Co-leader of the new Department of Government Efficiency, Vivek Ramaswamy, said on Sunday that some federal agencies will be “deleted outright” when the incoming administration takes office next year. Ramaswamy said a trillion dollars that is spent by the U.S. federal government each year is not authorized by Congress.
A former student has gone on a stabbing rampage at a vocational college in eastern China, killing at least eight people. The attack has prompted worries about mental health in the country just days after its deadliest mass killing in a decade.
Amid mounting pressure, House Speaker Mike Johnson cemented his stance on shielding an ethics report on former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.). He says releasing reports on people who no longer serve in office would defy precedent. Gaetz resigned from the House last week after Trump tapped him to serve as the nation’s attorney general.