Axios: Scoop: Senate Dems target Trump and DOGE on counterterrorism

Top Senate Democrats are demanding the Trump administration reveal whether its federal hiring freeze has impacted national security operations, Axios has learned.

Why it matters:Democrats on Capitol Hill are still trying to wrap their arms around the extent of President Trump's cuts into federal agencies in the opening weeks of his second term.

• A trio of Senate Democrats wants to know whether the Treasury Department has frozen hiring or eliminated positions in its Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, according to a letter obtained by Axios.
• Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.), the top Democrats on the banking and intelligence committees, signed onto the letter. So did Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.), the top Democrat on a national security subcommittee.
• Treasury's Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence tracks terrorist financing and is responsible for enforcing a wide range of government sanctions.

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