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Federal judge blocks mass layoffs and reorganization plans at HHS

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A federal judge in Rhode Island has blocked the Department of Health and Human Services from implementing mass layoffs and overhauling some of its sub-agencies.

The judge finds there to be "no rational basis" for the Trump administration's reorganization plans.

19 Democratic attorneys general and Washington , D.C. , sought to block an agency restructuring plan by HHS secretary in March .

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