Political and Legislative
19 States and D.C. Sue Trump Admin for Massive HHS Layoffs that Brought Agency to a “Sudden Halt”
Over a dozen states sued the Trump administration Monday for laying off thousands of Health and Human Services staffers, urging a court to reverse job cuts that they argue brought work at large swaths of the Robert F. Kennedy Jr.-led health agency to a “sudden halt.”
The lawsuit — filed in Rhode Island federal court by New York, California, 17 other states and Washington, D.C. — claims the Trump administration has sought to “dismantle” HHS through layoffs that disproportionately hit “disfavored work and programs,” like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration.
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