US Edition19 states sue RFK Jr., Trump administration for overhauling HHS and staff cuts
- On Monday, attorneys general from 19 states along with Washington, D.C. Filed a federal lawsuit challenging Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s March reorganization of the U.S. Federal health agency overseeing national health programs and services.
- The lawsuit challenges the administration's MAHA Directive, which the attorneys general say unlawfully cut programs, funding, and more than 10,000 HHS jobs to streamline agencies and reduce redundancies.
- The restructuring collapsed 28 agencies into 15, eliminated staff including the federal poverty guidelines team, gutted tobacco prevention, and cut critical public health programs amid an ongoing measles outbreak.
- The attorneys general asserted that the disruption and neglect of the Department’s essential duties were deliberate outcomes of the MAHA Directive, not accidental consequences, and described the restructuring as a broad and illegal attack.
- They seek to vacate the directive, halt mass firings, restore programs, and argue the cuts endanger public health while shifting costs to states already facing mounting health crises.
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D.C. Helps Lead Fight Against Trump's HHS Overhaul
Attorneys General Brian Schwalb and Letitia James have filed a federal lawsuit to stop the Trump administration's dismantling of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, arguing that it violates the Administrative Procedure Act and the constitutional separation of powers. The post D.C. Helps Lead Fight Against Trump’s HHS Overhaul appeared first on The Washington Informer.
AG Frey Signs on to Yet Another Lawsuit Against the Trump Administration, This Time Targeting RFK
Maine Attorney General (AG) Aaron Frey has joined a group of twenty attorneys general in filing a lawsuit against Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. challenging his mass firing of over 10,000 HHS employees. [RELATED: Federal Judge Rules in Favor of Frey, Orders Trump Administration to End Freeze on Education [...] The post AG Frey Signs on to Yet Another Lawsuit Against the Trump Administration, This Time Targetin…
Letitia James screeches, gesticulates wildly in piercing rant about Trump admin amid fraud accusations
Attendees at the National Action Network rally in Harlem on Saturday may have left holding their ears after New York Attorney General Letitia James went on a rant about the Trump administration that reached a shrill pitch.In her speech, James mainly took aim at efforts by the Trump administration to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse in the Department of Health and Human Services, a department James referred to on at least one occasion as the "Healt…
20 state attorneys general, including MN’s Ellison, sue over HHS mass firings
UNITED STATES – Twenty Democratic state attorneys general, including Minnesota’s Keith Ellison, are suing the Trump Administration’s efforts to overhaul the Department of Health and Human Services. New York Attorney General Letitia James is leading the coalition calling the mass firings illegal, dangerous and cruel. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior says his plan will save taxpayers $1.8 billion a year. Kennedy’s plan includes the consolida…
NY, CT AGs sue Trump administration over HHS cuts
New York Attorney General Letitia James, right, and Connecticut Attorney General William Tong, left, speak during a news conference outside Manhattan federal court, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)(Yuki Iwamura/AP / FR171758 AP)New York Attorney General Letitia James, joined by 19 other state attorneys general, including Connecticut’s William Tong, has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration and Secretary Robe…
Attorneys General Sue Trump Over Health Department Purge
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island, seeks to halt the so-called “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) directive, which the attorneys general argue violates the Administrative Procedure Act, the Appropriations Clause, and the constitutional separation of powers.
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