BURSTPresident-elect’s team reportedly exploring ways to downsize or combine key bodies; RFK Jr adviser challenges approvals of polio and other vaccines
Aaron Siri, the lawyer that the New York Times reports has been sitting in on Robert F Kennedy Jr’s interviews with potential hires to fill the upper ranks for the department of health and human services, has a long history of challenging the certifications of vaccines.
He has filed petitions against the vaccines for polio, hepatitis B and other diseases, and also gone to court to challenge Covid-19 vaccine mandates. However, it remains unclear if Siri himself is looking for a role in health and human services, which Donald Trump nominated Kennedy to lead, or if he’ll remain outside government.
Joe Biden is starting his day early, with a virtual meeting of G7 countries at 9.30am ET.
House Republicans announced their committee chairs for the next Congress. Notable, Biden nemeses Jim Jordan and James Comer will remain as chairs of the judiciary and oversight committees, respectively.
Xi Jinping is not expected to attend Trump’s inauguration, CBS News reports, after the president-elect invited the Chinese president.
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