Democratic attorneys general and governors in 23 states and Washington, DC, have filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Health and Human Services and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., alleging that the department’s sudden rollback of $12 billion in public health funding was unlawful and harmful.

Democratic-led states sued the Trump administration challenging its cut of $11 billion in federal grants allocated during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Switzer Memorial Building in Washington on Tuesday.Credit...Roberto Schmidt/Agence France-Presse — Health job cuts: The Trump administration laid off thousands of federal health workers, dismissing senior leaders and top scientists in a purge that outside experts and former officials said would cause an immeasurable loss of expertise.

Mass firings took place today at federal health agencies amid the Trump administration's slashing of federal jobs.

Democratic officials in 23 states and the District of Columbia on Tuesday sued the Trump administration for clawing back roughly $12 billion in health grants awarded during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A group of Democratic-led states on Tuesday sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and its secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr, according to records of the U.S. District Court in Providence,

Attorneys general and other officials from 23 states and the District of Columbia are suing the Trump administration for its decision to claw back $11 billion that went to public health departments fo

Attorney General Nick Brown joined 23 other states in trying to stop $11 billion in cuts to disease tracking, substance abuse treatment and mental health care.

Andy Beshear said the president can’t ignore laws passed by Congress, calling the cuts a threat to public health. The lawsuit claims the move could shut down local programs for disease tracking, vaccinations,