Newsworthy - Crnia leads a coalition of Democrat-run states in a legal battle against Trump’s HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over substantial budget cuts that could reshape America’s health infrastructure.
- A coalition of 19 states and D.C. has sued to block Kennedy’s firing of 10,000 HHS employees and closure of regional offices
- The lawsuit claims the cuts violate constitutional norms and exceed presidential authority by bypassing Congress
- Kennedy defends the restructuring as necessary to eliminate waste and save $1.8 billion annually
- States report immediate impacts including halted FDA vaccine approvals and suspended infectious disease testing
NBC News - Rumeysa Öztürk, the Tufts University student detained by immigration agents in March, was ordered to be released immediately from ICE custody following a hearing. Öztürk is free to return to Massachusetts and is not subject to travel restrictions because she’s not considered a flight risk, the judge ruled.
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