Entire staff is laid off at office that helps poorer Americans pay for heating

The Trump administration has abruptly laid off the entire staff running the $4.1 billion Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, jeopardizing assistance for 6.2 million low-income households nationwide. The firings were part of a broader purge of 10,000 employees from the Department of Health and Human Services, sparking concerns about the program’s future funding distribution. Democratic lawmakers, including Sen. Edward Markey and Rep. Jared Golden, have criticized the layoffs as sabotage and vowed to address the issue.

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