( January 27, 2026, 12:06 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federal judge in the District of Columbia dismissed as redundant agency heads named as defendants in a putative class complaint over an April 2025 reduction-in-force (RIF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that affected approximately 10,000 employees and was allegedly based on inaccurate records in violation of the Privacy Act; this case is one of several currently challenging various 2025 RIFs impacting numerous federal agencies....