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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will eliminate 10,000 jobs as part of a major restructuring plan. The agency made the announcement Thursday.
The agency is responsible for monitoring infectious diseases, inspecting foods and hospitals and overseeing health insurance programs for nearly half the country. The agency says it will decrease its workforce from 82,000 to 62,000 positions.
Other news we’re following today:
- Senate sub-committee holds hearing on DC plane crash: Congress will hold a hearing Thursday morning about what we know so far about the deadly midair collision above the nation’s capital that killed 67 people in January and what might have caused it.
- Turkish student at Tufts University detained: A Turkish national and doctoral student at Tufts University has been detained by U.S. Department of Homeland Security agents without explanation, her lawyer said Wednesday.
- Trump’s tariffs on auto imports: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday that Trump’s auto tariffs are a “direct attack” on his country and that the trade war is hurting Americans, noting that American consumer confidence is at a multi-year low.
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