark his 238th yahrtzeit.
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For 8 hours, Barak Nixon hid in a chemical toilet stall in Nova. He promised that if he got out of there alive, he would become a baal teshuvah – and he kept his word.
Barak, a secular young man who had only observed two Shabbosos before the massacre, moved to Meah Shearim. KAN 11’s reporter beings us the following incredibly inspiring story.
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Steve Witkoff has no background in diplomacy but has turned out to be the most effective American diplomat in a generation. Here’s how he’s trying to resolve the conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine.
Watch Tucker Carlson’s interview:
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