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VA, Trump

Trump's federal hiring freeze raises fears about VA medical care

VA hires about 40,000 new workers every year to maintain operations at VA medical sites. It's unclear if that can continue under Trump's hiring halt.

Daily Journal · 8h

Veterans Affairs exempt from Trump's federal hiring freeze

President Donald Trump hit the government with a federal hiring freeze on his first day in office, but it won't stop hiring at the Department of

Air Force Times on MSN · 10h

More than 300k VA health jobs exempted from White House hiring freeze

Veterans Affairs officials issued guidance Thursday exempting more than 300,000 department health care posts from the White House's federal hiring freeze, labeling them as essential to public health and department operations.

Trump, Senate

U.S. News & World Report · 11h

Senate Panel Easily Approves Trump's Picks to Run Energy, Interior Departments

The U.S. Senate energy committee on Thursday approved President Donald Trump's picks to lead the U.S. Departments of Energy and Interior, officials who, if approved by the full Senate, will seek to maximize fossil fuel output and dismantle parts of former President Joe Biden's climate policy.

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Fox News · 7h

Trump's VA, EPA, and Interior picks face Senate scrutiny on Day Four of new administration

Day Four of the Trump administration opens in Washington, D.C. with a raft of Senate hearings including Trump's picks for the Departments of Energy and Interior as well as the EPA and VA. Also on the docket,

The Hill on MSN · 12h

Senate committees advance Trump’s energy, environment nominees

President Trump’s picks to lead the nation’s energy and environment-focused agencies all sailed through committee votes on Thursday morning. The Senate’s Energy and Natural Resources Committee advanced Interior Department nominee Doug Burgum 18-2 and Energy Department pick Chris Wright 15-5.

Trump, DEI

USA TODAY on MSN · 1d

Live updates: Don't try to hide DEI programs VA official says

The move is one of many executive actions focused on the federal workforce enacted since Trump took office Monday afternoon. His other actions addressed DEI hiring more broadly, froze hiring in most executive agencies and directed a return to in-person work for many federal employees, among other directives.

Associated Press · 1d

Several federal DEI webpages shutter in compliance with Trump’s executive order

Several federal departments removed their DEI-focused webpages after President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order dismantling the federal government’s diversity and inclusion programs.

ABC · 1d

Trump 2nd term live updates: Federal DEI programs being wiped out

Federal agencies are being directed to place all employees working on DEI programs and initiatives to be put on paid administrative leave by Wednesday at 5 p.m. Meanwhile, legal challenges have been mounted against Trump's effort to end birthright citizenship and action that makes it easier to fire career government employees.

Doug Collins, VA and United States Senate

UPI News on MSN · 2d

VA secretary nominee Collins says he wants to update, improve services for vets

Former Rep. Doug Collins of Georgia is a veteran of the U.S. Navy, a former Air Force Reserve chaplain, a veteran of the Iraq War and says he wants to improve veterans' services.

Atlanta Journal-Constitution · 10h

Former Georgia Congressman Doug Collins’ VA secretary nomination moves to Senate floor

The U.S. Senate Veterans Affairs Committee has voted to advance Doug Collins' nomination to serve as secretary of Veterans Affairs.

Yahoo · 13h

US Senate committee holds hearing on former GA Rep. Doug Collins as new VA Secretary

Former Georgia Rep. Doug Collins was back before members of the U.S. Senate for the next step in the confirmation process to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs.

DEI talk banned at Columbus VA MLK lunch, Franklin County commissioner says

Franklin County Commissioner Kevin Boyce says Donald Trump's orders around DEI had a chilling effect on free speech at a Central Ohio VA event.

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Va., N.C. leaders react to Trump’s inauguration

Amid frigid temperatures, Donald Trump was sworn in as America's 47th president Monday afternoon. Leaders from across the ...

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The Powers Trump’s Nominees Will Have Over Abortion

Here are some of the actions Trump’s nominees could take on abortion, if confirmed, from HHS to the Justice Department.

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Trump orders reflect his promises to roll back transgender protections and end DEI programs

Trump's first tasks as he takes office include signing executive orders to roll back protections for transgender people and ...

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Trump's VA pick vows to fix troubled Oracle EHR rollout

Former Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs, pledged to tackle long-standing problems with the agency's Oracle Health EHR system if ...

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VMI cadets, student-journalists attend President Donald Trump’s Inauguration

A group of cadets and student-journalists from the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) recently returned from Washington, D.C., ...

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Trump fires heads of TSA, Coast Guard and guts key aviation safety advisory committee

President Donald Trump has moved quickly to remake the Department of Homeland Security by firing the heads of the ...

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Trump orders release of JFK, RFK and MLK assassination records

The executive order Trump signed Thursday also aims to declassify the remaining federal records relating to the assassinations of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. The order ...

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