The White House is reportedly preparing an executive order to significantly reduce the workforce at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The cutbacks would affect agencies such as the FDA and CDC,

The Republican president is moving forward with an agenda that, by his own assessment, is likely to make the cost of living worse.

The White House also intends to nominate Jonathan Gould as the head of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and Brian Quintenz as chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The nominations were first reported by Punchbowl News.