A cybersecurity expert who until recently led efforts to protect sensitive veterans data on VA.gov warns that sensitive information for millions could be at risk after DOGE suddenly fired him.
More than 1,000 employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs were fired amid the Trump administration's broad layoffs last week.
The emergency voicemail said the "expectation" is VA employees would respond to Musk's demand for an email detailing the work they did last week.
The Veterans Affairs firings are part of an effort by President Donald Trump and mega-billionaire Elon Musk to radically shrink the federal workforce.
Paul Lawrence, the Trump administration's nominee for deputy secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, pledged Wednesday to look into recent firings at the VA and ensure that veterans' health and benefits information is protected from incursions by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency.
Reporters, workers and now judges across the country are disputing the cost-cutting claims of Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency, which has targeted federal employees across multiple sectors with firings,
Protesters gathered in Sparta on Monday to voice their opinions on President Trump's federal funding cuts. The group expressed their frustration with cuts to the VA and Department of Education. They also voiced their concerns over billionaire Elon Musk's role in the government.
More than 2 million federal workers received an email over the weekend threatening firing if they can't justify their work performance by Monday night.
Senate Republicans have turned to Donald Trump’s “ice maiden” chief of staff to voice concern over Elon Musk’s “sledgehammer approach” to slashing government jobs and spending...
Republican senators vented their concerns about tech billionaire Elon Musk’s aggressive approach to freezing federal spending and cutting government jobs during a private meeting with White House
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