NEWSNATIONNOW (Joe Khalil) - Congress asks for briefings on missing and dead scientists
The House Oversight Committee is reaching out to four government agencies to arrange briefings.
WASHINGTONPOST (Meryl Kornfield) - New disclosures reveal how DOGE actually worked
Depositions offer insight into what Elon Musk’s group was up to. Members describe a club-like atmosphere in which they slashed agencies with little oversight.
JUSTTHENEWS (The Center Square Staff) - Over a quarter million federal jobs reduced in 2025 from nearly two dozen agencies 2025
Despite several ongoing lawsuits challenging the reduction in force, altogether, the 23 agencies shrunk by a total of more than 134,000 employees, or about 6% of their total workforce from January through June 2025.
AXIOS (Rebecca Falconer) - Kennedy says FDA "will act on" ultra-processed foods petition, but indicates no new rules
The Trump administration will respond to a citizen petition calling for the overhaul of ultra-processed foods regulation, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told CBS' "60 Minutes" in an interview broadcast Sunday evening. The big picture: "We will act on David Kessler's petition," Kennedy told CBS' Bill Whitaker of the petition that the former FDA chief is spearheading that calls on the agency to no longer classify sweeteners including corn syrup as "Generally Recognized as Safe" (GRAS). - "The questions that he's asking are questions that FDA should've been asking a long, long time ago," he added. "There is no way for any American to know if a product is safe if it is ultra-processed." - Kennedy in October…