Milwaukee VA employees were first advised to comply with an Elon Musk directive to detail their work accomplishments, then were told it's not required.
More than 1,000 employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs were fired amid the Trump administration's broad layoffs last week.
President Trump has ordered federal workers to return to the office, and that’s exactly what happened at the Department of Veterans Affairs on Monday. “This is an exciting day,” VA Secretary Doug
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.
VA staff told to reply to Musk’s ‘What did you do last week’ email
Trump administration tells agencies they can ignore Musk order on email reply
The Office of Personnel Management told HR officials that employees wouldn’t be let go for not replying to an email asking what they did last week.
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News Nation on MSNVA secretary: ‘We’re not cutting benefits’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.
Unions sue to overturn the firing of federal workers at VA and other agencies
The Latest: Federal Judge Allows Trump’s Mass Firings of Federal Workers to Continue
U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper decided he could not grant a motion from unions representing the workers to temporarily block President Donald Trump’s mass firings of federal workers
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Judge denies unions' request to block mass firing of probationary employees
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.
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Air Force Times on MSNVA staff told to reply to Musk's ‘What did you do last week' emailMore than 2 million federal workers received an email over the weekend threatening firing if they can't justify their work performance by Monday night.
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.
Also in the past week, a Shelby County Commissioner filed paperwork to start a campaign for Shelby County mayor in 2026. Here's what you should know.
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.
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