Layoffs of 10,000 Health and Human Services employees begin. Agencies devoted to seniors, minorities and HIV prevention closed.

Employees across the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have begun receiving notices of dismissal in a major overhaul expected to ultimately lay off up to 10,000 people.

Among the employees who have been dismissed are chaplains for grieving families, a counselor for abuse victims, and a specialist in helping patients quit smoking.

CDC employees helping the city investigate lead poisoning at MPS buildings were swept up in mass federal layoffs announced by Robert Kennedy Jr.

The cuts were part of a Trump administration plan announced last week to dismiss thousands of employees and drastically overhaul the Health and Human Services Department under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Job cuts more than tripled to 275,240 last month, a surge caused by mass layoffs of government workers by Elon Musk's DOGE.

It's a move that has triggered political backlash and renewed scrutiny of recent changes to the state's unemployment benefits.

Prices of Nike Jordan and Adidas Samba sneakers are likely to rise in the United States after President Donald Trump imposed a raft of new tariffs on key manufacturers of sportswear and apparel including Vietnam and Indonesia.

New Labor Department data show private businesses are avoiding mass firings, but the many federal layoffs haven't translated into new claims.

President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday laid off scores of Health and Human Services employees, including many who ran the Head Start early education program