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Federal Spending Cuts Continue as DOGE Reports $25B Reduction; HHS and Other Agencies Begin Rehiring
Charlie Kirk Staff
06/11/2025
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) announced Wednesday that it has reduced annual non-defense federal obligations by 22.4% compared to 2024, representing a drop of roughly $25 billion. This marks an additional 1.9% decline since last month’s update.
The agency shared the news in a post on X, stating, “Cash outlays will follow as obligations come due. Our initiative to reduce wasteful spend, consistent with the DOGE Cost Efficiency Executive Order, continues to bear fruit.”
DOGE had previously reported on May 14 that federal obligations were down 20.5% from the previous year. The June 8 figures reflect continued progress in the agency’s cost-cutting campaign, which has targeted non-defense spending across multiple departments.
Shortly before the latest announcement, Fox reported that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is in the process of rehiring over 450 employees who had been previously let go from various CDC divisions. According to an HHS official, the employees being brought back include staff from the National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and Tuberculosis Prevention; the National Center for Environmental Health; the Immediate Office of the Director; and the Global Health Center.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. acknowledged in an April interview with CBS News that some terminations were made in error. “We’re reinstating them, and that was always the plan,” Kennedy said. “Part of the—at DOGE, we talked about this from the beginning, is we’re going to do 80% cuts, but 20% of those are going to have to be reinstated, because we’ll make mistakes.”
Other federal agencies have also started to rehire staff following DOGE-related layoffs. The Internal Revenue Service, Food and Drug Administration, State Department, and Department of Housing and Urban Development are among those now reversing some personnel cuts, according to reporting from the Washington Post.
DOGE also faced a legal setback this week. U.S. District Judge Denise Cote of the Southern District of New York issued a ruling restricting the agency’s access to federal databases. The Trump administration has previously argued that DOGE’s ability to fight fraud would be hindered without access to critical data such as Social Security records.
