The number of job cuts projected for the agency has come in significantly lower than the original DOGE target of 80,000.

The Department of Veterans Affairs announced Monday it is walking back plans for mass layoffs at the agency but says it will still shed tens of thousands of jobs by the end of fiscal year 2025.

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VA backs down on mass layoffs, will cut 30K through attrition only Following significant pushback, VA is reversing course on its plan for widespread RIFs while still promising some staffing ...

A large-scale reduction in the workforce of 80,000 employees planned for hospitals and clinics run by the Department of Veterans Affairs is no longer being consider for fiscal 2025, VA Secretary ...

A veteran and restaurateur says he was fired as a volunteer at the Palo Alto VA Hospital after documenting food allegedly being stored unsafely.

The senators are calling for a federal watchdog to investigate the Trump administration’s killing of hundreds of VA contracts. Among their concerns: ProPublica revealed DOGE used artificial ...

Veterans Affairs officials on Tuesday announced staffers had already processed more than 2 million disability benefits claims this fiscal year, the fastest the department has ever reached that mark.

An Alexandria woman plead guilty on Monday to embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from the campaigns of congressional candidates that prosecutors said she used for personal expenses.

Q: Has President Donald Trump issued a rule that VA doctors can refuse treatment to Democrats? A: No. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs changed the wording in its bylaws to comply with ...

For many U.S. veterans, fear is spreading over rumors that an executive order signed by President Trump gives VA doctors the right to refuse treatment to unmarried veterans and Democrats.

The claims stemmed from a report (archived) published by The Guardian, on June 16, 2025. That report said doctors at VA hospitals " could refuse to treat unmarried veterans and Democrats under new ...