A federal judge this week granted a preliminary injunction to halt mass layoffs at HHS, saying the Trump administration was not authorized to make sweeping changes to an agency created by Congress.
The decision, handed down by U.S. District Court Judge Melissa R. DuBose in Rhode Island on Tuesday, halts the vast layoffs and significant reorganization of the country’s federal public health infrastructure while the case is being presented in court.
A coalition of 20 attorneys general filed suit in May to stop the cuts, arguing that they were illegal (Read more...)