The layoffs are in addition to the 2,400 job eliminations at the department in recent weeks. VA Assistant Secretary Mark Engelbaum told lawmakers Tuesday that the cuts were an effort to reform the ...

The VA reportedly wants to cut more than 80,000 workers, according to Reuters, who cited a March 6 memo that directs the agency's human resources team to focus on firing civil servants.

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 ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is facing backlash over its decision to cut tens of thousands of jobs as part of a broader restructuring effort under the Trump administration. The move ...

What had been a list of 875 VA contracts scheduled for termination a little over a week ago has now become 585 canceled contracts, the VA said Monday. The about-face is a rare public retreat by ...

Trump administration VA Chief proposes staffing cuts to 2019 levels, with potential 80,000 layoffs, saying it will improve efficiency Veterans in Sonoma County hold protest outside VA health ...

Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins said he hopes to speed up plans to get more VA medical centers onto the department's new electronic health records system this year. (Stock photo ...

The VA’s chief of staff, Christopher Syrek, told top-level officials at the agency Tuesday that it had an objective to cut enough employees to return to 2019 staffing levels of just under 400,000.

The Department of Veterans Affairs is planning to cut approximately 72,000 jobs, roughly 15 percent of its current workforce, VA Secretary Doug Collins confirmed Wednesday. Collins said in a video ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Retired U.S. Marine Stephen Watson stands outside his home, Monday, March 3, 2025, in Jesup, Ga. (Photo ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Stephen Watson served in the Marines for 22 years and receives care through the Department of Veterans Affairs for a traumatic brain injury. He supports President Trump and ...

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