It said it expects the review to be done by June, after which "VA will initiate Department-wide RIF actions," using an acronym for "reduction in force." In a response to a request for comment ...

slammed the plan on Thursday morning. He said the cuts would have detrimental effects on the country’s veterans. “The VA is approaching a seismic disaster,” Blumenthal said. “Historic in ...

A group of Senate Democrats accused Secretary Doug Collins of helping with a "cover-up" as it demanded answers on the Department of Veterans Affairs' recent firings of 2,400 probationary employees.

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The Department of Veterans Affairs has announced plans to lay off roughly 15% of its ... The Trump Administration wants to cut at least 76,000 VA employees to return the department to its 2019 ...

Democratic lawmakers and veterans groups are pushing back on the VA’s plans for major cuts to its workforce later this year. In addition, lawmakers say the VA is pursuing significant changes to its ...

VA Secretary Doug Collins stated Wednesday that the department plans to cut approximately 70,000 employees, reducing the workforce from about 470,000 to 398,000—a 15 percent decrease.

“Their reckless plan to wipe out the VA’s ability to deliver on America’s promise to veterans will backfire on millions of veterans and their families who risked their lives in service for ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs has initiated a plan to lay off at least 76,000 employees ... The memo, sent by VA Chief of Staff Christopher Syrek to undersecretaries, assistant secretaries ...

More than 25% of the VA’s workforce is comprised of veterans. The plans underway at the VA showed how the Trump administration’s DOGE initiative, led by billionaire Elon Musk, is not holding ...

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