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(The Center Square) – U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., has been appointed to lead a subcommittee dedicated to working with President-elect Donald Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency. Known as a Republican firebrand and close ally of Trump, Greene has already set her sights on rooting out “every penny of waste and abuse.” “We’ll be looking at everything from government-funded media programs like NPR that spread nothing but Democrat propaganda, we’ll be going into grant programs that fund things like sex apps in Malaysia, toilets in Africa,” she said on a media appearance Sunday morning. The subcommittee will be under the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, which is chaired by U.S. Rep. James Comer, R-Ky. “We want to make the government more efficient,” Comer said on a media appearance . “We want to work for the taxpayers, not the bureaucrats. We hate the deep state, we’ve dealt with the deep state, we’ve fought the deep state.” He added that Republicans are excited to implement the recommendations of DOGE, which, as an advisory committee, will have to work with Trump and Congress to change policies. “What Trump has ... are willing partners to make government more efficient,” Comer said of Congress. Elon Musk, CEO of X and Tesla Motors, and Vivek Ramaswamy are currently heading up DOGE. “Looking forward to working together with Congress,” Ramaswamy said on social media of Greene’s appointment . “Proper oversight of agencies and public transparency are critical.” DOGE has made it a key part of its plan to address the national debt of $36 trillion. That is $273,000 owed per taxpayer. “This trend must be reversed, and we must balance the budget,” DOGE posted . For her part, Greene has promised to “drain the swamp,” stating that “nothing is off the table” when it comes to holding government agencies like the Pentagon accountable. “Our government should steward every single cent of your hard-earned money,” Greene said. “The DOGE subcommittee will expose the waste and bring truth and transparency to the American people.” Bureaucrats and independent contractors will also be on the chopping block, in what Greene called a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make real transformational change to government to benefit the American people.” “In the private sector, if you’re not doing a good job, you get fired,” she said on social media . “But for some reason, in government, bad employees – whether they’re failing to do the job they were hired to do or working in roles that are no longer needed – never get fired. This is incredibly unfair to the hard-working taxpayers of our country, and it’s about to change.” Recently, an audit of the IRS found that its employees and contractors owe millions in taxes, all while the agency warned thousands of taxpayers that they could face jail time. “The same unelected IRS government employees and contractors, who owe $50 million in unpaid taxes, would throw Americans in jail for not paying their taxes,” Greene said of the audit . “Time to hold them all accountable.” Greene also addressed Democrats' accusations that the subcommittee will go after programs like Social Security. “No, Senator Warren, we are not going to take away a senior’s Social Security. That’s a lie,” Greene responded on social media . “We are going to investigate all areas of the federal government like CFPB, an ‘independent’ agency inside the federal government. Beholden to no one. Ran by unelected bureaucrats.”Their agonizing eight weeks without Martin Odegaard might have done profound damage to their Premier League title hopes, but there remain extremely significant prizes that Arsenal should consider firmly within their reach. No side from North London has ever lifted Europe's greatest prize, but this iteration of Arsenal looks as well set as any in red since the agony of Paris in 2006. After all, what could be more redolent of serious Champions League contenders than rolling up at the home of perhaps the most vaunted side from Europe's more minor leagues and offering a robust lesson in how things are done in the top five? A 5-1 win at Sporting is Arsenal's biggest road win in continental competition and from the outset was as authoritative as that scoreline might suggest. Even their early second half wobble was swept away, a penalty from Bukayo Saka and flick by Leandro Trossard adding gloss to a performance that had hit much greater heights in the first 45. Through that spell, Arsenal had been in the mood to show off their full repertoire. Odegaard and Saka had cast their spells on the Sporting left, all eyes on them as first Gabriel Martinelli and Kai Havertz stole in to strike in the first 22 minutes. On the stroke of half time what counts by Nicolas Jover standards as an arid wasteland of corner kick goals was broken, Gabriel Magalhaes delivering Arsenal's first since he had headed home at the Etihad two months earlier. It was the full repertoire of greatness. It was all a Sporting team used to winning could do to slow the rate of haymakers. Odegaard's absence might have been brutal for Arsenal, but it has been extremely good for Odegaard. In those early weeks of the season he looked like a player on the cusp of breaking down; when the feet aren't working as fast as a brain like Odegaard's you can really tell. With the Norwegian at the heart of the action, Arsenal were as efficient as they were elegant. From Martinelli's opener to Trossard's final flourish they kept creating can't miss chances of the like that eluded them without their captain. You could forgive themselves if for a moment they were inclined to sit back and admire their excellence. Not that they created the momentary headache that came for them early in the second half. What difficulties there were perhaps spoke less to any particular shortcomings in Arsenal than how easily belief can grow in a side whose record since their league campaign began read played 18, won 17, drawn one, 59 goals scored, nine conceded. Goncalo Inacio's flick at the near post had Sporting believing, the Alvalade booming. Arsenal know what to do in such circumstances. Into their mid block they went, ceding possession in the knowledge that it takes something special to get another two shots past David Raya. The visitors really weren't good at all for a quarter hour-ish between Sporting's goal and the Bukayo Saka penalty that crushed the atmosphere. What matters, particulary in the business end of continental football, is how little you can give up in the inevitable spells when the errors creep in and your opponents take control. Sporting had plenty of the ball in the Arsenal half but they were kept at arms' length. Four penalty box touches, four shots worth a combined 0.14 xG, Viktor Gyokores twice lashing over Raya's bar from range in what were the nearest he got to truly dangerous moments. The Swede didn't do much wrong at all, he just ran into a center back pairing he could not impose himself on. It was all he could do to win his fair share of battles when the ball came long to him and try to at least manufacture a crossing opportunity when William Saliba and Gabriel forced him wide. He won't be the last well-regarded striker to get nothing from Arsenal. Through five games, four against sides from Pots One and Two, it is only two goals conceded by the Gunners, a record bettered by a vanishingly small number of sides. Take penalties out of the equation and they are giving up a little over half an expected goal per game. Rarely if ever does a team win the Champions League without elite defensive numbers. Just inside the top eight at the midway point of week five, they should get at least seven points from Monaco and Dinamo Zagreb at home before travelling to Girona, seventh in La Liga, on the final day. While more than a few breaks might be needed if Arsenal are to find themselves back in the title race, they are right where they need to be in the other competition that will really matter to Arteta. Why should it be beyond them? With Real Madrid yet to get it together and Manchester City, I mean, just look, there is no obvious favorite for this competition right now. If an Odegaard-less Arsenal can largely have the better of Liverpool as they did a few months ago and can feel so hard done by to depart a meeting with Inter without a win, they can beat anyone at full tilt. The Premier League might look a long shot. The missing item in their trophy cabinet though? Count them among the favorites to win that.EU states fail to agree on new sanction package against Russia
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CARSON, Calif. — The LA Galaxy and the New York Red Bulls have been Major League Soccer mainstays since the league's inaugural season in 1996, signing glamorous players and regularly competing for championships through years of success and setbacks in a league that's perpetually improving and expanding. Yet just a year ago, both of these clubs appeared to be a very long way from the stage they'll share Saturday in the MLS Cup Final. The Galaxy were one of MLS' worst teams after a season of internal turmoil and public fan dissent, while the Red Bulls were merely a steady mediocrity seeking yet another coach to chart a new direction. A year later, these MLS founders are meeting in the league's first Cup final between teams from North America's two biggest markets. "Two original clubs being able to put themselves in this situation, I think it's great," Galaxy coach Greg Vanney said. "To see two clubs that have been at it as long as this league has been around be here, I think it's a special moment. Couldn't be two more different and contrasting styles as well, which could make for an interesting game, and I would imagine a high-intensity game." Everything changed in 2024 after a dismal decade for the Galaxy, who are favored to cap their transformation by winning their team's record sixth MLS championship with a roster that's dramatically different from its past few groups — albeit with one massive injury absence in the final. The transformation of the Red Bulls happened only in the postseason, when a team that hadn't won a playoff game since 2017 suddenly turned into world-beaters under rookie coach Sandro Schwarz. New York struggled through the final three months of league play with only two wins before posting road playoff victories over defending champ Columbus, archrival New York City FC and conference finalist Orlando to storm into the Cup final. "We know about the history (of our club), and we know tomorrow will define what that could mean," Schwarz said Friday. "To feel the pressure for tomorrow, it's necessary, because it's a final, and without pressure it's not possible to bring the best quality on the field." The Red Bulls have never won an MLS Cup, only reaching the championship match once before. What's more, they've somehow never won a Cup in any tournament, although they've collected three Supporters' Shields for MLS' best regular-season record. The Galaxy's trophy case is large and loaded, and those five MLS Cups are on the top shelf. But not much of that team success happened in the past decade for the club that famously brought David Beckham, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Robbie Keane, Steven Gerrard and many other international stars to Hollywood. In fact, this season has ended a grim era for the Galaxy, who haven't lost all year at their frequently renamed home stadium — which was the site of protests and boycotts just a year ago. The club's fans were tired of LA's steady underachievement and ineptitude in the front office run by team president Chris Klein, who was fired in May 2023. One year ago Thursday, the Galaxy hired Will Kuntz, a longtime Los Angeles FC executive who engineered his new club's roster transformation, most dramatically by landing new designated players Gabriel Pec and Joseph Paintsil — two international talents that LAFC also had in its sights. "I give Will and the group up there a ton of credit," Vanney said. "It's one thing to have players you like, and it's a whole other thing to get them here and get them to connect with your group." Pec and Paintsil combined for 32 goals and 27 assists while boosting the incumbent talents of striker Dejan Joveljic and Riqui Puig, the gifted Barcelona product who runs the offense from the midfield. The Galaxy clicked in the postseason, scoring a jaw-dropping 16 goals in four matches. Puig has been the Galaxy's most important player all season, but he won't be in the MLS Cup Final after tearing a knee ligament late in last week's conference final victory over Seattle. The loss of Puig — who somehow kept playing on his injured knee, and even delivered the game-winning pass to Joveljic — makes the Galaxy even more difficult to anticipate. "He played a lot in the regular season, so it was not so easy to analyze all these games now without him," Schwarz said. "But the main focus is to analyze what we need to do, because it's not clear now how they're playing without him." The Galaxy could give some of Puig's responsibilities to Marco Reus, the longtime Dortmund standout who joined LA in August. Reus is nursing a hamstring injury, but Vanney expects him to play.Pair of original MLS clubs to play for Cup title
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