Special counsel Jack Smith was appointed to lead the classified documents probe following Trump's announcement he was running for president again in 2024.
Former President Donald Trump has roundly rejected any cuts to the two programs, and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has said little about it on the campaign trail.
Christie's bid could inject a dose of anti-Trump criticism into a Republican primary field that has largely been reluctant to cross its leading candidate.
The sentencing of a populist opposition leader in Senegal has triggered widespread unrest that threatens the West African country's long-established political stability.
British Defense Minister Ben Wallace on Friday said Vladimir Putin is "at risk of losing everything" if Russia does not withdraw its forces from Ukraine.
President Joe Biden on Friday discussed a bill to lift the debt ceiling, just days before the Treasury estimated the government would run out of money.