Morning News Brief: Antitrust hearing, India's new education policy and more

"Simply put, they have too much power," said Representative David Cicilline, a Democrat from Rhode Island who chairs the panel conducting a year-long investigation into the business practices of the four companies.

Trump announced the decision on Wednesday, citing Berlin was not spending the NATO target of 2% of its GDP on defence and because Germany was taking "advantage" of the US.

Gohmert was tested in the White House as he was to accompany Trump in a visit to Texas.

The change comes as part of a policy to increase public spending on education to nearly 6% of gross domestic product from around 4% now.