Following the termination of more than 1,400 Department of Veterans Affairs employees on Monday, including some in Milwaukee, Wisconsin Democrats condemned the widespread firings. It's the second round of terminations at the Department of Veterans Affairs since President Donald Trump took office last month,

President Trump and Elon Musk’s efforts to cut funding for programs and fire thousands of federal workers, including veterans, have raised concerns and may negatively impact the Republican

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.

More than 1,000 employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs were fired amid the Trump administration's broad layoffs last week.

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.

Milwaukee VA employees were first advised to comply with an Elon Musk directive to detail their work accomplishments, then were told it's not required.

Elon Musk's threat to fire federal employees who don't respond to an email asking them to list their accomplishments is falling flat.

As of September 2024, the FAA had 14,000 air traffic controllers in its employ, having surpassed its yearly goal to bring aboard 1,800 new hires. The hiring spree was implemented to reverse a “decades-long air traffic controller staffing level decline,” according to a post from the FAA.

The Wisconsin workers who lost their jobs were among 1,400 laid off by the Department of Veterans Affairs this week. Veterans were among those fired.