Voices: As a veteran and federal employee, I’ve supported efforts to reduce government size and spending. But this reduction is heartless and brutal.
I worry about my coworkers at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, who have kids to raise and families to care for.
(Eric Lee | The New York Times) President Donald Trump and Elon Musk explain the administration’s cost-cutting efforts in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025.