Virginia’s governor has become a close ally of Trump and defended his plan to freeze federal spending as other officials reeled from changing guidance.
Democrats harshly criticized President Donald Trump’s plan to invoke a federal freeze on filling vacancies and adding jobs for non-clinical positions at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Officials with Veterans Affairs announced on Monday that the department had completed the "initial implementation" of President Donald Trump's executive order to end DEI programs, putting 60 employees on leave.
Virginia Democrats raised alarms about the Trump order's potential effects. Gov. Glenn Youngkin said the president's freeze would not interrupt individual assistance, disaster relief or school and child care funding.
Trump fires VA’s top watchdog in purge of federal inspectors general
VA, DOD oversight questioned after Trump inspector general firings
Former USDA Inspector General Defies Trump Order, Escorted from Her Office
Phyllis Fong, a 22-year veteran, said the Trump administration had not followed proper protocols, according to Reuters sources.
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VA benefits won’t be halted under White House funding freeze orderWhite House officials said VA financial assistance programs do not violate rules banning diversity and inclusion efforts.
President Donald Trump is giving almost 145,000 federal employees in Virginia a choice: resign your job with up to eight months of severance pay or risk losing it anyway.
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President Donald Trump has fired two of the three Democratic commissioners of the federal agency that enforces civil rights laws in the workplace, an unprecedented move aimed at implementing his crackdown on certain diversity and gender rights policies.
Discussions of diversity, equity and inclusion were banned from the VA's annual MLK lunch. Is Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream to woke for Trump.
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President Donald Trump’s order requiring the federal government’s more than 2 million civilian employees to return in-person full time — or opt by next week to quit — will impact thousands who work on Long Island, particularly those who have been doing at least some work from home since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Trump's VA pick, former Rep. Doug Collins, said the VA may be trying to fill positions, but many of those vacancies have gone unfilled for weeks or longer.
President Donald Trump is offering buyouts with eight months of pay to all federal workers who don't wish to return to the office.
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