DOGE targeted tens of billions of dollars in what it deemed waste, fraud and abuse.  But that means nothing unless Congress acts.  For the first time in three decades, lawmakers will vote today to claw back money already appropriated. This is money DOGE recommended eliminating, and since Congress has the power of the purse, that requires a roll call vote.  REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: HOW THE HOUSE IS TECHNICALLY DONE...

The fate of President Donald Trump’s $9.4 billion spending cuts request could rest on the shoulders of a handful of moderate House Republicans. The House of Representatives is set to consider the measure on Thursday afternoon, which cuts $8.3 billion in funds to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and just over $1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which routes federal funds to NPR and...