Thousands of employees of the Department of Health and Human Services were terminated Tuesday as the Trump administration continues to shrink the size of the federal government.

Republicans are finally admitting that Donald Trump’s tariff plan will hurt Americans. CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins probed Montana Senator Tim Sheehy’s thoughts on the country’s economic trajectory in an interview Monday, highlighting that 95 percent of his state’s imported goods come from Canada, Mexico, or China.

Reproductive health provider Planned Parenthood said on Monday the Trump administration would cut federal family planning funding as of Tuesday, affecting birth control, cancer screenings and other services for low-income people.

Closing the offices will impact efforts to improve the health of underserved patients in the U.S. — and is probably illegal, according to experts.

The National Institutes of Health said it pulled the policy because of language on diversity and inclusion, in line with directives from the Trump administration

Democratic-led states sued the Trump administration challenging its cut of $11 billion in federal grants allocated during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Trump administration has kicked off a major downsizing at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), firing thousands of employees from the FDA and CDC. The layoffs come just days after President Trump stripped collective bargaining rights at HHS and other federal agencies.