DOGE says agencies cut $1.6B in federal contracts, flags spending on Somalia, HHS web services

Federal agencies axed contracts including $47M Somalia military support and $19.5M health website as DOGE pushes government ...

19 states and D.C. sue HHS over effort to ban transgender care for minors

The declaration issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services called treatments like puberty blockers, hormone ...
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HHS pushes to phase out primate research

Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he is coordinating with federal agencies to end federally funded animal testing and ...

Dallas County Sues HHS Over Termination of COVID-Era Public Health Grants

Dallas County filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s termination of COVID-era public health grants, ...
The Highland County Press

GOP fiscal hawks balk at $5.7 billion for refugees in 2026 HHS funding bill

The amount is less than the $6.3 billion that HHS’s Administration of Children and Families, which runs various refugee and asylee support programs, received in fiscal years 2024 and 2025.