Republican lawmakers would provide funding for Pell Grants but tighten eligibility requirements. The House version raises the bar for how "full-time" studies are defined -- students would have to earn 30 credits per year to be eligible, for instance, rather than the current 24.

Tennessee lawmakers have responded to the July 3 passage of President Donald Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" in the U.S. House of Representatives.

La., walks behind his security detail through a crowd of reporters as he tries to push President Donald Trump's signature bill of tax breaks and spending cuts across the finish line even as conservative and moderate GOP holdouts slow that effort,