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.

The Department of Veterans Affairs has temporarily suspended billions of dollars in contract cuts after an uproar that critical veterans health services were harmed, lawmakers and veterans service organizations said Wednesday.

Starting Feb. 13, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced more than 2,400 employees were dismissed but have since paused those cuts.

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

The president said he may take control of the U.S. Postal Service, which has operated independently of the federal government since 1970.

President Donald Trump has called for an energy emergency and said that the United States is far too inadequate to meet the nation’s needs. Blaming policies of the previous administration which he said drove the emergency to happen.

Republicans once liked to be seen as supportive of veterans, but Trump has ensured that's no longer the case, writes. Since Jan. 20, his administration has shown a cruel and shameful disregard for veterans and the federal programs created to support them -- in combat,

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

President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC on Feb. 26, 2025. Credit - Andrew Harnik—. D uring his first cabinet meet

President Donald Trump will meet United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer at 12:15 ET at the White House. The two leaders will hold a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office before a press conference in the East Room at 2 p.m. ET.