Health care mess at Commerce prompts questions from House Democrat : NPR

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...

https://www.npr.org/2025/06/04/nx-s1-5422998/commerce-lutnick-democrats-oversight-noaa-health-care 

 

DeSantis says he would eliminate four federal agencies if elected president

"We would do Education, we would do Commerce, we'd do Energy, and we would do IRS," DeSantis said in an interview with Fox News' Martha MacCallum when he was asked whether he favored closing any agencies. 

"If Congress will work with me on doing that, we'll be able to reduce the size and scope of government," he added. "If Congress won't go that far, I'm going to use those agencies to push back against woke ideology and against the leftism that we see creeping into all institutions of American life."…

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/desantis-says-eliminate-four-federal-agencies-elected-president-rcna91733

Biden Commerce Department to make first move on data privacy - Axios

…The listening sessions will be held in mid-December and will focus on civil rights law and privacy, how data collection and use affects structural inequities, and potential solutions…

https://www.axios.com/biden-administration-data-privacy-commerce-department-65c99433-f7ac-49a8-88ce-b377e7e72382.html