Advisory Board October 22, 2025
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is slated to unveil new dietary guidance that will encourage Americans to eat more foods previously considered to be unhealthy, in today’s roundup of the news in healthcare politics.
Federal judge blocks shutdown layoffs
A federal judge last week blocked President Donald Trump’s attempts to lay off thousands of federal employees amid the government shutdown. At a hearing, U.S. District Judge Susan Illston said she believed the plaintiffs in a case against the layoffs would succeed in demonstrating the administration’s efforts are illegal and exceed its authority.
“The evidence suggests that the Office of Management and Budget, OMB, and the Office of Personnel Management, OPM, have taken advantage of the lapse in government...







