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.
The actions prompted a tense standoff between the U.S. and Colombia after Colombia's president turned away deportation flights from the U.S. Trump then threatened tariffs as high as 25% against the South American nation, causing its leader to reverse course and accept deported migrants.
An initiative for promoting diversity, equity and inclusion policies and activities at the Department of Veterans Affairs is shuttered following a directive from President Donald Trump.
Virginia’s Democratic delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives is urging President Donald Trump to either revise or revoke his executive order implementing a hiring freeze for the federal workforce,
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Justice Department fires lawyers who investigated Trump
Trump administration fires justice department officials who investigated him
Trump has previously promised to reinstate the 8,000 personnel who were discharged, with full backpay expected to be given. This move would follow his revoking of a mandate that federal workers must be vaccinated against Covid introduced by Joe Biden, one of a number of reversals of his predecessors policies.
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Justice Department fires employees who worked on Donald Trump prosecutions under Jack Smith
Trump, Dulles International Airport
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Trump’s federal hiring freeze raises fears about VA medical careVA hires about 40,000 new workers every year to maintain operations at VA medical sites. It's unclear if that can continue under Trump's hiring halt.
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.
A gay combat veteran has detailed why he supports President Trump's executive order banning transgender troops, citing concerns over military readiness and financial burden.
China, Trump and DeepSeek
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Trump says China's DeepSeek AI ‘should be a wake-up call’ for American tech companies
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Trump calls China’s DeepSeek AI app a ‘wake-up call’ after tech stocks slide
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Trump calls China’s AI DeepSeek breakthrough ‘a wakeup call’ — but ‘positive’ if true
Donald Trump in his return to the White House has already previewed his second term foreign policy approach: Talk loudly and wield a big stick.
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