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VA pauses billions in cuts

The Associated Press on MSN · 3h

VA pauses billions in cuts lauded by Musk as lawmakers and veterans decry loss of critical care

The Department of Veterans Affairs has temporarily suspended billions of dollars in contract cuts after an uproar that critical veterans health services were harmed, lawmakers and veterans service organizations said Wednesday.

Stars and Stripes · 3h

VA pauses billions in cuts as lawmakers and veterans decry loss of critical care

WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs has temporarily suspended billions of dollars in planned contract cuts following concerns that the move would hurt critical veterans’ health services, lawmakers and veterans service organizations said Wednesday.

Newsweek on MSN · 4h

Veterans Affairs Department Halts Billions in Cuts Praised by Elon Musk

The pause affects hundreds of VA contracts, which Secretary Collins described a day earlier as nonessential consulting agreements.

VA reverses course, halts contract cancellations

ABC News on MSN · 4h

VA begins reversing contract cancellations that support medical care, facilities

A day after the VA celebrated about $2B in savings on canceled contracts, it began reversing some that may have affected medical care, according to agency records.

The Washington Post on MSN · 8h

Under pressure, VA halts contract cancellations in major reversal

Records show the 875 contracts at issue included support for medical and burial services, cancer programs, and efforts to recruit doctors for critical vacancies.

The Hill on MSN · 4h

VA reverses course, halts contract cancellations after pressure from Congress

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on Wednesday paused an effort to terminate hundreds of contracts after pressure from Democrat lawmakers, according to Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee

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Trump 2nd term live updates: VA begins reversing contract cancellations

President Donald Trump and members of his second administration are continuing their effort to swiftly remodel the federal ...

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More On the Vets Contract Purge At the VA

A s I wrote below, yesterday VA Secretary Collins was out bragging that he and DOGE had found more than $2 billion of BS ...

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Second wave of VA layoffs hit: VA won't confirm how many in NEO

Although it’s only been a month since the Trump Administration took over the White House, there have been mass layoffs, ...

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What we know about the firings of federal workers at Zablocki VA Medical Center

The Veterans Affairs firings are part of an effort by President Donald Trump and mega-billionaire Elon Musk to radically ...

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‘Cuts like these move us in the wrong direction’ — Veterans groups raise alarm in response to VA firings

The Department of Veterans Affairs has fired more than 2,400 employees in February as part of a wider government effort to ...

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Hard-right LaRock files for Va. governor, promises ‘Virginia DOGE’

LaRock, who served in the General Assembly for 10 years, has challenged whether presumptive GOP nominee Lt. Gov. Winsome ...

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VA Dem slams DOGE fans, compares job cuts to the Holocaust: ‘First they came for the Jews...’

VA state Del. Joshua Cole made a Holocaust reference while criticizing DOGE; paraphrasing Niemöller: "Then they came for the ...

TheNewsCenter on MSN28m

W. Va. receives Major Disaster Declaration from President Donald Trump

A major disaster declaration has just been approved for a handful of counties in West Virginia affected by the recent ...

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