Federal judge stops Trump’s HHS reorganization after Democratic AGS SUE

A competitively appointed federal judge stepped in Tuesday to stop Trump administration’s efforts to reorganize dramatically Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) The general sued to stop reform after 19 Democratic lawyers.

HHS announced in March that it would lay off about 20,000 full-time agent employees, while also reducing the number of regional offices across the country and consolidating several HHS departments. The HHS fact sheet on the cuts said the reforms were intended to make the agency more effective, save money and ensure that Americans’ most critical health needs are fully met.

In response, 19 attorneys generals of democratic countries filed lawsuits seeking to prevent reforms from the Trump administration. On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Melissa Dubose granted an interim injunction.

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Dubose’s ruling temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s implementation of its proposed workforce reduction or secondary agency restructuring on Tuesday, and HHS was also ordered to file an identity report by July 11.

“We stick to the initial decision to readjust the organization with its core mission and reorient a massive bureaucracy that has become wasteful, inefficient and resistant to change over time,” HHS spokesman Andrew Nixon said.

“The restructuring is designed to revive sectors around bold, measurable public health goals, such as reversal Chronic disease prevalence and improve the U.S. leadership in biomedical research. While we strongly disagree with the decision of the District Court judge appointed by Biden, HHS remains committed to a modern healthy workforce that has long prioritized institutional preservation over meaningful public health impacts. ”

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Nixon added that HHS is reviewing the decision and considering the next step.

U.S. District Court Judge Melissa Dubose ordered that the Department of Health and Human Services, led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., must cease efforts to make major reforms to the national public health institutions. (Gate image; isock)

Last month, the Supreme Court restricted the use of a national ban to stop President Donald Trump Administrative action.

However, the ruling did not close the door to legal challenges to Trump’s execution of the order.

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In Dubose’s ruling on Tuesday, she asked both parties to resolve how the ruling affects the scope of its orders by July 11.

President Donald Trump held an executive order at a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. on April 8, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

“HHS is the backbone of our national public health and social safety net – from cancer screening and maternal health to preventing early childhood education and preventing domestic violence,” said New York Attorney General Letitia James.

“Today’s orders ensure that these programs and services will remain accessible and prevent government attempts to undermine our nation’s health care system. My office will continue to work to stop this illegal demolition and defend the essential services that protect our most vulnerable communities.”

Some employees who have been released since the Trump administration began reorganization at HHS Being brought back.

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In an April CBS News interview, HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. In some cases, people should not be cut.

“We’ve been restoring them all the time. It’s always been the plan. At Doge, we’ve been talking from the start that we’re going to make 80% cuts, but 20% of that has to be restored because we’re going to make mistakes.”