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Trump Is on Shaky Legal Ground With Mass Layoffs at H.H.S., Experts Say

Job and program cuts at the Department of Health and Human Services have teed up court challenges and prompted bipartisan criticism in Congress.

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Thousands of federal workers were put out of a job and dozens of offices were hollowed out as a result of the Trump administration’s layoffs at the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Garbage Strike in UK’s Second Largest City Leaves Trash Piled High

4 April 2025 at 17:28
A standoff between garbage collectors and municipal officials in Britain’s second largest city has left an estimated 17,000 tons of trash on the streets.

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A large pile of trash on the pavement of a street in Birmingham, United Kingdom on March 24.

FDA Layoffs Could Raise Drug Costs and Erode Food Safety

4 April 2025 at 03:11
Trump cutbacks were supposedly aimed at administrators. But scientists in food and drug-testing labs and policy experts who advance generic drug approvals were also dismissed.

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Heirloom tomatoes imported from Canada, left, and avocados imported from Mexico in a Pittsburgh market last month. Inspections and testing of imported foods could be affected by the F.D.A. layoffs.
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