DOGE Is a Cruel Joke. The Punchline Is Making Life Hell for Veterans
The number of veterans losing their jobs is damning. Among the 3,700 or so VA employees fired were specialists in PTSD ...
Veterans Affairs staffers denounce OPM email amid Elon Musk's DOGE push: 'People have no clue how this is impacting us'
After Elon Musk demanded that federal workers detail their work accomplishments via email, VA employees who contacted BI ...
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VA Suddenly Backtracks From DOGE Move to Strip Veterans’ Health Care
In reality, the 875 contracts on the chopping block dealt with everything from assessing veterans’ exposure to toxic ...
‘Cuts like these move us in the wrong direction’ — Veterans groups raise alarm in response to VA firings
The Department of Veterans Affairs has fired more than 2,400 employees in February as part of a wider government effort to ...
VA pauses billions in cuts lauded by Musk as lawmakers and veterans decry loss of critical care
The Department of Veterans Affairs has temporarily suspended billions of dollars in contract cuts after an uproar that ...
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Navy secretary nominee blasts ‘systemic failures’ plaguing the fleet
John Phelan acknowledged his lack of military experience but insisted his business background makes him the right pick to ...
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Disabled veterans bring hopes and a long wish list to annual convention with new VA secretary
Doug Collins, the new secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, attends the Disabled American Veterans’ winter ...
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Veterans Affairs axes another 1,400 probationary employees
The Department of Veterans Affairs announced the dismissal of 1,400 probationary employees Monday evening—employees the ...
DOGE to cancel government contracts that help veterans, records show
Records show among the 875 contracts were arrangements to help medical services, fund cancer programs, recruit doctors and ...