The workers sacked on Monday were all "bargaining-unit probationary employees" in "non-mission critical roles," according to the VA.

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.

Staffing reductions in the Department of Veterans Affairs have prompted concerns that veterans' benefits may be cut.

The dismissals targeted non-union employees who had served less than a year in competitive jobs or fewer than two years in specialty positions that aren't subject to worker protections.

With looming threats of federal job cuts, could the impact be felt here on the Department of Veterans Affairs and the services it provides?

Erie VAMC officials identified the employees as probationary staff, which means most of them had been working for less than one year.

More than 1,000 employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) are out of work, part of President Donald Trump’s initiative to cut costs.

The Department of Veterans Affairs has announced the dismissal of more than 1,400 probationary employees in non-mission critical positions. The VA said the move will save "more than $83 million per year,

The nation’s leading veterans advocacy groups condemned the purge of workers at the Department of Veterans Affairs and called on President Donald Trump’s administration to reinstate an estimated 6,000 veterans fired across the federal government.

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,

The first weeks of the second Donald Trump Administration brought a whirlwind of changes to military and veterans organizations throughout San Diego.