The leaked Department of Veterans Affairs memo comes as President Donald Trump ordered a second, larger wave of federal layoffs.
A frustrated top official at the Department of Veterans Affairs took drastic measures while refusing to leave his post in February after being removed as part of President Donald Trump’s ongoing federal shakeup.
Defending 80,000 layoffs, Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins said, “The federal government does not exist to employ people.” He’s badly missing the point.
President Donald Trump directed his administration to "pause" military aid to Ukraine after the contentious meeting in the Oval Office with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday.Trump on Tuesday to put in place historic tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada,
President Donald Trump’s plan to fire about 83,000 employees with the Department of Veterans Affairs was met with outrage from veterans groups and individuals who have served. A memo leaked on Wednesday revealed the department,
Trump dismissed concerns about layoffs impacting veterans. Now, his administration is pursuing huge job reductions at Veterans Affairs.
A disabled veteran who was recently dismissed from his position at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Palo Alto Health Care System and got an invite from a South Bay congressman to attend President Donald Trump’s congressional address Tuesday received an email just hours before the event informing him that he got his job back.
The workers sacked on Monday were all "bargaining-unit probationary employees" in "non-mission critical roles," according to the VA.
Congressional Republicans, along with President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, are facing growing resistance across the country and in the courts to the massive cuts and layoffs in the federal government reportedly sparked by DOGE and beyond.