Sen. Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat and the ranking member of the Senate VA committee, expressed concerns following the administration's sweeping cuts.
More than 2,000 Veterans Affairs employees have been laid off nationwide, per Trump and DOGE's orders to cut costs and "increase efficiency."
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Military Times on MSNVA secretary emphasizes reforms, accountability for federal workforceIn his first public address to a veterans group, Doug Collins outlined plans to broaden VA benefits and cut back bureaucracy.
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The Department of Veterans Affairs on Monday fired another 1,400 employees amid outcry over a lack of transparency from the agency after 1,000 workers were axed earlier this month.
Hundreds of Department of Veterans Affairs medical research projects are being threatened by a hiring freeze across the federal government, a pair of top Democratic senators warned in a letter to the department this week.
I interviewed the VA Secretary Doug Collins last night and it was pretty clear he had a message for the roughly 18 million living veterans in this country. “We're not cutting critical health care. We're not cutting health care benefits,
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Military Times on MSNVA staff told to reply to Musk’s ‘What did you do last week’ emailMore than 2 million federal workers received an email over the weekend threatening firing if they can't justify their work performance by Monday night.
Doug Collins, the new secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, attends the Disabled American Veterans’ winter conference outside Washington, D.C.
The Department of Veterans Affairs axed another 1,400 workers Monday, just two weeks after firing 1,000 staff members who had worked for less than two years in their jobs.
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Military Times on MSNVA fires 1,400 more staffers in second round of workforce reductionsVeterans Affairs leaders dismissed more than 1,400 additional probationary employees on Monday evening, the second round of mass layoffs at the department this month. Monday’s dismissals included bargaining-unit employees who have served less than two years in their posts.
Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) said at least two former Veterans Crisis Line employees have told her office they are in the process of being rehired at the VA.
More than 1,000 employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs were fired amid the Trump administration's broad layoffs last week.
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