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DOGE plans to cut VA contracts may harm veterans' care, employees say

The list of contracts on the chopping block hasn't been made public, and the VA declined to provide it. NBC News reviewed documents identifying 200 of the contracts scheduled for cancellation.

The Washington Post · 20h

Trump administration plans to cut 80,000 employees from Veterans Affairs, according to internal memo

The Department of Veterans Affairs is planning an “aggressive” reorganization that includes cutting 80,000 jobs from the sprawling agency that provides health care for millions of veterans

The Hill on MSN · 18h

Trump administration plans to cut 72,000 jobs from VA

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 statement that,

VA Secretary Doug Collins served

Yahoo · 1d

VA Secretary Doug Collins served as designated survivor for Pres. Trump’s address

Veteran Affairs Secretary Doug Collins served as the designated survivor during President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night.

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

Trump Makes 13-Year-Old Cancer Survivor a Secret Service Agent During Speech to Congress

President Donald Trump used his address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday to unveil a new member of the U.S. Secret Service -- a 13-year-old brain cancer survivor named DJ. Trump said the boy,

FOX News on MSN · 1d

13-year-old cancer survivor earns standing ovation as he becomes Secret Service agent during Trump speech

A 13-year-old cancer survivor named DJ Daniel was honored by President Trump during his speech to Congress on Tuesday night and made a Secret Service member.

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VA to lay off more than 76,000 employees, leaked memo says, amid 2nd wave of Trump firings

The memo, sent by VA Chief of Staff Christopher Syrek to undersecretaries, assistant secretaries, and other top officials at ...

Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)14h

VA Secretary Doug Collins on widespread cuts to his department and the impact on veterans

The Trump administration announced it's planning to fire thousands more employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs as part of the White House effort to dramatically downsize the federal workforce ...

AlterNet on MSN10h

'Unforgivable': Senator calls Trump’s plan to fire 70,000 VA workers a 'shameful betrayal'

President Donald Trump's administration is charging ahead with his goal of hollowing out the federal civil service. This now ...

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VA plans to cut thousands more jobs as part of Trump's cost-cutting efforts

A memo from the Department of Veterans Affairs' chief of staff said the agency aims to return its workforce to just under 400 ...

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GOP lawmaker calls for VA to ‘guarantee’ only underperformers are targeted in workforce layoffs

Mich., sent a letter to VA Secretary Doug Collins asking him to review the department’s workforce reduction process and ...

Just The News13h

Doug Collins defends decision to cut VA jobs by 80,000 to make department more efficient

Collins said the department will conduct a thorough review of its operations and promised that the cuts would not impact “health care or benefits to veterans and VA beneficiaries." ...