The Trump administration plans to cut about 10,000 full-time employees from the Department of Health and Human Services, the department announced Thursday, cutting around a tenth of the staff at the nation’s federal health agencies. “When combined with HHS’ other efforts, including early retirement and Fork in the Road, the restructuring results in a total
Nothing to see here: That’s what Columbia president Katrina Armstrong told some 75 faculty members who assembled on a Zoom call Saturday morning to hear about the memo she sent the Trump administration purportedly agreeing to a series of reforms. None of them raised concerns about the treatment of Jewish students, though many of them
Approximately a quarter of the staff at the Department of Health and Human Services is being laid off. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on March 27 announced major changes at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), including the merging of some divisions, in a bid to become more efficient. “We are
Approximately a quarter of the staff at the Department of Health and Human Services is being laid off. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on March 27 announced major changes at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), including the merging of some divisions, in a bid to become more efficient. “We are
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Wednesday visited the high-security El Salvador prison where Venezuelans who the Trump administration alleges are gang members have been held since their removal from the United States. The tour included two crowded cell blocks, the armory and an isolation unit. Noem’s trip to the prison — where inmates
The department says it has an interest in protecting federal officials who face personal legal risk under state law. The Department of Justice (DOJ) on March 26 backed President Donald Trump’s effort to move his already-decided falsification of business records case to federal court, where he may attempt to have it dismissed on presidential immunity
Proposed cuts to global foreign aid, including slashing programs in the United States, could lead to millions of HIV deaths and soaring rates of infections around the world in the coming years, according to a new study. Published Wednesday in The Lancet HIV journal, the modeling study estimates that by 2030, there could be between 4.4