The Trump administration's health department is suspending contracts with several GOP-connected communications firms days after a POLITICO report revealed the existence of the contracts.
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"CMS has issued a stop work order for the contract, while HHS conducts an independent review," a spokesperson for HHS said Wednesday night.
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