A major restructuring at US Health and Human Services Department is set to cut up to 10,000 jobs, targeting positions deemed redundant or in high-cost regions. The overhaul follows Trump's executive order removing collective bargaining rights from unions and aims to create efficiency.
The largest share of federal money distributed in Minnesota comes from the Department of Health and Human Services.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a major restructuring of the Health and Human Services Department, which now employs about 82,000 people.
A federal antisemitism task force is reviewing more than $255 million in contracts between Harvard and the federal government to make sure the school is following civil rights laws.
The investment in updating Arizona's disease surveillance system "has now been for naught," state health officials said after grants were terminated.
Public health departments relied on COVID funding to expand testing, lab and vaccination capabilities. Local health leaders say the federal government's clawback of $11.4 billion will undermine that growth.
The government has initiated a grant review of Harvard University as part of its efforts to combat antisemitism, HHS announced Monday.
President Donald Trump's historic federal hiring freeze and firing spree has eliminated thousands of jobs and placed thousands more on indefinite hold. For students sitting on the cusp of internships or post-graduate jobs in the government,
On Friday the U.S. Department of Education notified Maryland's Department of Education it was rescinding hundreds-of-millions in COVID-19 recovery funds.