Forbes February 16, 2025
During the presidential campaign, President Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. warned the public of impending mass firings at the Department of Health and Human Services should President Trump be re-elected. Now that he is president again, his administration has begun fulfilling the pledge to purge thousands at HHS agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Health, Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Indian Health Service.
Approximately 5,200 probationary workers from the agencies started getting letters from their employer saying “you are not fit for continued employment because your ability, knowledge and skills do not fit the Agency’s current needs.”
The cuts are among the thousands being let go...
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