Debt-ceiling talks spark debate over work requirements for safety-net programs.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy boasted about making struggling Americans work in order to continue receiving food aid, as part of a tentative agreement on the debt ceiling. The deal will increase the maximum age at which adults must work in order to receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food stamps from age 50 to 54. The deal also includes changes to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) but those details have not been made public. McCarthy also bragged about cutting funding to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).