The move to block the acquisition of the cloud company that hosts the Dutch digital ID service comes as Europe continues to reduce its reliance on U.S. technology.
Some lawmakers are calling for widespread reforms following years of surveillance scandals and abuses across successive U.S. administrations. But even if the spy law known as Section 702 expires in April, the government's spy powers will not automatically lapse.
The budget proposal would force CISA to operate with a significantly lower budget than previous years, citing the government's claims that the election misinformation programs were used to "target the President."
A whistleblower is accusing a former DOGE member of stealing a large number of Americansβ personal data while he was working at the Social Security Administration, with the plan of using it at his new job.