President Donald Trump's government-wide hiring freeze threatened to wipe out hundreds of studies and clinical trials that are run through temporary VA appointments – scientific partnerships ...
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Alaila Everett, a track star and senior at I.C. Norcom High School, is speaking out following shocking footage where she struck an opponent in the head with her baton ...
"We were taking in millions of dollars in contracts to create things like PowerPoint slides and meeting minutes," VA Secretary Doug Collins said on Tuesday. "Millions of dollars in contracts for ...
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Out of close to 70 submissions, there were nine students that won Virginia’s Aviation Art Contest. According to the Virginia Department of Aviation (DOAV) , there were ...
Senator Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat and the ranking member of the Senate VA committee expressed concerns following the administration's sweeping cuts. "Doug Collins continues to put the ...
“They’re doing this with people’s lives,” said one VA researcher who lost their job this month. “There’s no, like, ‘OK, we’ll build a new spaceship and put it back on the launch pad.
The VA will undergo a review of operations with the goal of cutting over 80,000 jobs. The cuts are part of an initiative spearheaded by Elon Musk's DOGE program, which aims to reduce government ...
The 1,400 workers laid off on Monday were all "bargaining-unit probationary employees" in "non-mission critical roles," including "DEI-related positions," the VA said in a statement. Responders ...
The workers -- more than 3.3% of the department's probationary employees -- were union members considered to have "non-mission critical" positions, according to a VA news release Monday evening.
Paul Lawrence, the Trump administration's nominee for deputy secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, pledged Wednesday to look into recent firings at the VA and ensure that veterans ...
According to the Department of Government Efficiency dashboard, 28 VA contracts have been cancelled with claimed savings of $81 million. DOGE also says the awarded contract values total $148.6 ...