US Edition19 states sue RFK Jr., Trump administration for overhauling HHS and staff cuts
- On Monday, state chief legal officers from 19 states and the District of Columbia initiated a federal lawsuit opposing reductions to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
- The lawsuit challenges a restructuring carried out in March by the head of the Department of Health and Human Services, which resulted in the elimination of over 10,000 jobs and the consolidation of 28 agencies into 15 under the administration’s 'Make America Healthy Again' initiative.
- The restructuring eliminated key programs and staff, including the federal poverty guidelines team and tobacco prevention agency, and hampered state responses to public health crises like measles outbreaks and infectious disease testing.
- The attorneys general asserted that during the initial quarter of Secretary Kennedy's tenure, the administration withheld crucial funding from HHS, resulting in significant disruption that they claim was deliberately caused by the MAHA Directive.
- They seek a court ruling to vacate the directive, arguing the administration cannot unilaterally cut programs and funding established by Congress, suggesting ongoing legal challenges to the administration's downsizing efforts.
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Maine Attorney General part of coalition suit against RFK Jr., Trump administration
A coalition of attorneys general launched a federal lawsuit against U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the agency he leads to halt mass layoffs and reverse the reorganization under the Trump administration’s ‘Make America Healthy Again’ initiative. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)Twenty attorneys general filed a lawsuit Monday in U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island in Provide…
20 Blue States Sue to Reverse HHS Cuts
THE CENTER SQUARE—Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is being sued by California, New York, Washington, Arizona, Colorado, and other states over what they call the dismantling of the U.S. Health and Human Services Department. Plaintiffs in the suit filed Monday against the HHS secretary also include Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, …
Democratic attorneys general sue RFK Jr., Trump administration to keep public health programs
Rhode Island is co-leading a federal lawsuit against U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the agency he leads to halt mass layoffs and reverse the reorganization under the Trump administration’s ‘Make America Healthy Again’ initiative. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)Twenty attorneys general filed a lawsuit Monday in U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island in Providence to stop U.S…
Democratic AGs sue Trump administration over health program cuts
A coalition of attorneys general has filed a federal lawsuit against U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the agency he leads to halt mass layoffs and reverse the reorganization under the Trump administration’s ‘Make America Healthy Again’ initiative. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)Twenty attorneys general filed a lawsuit Monday in U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island in Provid…
More than a dozen states, DC sue Trump administration over ‘dismantling’ of federal health agencies
Democratic attorneys general across 19 states and Washington, DC, have filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Health and Human Services, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other federal health officials, alleging that the agency’s restructuring endangers the American public after several public health programs were dismantled and thousands of federal health workers fired in the process.
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