White House officials said VA financial assistance programs do not violate rules banning diversity and inclusion efforts.
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.
Veterans Affairs officials issued guidance Thursday exempting more than 300,000 department health care posts from the White House’s federal hiring freeze, labeling them as essen
The VA memo exempts roughly three-quarters of the Veterans Health Administration's roughly 400,000-employee workforce.
At least 60 Veterans Affairs employees have been placed on administrative leave following the closure of multiple diversity, equity and inclusion offices across the department, pa
Officials have raised concerns about the uncertainty of a federal funding freeze on some federal assistance programs.
As Gov. Glenn Youngkin was assuring Virginians on Tuesday that direct federal aid would not be suspended as part of the Trump administration funding freeze, an internal memo obtained by The Mercury shows that his office was aware of potential problems.
Agencies are starting to take action against DEI-tasked employees and pass lists of those workers on to OPM and the White House.
When Donald Trump arrived in Washington in 2017 on the eve of his first inauguration, he was a stranger to most in town.
The Trump administration has rescinded its order to freeze federal aid, less than 24 hours after the directive went into effect.
Trump speculated that Democrats and diversity initiatives could be to blame for the deaths of 67 people in the incident.
A jet with 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army helicopter while approaching Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C., sending the two aircraft plummeting into the Potomac River. Everyone on board the two aircraft is feared dead, officials said Thursday.