More than 1,000 employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs were fired amid the Trump administration's broad layoffs last week.

Patty Murray from Washington said that these layoffs included researchers who were working on cancer treatment, opioid addiction, prosthetics and burn pit exposure. U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth said Wednesday she is seeking answers about how the layoffs may have affected efforts to prevent suicide through the confidential Veterans Crisis Line.

Several government employee unions filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking to rescind the firing of tens of thousands of new employees in a federal workforce reduction ordered by President Donald Trump’s administration that includes more than 1,

Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins defended the Trump administration's recent layoffs at the department, arguing that cuts have not been made to "critical health care" or other benefits.

President Donald Trump’s federal hiring freeze is forcing terminations at the US Department of Veterans Affairs research office, jeopardizing projects that advance treatments for cancer, drug withdrawal and more.

President Donald Trump's nominee to be the No. 2 official in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs was grilled Wednesday on Capitol Hill as the White House cleans out federal agencies, including the VA.

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One Ann Arbor employee found out she was being fired after being locked out of her government accounts at that time. Now she says she's expecting an offer to return to the VA Hospital, but it will be in a different role.

President Donald Trump's administration has fired around 200,000 federal employees across at least seven agencies. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

The Department of Veterans affairs dismissed more than 1,000 employees in order to shrink the size of the federal workforce and save money for resources for healthcare.

Justin Fulcher, co-founder of telemedicine startup RingMD, is leading Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency effort at the US Department of Veterans Affairs, according to two people familiar with the matter.

LGBTQ pride flags are banned at Veteran's Administration facilities, according to a Wednesday memo posted by VA Secretary Douglas Collins.