Inside DOGE Cuts Disrupting Veterans Agency

Chaos at the V.A.: Inside the DOGE Cuts Disrupting the Veterans Agency
Clinical trials have been delayed, contracts canceled and support staff fired. With deeper cuts coming, some are warning of potential harms to veterans.
The VA Promised DOGE Cuts Won’t Harm Veterans. Employees Say It’s Already Happening.
A VA spokesperson has said DOGE does not have access to veteran data. But VA providers said, given the secretive nature of DOGE’s work, they didn’t feel able to reassure patients. They said they are also second-guessing what they write in a patient’s chart.
DOGE plans to cut VA contracts may harm veterans' care, employees say
The list of contracts on the chopping block hasn't been made public, and the VA declined to provide it. NBC News reviewed documents identifying 200 of the contracts scheduled for cancellation.
Veterans Agency to Cut Roughly 80,000 Staff in DOGE Revamp
A memo sent to staffers at the Department of Veterans Affairs said that the agency plans to return to pre-2019 staffing levels, according to a copy seen by Bloomberg News, meaning tens of thousands of employees could lose their jobs.
Veterans 'are pissed off': Iraq veteran slams Musk and DOGE cuts
As DOGE continues its efforts to overhaul the federal government, the Department of Veterans Affairs plans on cutting up to 80,000 jobs. Independent Veterans of America founder and CEO Paul Rieckhoff joins Katy Tur to react to the shakeup and to President Trump's comments on NATO.
VA hospitals' clinical trials are being halted by 'chaotic ripple effect' DOGE cuts
According to administrators and former workers who kept Veterans Administration hospitals up, running and meeting the needs of U.S. veterans, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has brought nothing but disaster to their mission.
How many Veterans Affairs workers in New Jersey? Trump plans mass VA layoffs
Mass layoffs at the Department of Veterans Affairs will begin in June as President Donald Trump orders for federal workforce cuts. Will NJ be affected?
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An internal memo instructs top level supervisors at the Veterans Administration to prepare for an agency-wide reorganization to return to 2019 staffing levels, cutting the number of employees in half.