The layoffs followed a March announcement by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who called for a major department overhaul.

The Department of Health and Human Services finalized the layoffs of thousands of employees after a Supreme Court ruling cleared the way for the Trump administration to proceed with mass firings ...

"Given the Supreme Court's ruling, HHS is now permitted to move forward with a portion of its RIF. Accordingly, you are ...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is laying off certain employees who were notified months ago of the ...

HHS faces other legal challenges over its workforce cuts. A class-action lawsuit in the U.S. Court for the District of Columbia claims the department relied on “hopelessly error-ridden” data when it ...

Thousands of employees across HHS were terminated Monday evening after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last week that the Trump ...

Beyond staff cuts, the departures of some longtime investigators in recent months have left less experienced people tasked ...

Civil servants told POLITICO they’re anxious and exhausted, but holding out hope their lawyers can still save their jobs.

As an office of the executive branch, the Department of Health and Human Services “does not have the authority” to implement sweeping changes to the structure of the agency as created by Congress, a ...

While layoffs at other agencies, like the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), were reversed before Kennedy’s testimony, that hasn ...