It Is Happening Every Day, Every Where
A coalition of states sued over the Trump administration’s unexpected move to cut off the funds, which they said imperiled everything from childhood vaccination programs to opioid addiction treatment.
The reorganization that began on Tuesday will scale back an agency that has been a public health model around the world.
Another round of “deferred resignation” offers is part of the Trump administration’s stepped-up effort to rapidly downsize the government.
Former federal employees went to a Capitol Hill basement to find the lawmakers. Democratic senators said that they would keep fighting as hard as they could. Most Republicans ignored the workers.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggests that laying off thousands of federal workers would tame a massive budget. But nearly all of the agency’s money goes to hospitals, doctors and nursing homes.
The cuts were part of a Trump administration plan announced last week to dismiss thousands of employees and drastically overhaul the Health and Human Services Department under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The cuts were part of a Trump administration plan announced last week to dismiss thousands of employees and drastically overhaul the Health and Human Services Department under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The health secretary announced the change to the benefit known as SNAP in an appearance in West Virginia, which is also the first state to ban most artificial dyes in food.
David Geier has been hired as a senior data analyst at H.H.S. According to several people, he will examine any potential links between vaccines and autism that were debunked long ago.
The layoffs are part of a major restructuring at the health department, which now employs about 82,000 people.