Musk’s departure from DOGE is necessitated by his limited term as a special government employee, which expires in May. Despite this, he expressed his willingness to continue contributing to the government on a part-time basis.

A Gulf War veteran, Jeffrey Hutchinson, convicted of killing his girlfriend and her three young children, is to be executed by lethal injection in the southern US state of Florida on Thursday.

The delay comes after Washington imposed new sanctions targeting Iran on Wednesday. 

​The delay comes after Washington imposed new sanctions targeting Iran on Wednesday.