07/01/2025

HHS Layoffs Were Likely Unlawful and Must be Halted, U.S. Judge Says

The ruling applies to employees in four different parts of HHS

A federal judge has ruled that recent mass layoffs at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) were likely unlawful and ordered the Trump administration to halt plans to downsize and reorganize the nation’s health workforce.

U.S. District Judge Melissa DuBose granted the preliminary injunction sought by a coalition of attorneys general from 19 states and the District of Columbia in a lawsuit filed in early May.

DuBose said the states had shown "irreparable harm," from the cuts and were likely to prevail in their claims that HHS’s action was both arbitrary and capricious as well as contrary to law."

Please select this link to read the complete article from The Associated Press.