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 ...

Democratic lawmakers and veterans’ groups are fuming over the Department of Veterans Affairs’s (VA) plans to cut roughly 80,000 employees in the coming months, decrying the lack of ...

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 ...

At the start of March 2025, social media users began seeing gray or black boxes appear on Facebook when attempting to leave a comment. Snopes readers also asked whether the transparent boxes ...

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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 ...

In the memo, VA Chief of Staff Christopher Syrek said the department's "initial objective" is to return to 2019 staffing levels of 399,957 employees -- or about 83,000 fewer employees than the VA ...

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.

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — The long-awaited health care center for veterans on the southside of Hampton Roads is nearing completion. A ribbon-cutting event for the new Department of Veterans Affairs ...