Robert F Kennedy Jr speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, on the day he is sworn in as health secretary in Washington, DC. Photo: Reuters
Robert F Kennedy Jr speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, on the day he is sworn in as health secretary in Washington, DC. Photo: Reuters
Leah Douglas, Marisa Taylor and Julie Steenhuysen
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The Trump administration began mass layoffs of 10,000 staffers at US health agencies yesterday, according to multiple sources, with security guards barring entry to some employees just hours after they received dismissal notices.
The cuts, which affect several high-profile agencies under the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), including the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), CDC and the National Institutes of Health, are part of a broad plan by president Donald Trump and billionaire ally Elon Musk to shrink the federal government and slash spending.