HHS employee Julie Siegel stands outside the Mary E. Switzer Memorial Building as she was denied access, and her badge was taken away, after it was reported that the Trump administration fired staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and at the Food and Drug Administration, as it embarked on its plan to cut 10,000 jobs at HHS in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 1, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque