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The House of Representatives narrowly approved axing $8.3 billion in funding for the U.S. Agency for International Development and another $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting on Thursday.
Republicans had faced backlash last month after tech mogul Elon Musk publicly backed complaints that Congress hadn’t codified any of his DOGE work, despite promising to do so.
Commerce Department employees who were fired, reinstated, and fired again learned belatedly that their health insurance has been cut off. Some had already racked up thousands in medical bills.