A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from gutting the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, after a lawsuit joined by Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes.
Mayes and 19 other attorneys general sued in May, after HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ordered mass layoffs of key health offices, including the CDC, Head Start and programs that help determine eligibility for Medicaid and food assistance.
Back when she announced Arizona would join the lawsuit, Mayes criticized the move.
“Arizona didn't ask for this. Congress did not vote for it. And RFK Jr. doesn't have the authority to unilaterally pull this funding," Mayes said.
The injunction halts the terminations — for now — as the case moves forward in federal court.
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