Federal workforce cuts slice through health agencies
Scores of termination letters went out to federal health agency workers over the long weekend as the Trump administration continues to slash the civil service workforce. Why it matters: The full extent of the cuts won't be known until after the Tuesday night deadline for a mass firing largely carried out by email that's likely to dramatically reshape the government's health workforce.
Here are all the agencies federal workers are being fired from
In the weeks since President Donald Trump has assumed office, more than 200,000 federal workers at more than a dozen agencies have had their roles eliminated. The mass culling stems in large part from efforts by Elon Musk and the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency,
Thousands of probationary federal health agency workers fired by letter this weekend. Here's what it said.
The move comes amid a government-wide effort to cut probationary workers by the Department of Government Efficiency task force led by billionaire Elon Musk.
Federal health agencies restore webpages and datasets following judge’s order
On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge John Bates in Washington instructed the government to restore access to several webpages and datasets that the group identified as missing from websites and to identify others that also were taken down “without adequate notice or reasoned explanation.”
Judge orders health agencies to restore data scrubbed by Trump administration
A judge ordered federal health agencies Tuesday to restore online datasets taken down after President Trump issued an executive order prohibiting the government from promoting “gender
Hundreds Rally Against Firing of Federal Workers, Emphasizing Threats to Public Health
Hundreds of current and former federal employees rallied Wednesday outside the Department of Health and Human Services headquarters, protesting recent firings and their effect on public health, and directing much of their ire at Elon Musk and his agency's efforts to cut spending.
U.S. health agencies hit with mass layoffs by Trump administration
The Trump administration carried out more mass firings across the Health and Human Services Department this weekend. Politico's Adam Cancryn discusses.
Trump Administration Reverses Layoffs At These Federal Agencies—After Accidentally Cutting Bird Flu, Nuclear Staff
Some employees at the National Nuclear Security Administration, which oversees the U.S.’ nuclear weapons, were reportedly ...
Top US health agency updates definitions of female and male in line with Trump order
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued guidance updating its official definitions of terms such as sex, ...
DOGE Has ‘God Mode’ Access to Government Data
The president’s special commission now has an unprecedented ability to view and manipulate information at many federal ...
CDC's "disease detectives" halved as part of DOGE cuts at health agencies
More than 1 in 10 of the health agency's workers are being let go, including an entire new class of CDC Epidemic Intelligence ...
Federal workers left confused by mass firing, sudden rehiring
The scattershot approach targeting many federal agencies has some elected officials, bureaucrats, and union leaders saying ...