President Donald Trump’s federal hiring freeze is forcing terminations at the US Department of Veterans Affairs research ...

VA employees who work on the Veterans Crisis Line (VCL) say the hiring freeze has affected the hiring of support staff.

Every month, up to 1,700 rely on ride-share programs to make their critical appointments, according to the Montana VA.

The acting Veterans Affairs secretary said in a Jan. 21 memo that the requested exemptions cover positions critical to the delivery of health care services.

The hiring freeze exemption comes after congressional Democrats and conservation groups warned that national parks could be ...

The VA’s exemptions list has been anticipated since the hiring freeze was first announced, in part because it mirrors the first Trump administration’s 2017 hiring freeze, where the department ...

“The targeted hiring-freeze exemptions announced today underscore that fact.” But former U.S. Rep. Doug Collins, the Georgia Republican who is Trump’s nominee to be secretary of the ...

President Trump’s new federal hiring freeze has congressional lawmakers and former service members worried that operations at Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facilities will be hindered.

Still, it remains unclear how the hiring freeze and exemptions will impact the Hampton VA Medical Center, which was the subject of both congressional and federal watchdog investigations last year ...

VA Media Affairs Director Morgan Ackley said Thursday that the department is committed to providing benefits and services to veterans. "The targeted hiring-freeze exemptions announced today ...