The highly anticipated JFK files, released on Tuesday, have revealed that a CIA operative who was convinced the agency had killed Kennedy was mysteriously found dead from suicide six months later. While the final batch of JFK documents, which includes 80,000 pages, offers “few revelations so far,” per The New York Times, one particular file concerning the death of CIA operative Gary Underhill has begun raising eyebrows.
The file states, “The day after the assassination, Gary Underhill left Washington in a hurry. Late in the evening, he showed up at the home of friends in New Jersey. He was very agitated.”
Newly released JFK files tell a story about how Gary Underhill, who worked for the CIA, was found dead after he revealed to friends that the CIA was responsible for JFK’s assassination.
“The day after the assassination, Gary Underhill left Washington in a hurry. Late in the… pic.twitter.com/psZkYQ5COi
A small clique within the CIA was responsible for the assassination, he confided, and he was afraid for his life and probably would have to leave the country.
Less than six months later Underhill was found shot to death in his Washington apartment. The coroner ruled it suicide.“
According to Underhill’s friends, he was very disturbed after discovering that a “CIA clique which was carrying on a lucrative racket in gun-running, narcotics, and other contraband, and manipulating political intrigue to serve its own ends” had assassinated JFK. Kennedy allegedly got “wind that something was going on” but was ultimately taken out before he could “blow the whistle on it.”
Underhill’s friends initially didn’t take his claims seriously, refusing to believe that the CIA could be responsible for assassinating their own American president. However, his friends’ suspicions were raised following Underhill’s subsequent ‘suicide’ six months later.
“His body was found by a writing collaborator, Asher Brynes of the New Republic. He had been shot behind the left ear, and an automatic pistol was under his left side. Odd, says Brynes, because Underhill was right-handed.”
Brynes also wondered why a silencer had been fitted to the pistol and if Underhill had indeed used it.
The file states:
“Underhill obviously had been dead several days. Garry Underhill’s chilling story is hardly implausible.
As a spy apparatus, the CIA is honeycombed with self-contained cliques operating without any real central control.”
Secretary of Education Linda McMahon shared the department’s “final vision” in March, promising a “restoration” of the American education system.
McMahon has promised to eradicate corruption within the education system, as well as emphasizing oversight and an end to overreach from Washington. The process will start with an in-depth review of the department’s programs in order to ensure a true return on investment for the American people.
When I took the oath of office as Secretary of Education, I accepted responsibility for overseeing the U.S. Department of Education and those who work here. But more importantly, I took responsibility for supporting over 100 million American children and college students who are counting on their education to create opportunity and prepare them for a rewarding career.
I want to do right by both.
As you are all aware, President Trump nominated me to take the lead on one of his most momentous campaign promises to families. My vision is aligned with the President’s: to send education back to the states and empower all parents to choose an excellent education for their children. As a mother and grandmother, I know there is nobody more qualified than a parent to make educational decisions for their children. I also started my career studying to be a teacher, and as a Connecticut Board of Education member and college trustee, I have long held that teaching is the most noble of professions. As a businesswoman, I know the power of education to prepare workers for fulfilling careers.
American education can be the greatest in the world. It ought not to be corrupted by political ideologies, special interests, and unjust discrimination. Parents, teachers, and students alike deserve better.
After President Trump’s inauguration last month, he steadily signed a slate of executive orders to keep his promises: combatting critical race theory, DEI, gender ideology, discrimination in admissions, promoting school choice for every child, and restoring patriotic education and civics. He has also been focused on eliminating waste, red tape, and harmful programs in the federal government. The Department of Education’s role in this new era of accountability is to restore the rightful role of state oversight in education and to end the overreach from Washington.
This restoration will profoundly impact staff, budgets, and agency operations here at the Department. In coming months, we will partner with Congress and other federal agencies to determine the best path forward to fulfill the expectations of the President and the American people. We will eliminate unnecessary bureaucracy so that our colleges, K-12 schools, students, and teachers can innovate and thrive.
This review of our programs is long overdue. The Department of Education is not working as intended. Since its establishment in 1980, taxpayers have entrusted the department with over $1 trillion, yet student outcomes have consistently languished. Millions of young Americans are trapped in failing schools, subjected to radical anti-American ideology, or saddled with college debt for a degree that has not provided a meaningful return on their investment. Teachers are leaving the profession in droves after just a few years—and citing red tape as one of their primary reasons.
The reality of our education system is stark, and the American people have elected President Trump to make significant changes in Washington. Our job is to respect the will of the American people and the President they elected, who has tasked us with accomplishing the elimination of bureaucratic bloat here at the Department of Education—a momentous final mission—quickly and responsibly.
As I’ve learned many times throughout my career, disruption leads to innovation and gets results. We must start thinking about our final mission at the department as an overhaul—a last chance to restore the culture of liberty and excellence that made American education great. Changing the status quo can be daunting. But every staff member of this Department should be enthusiastic about any change that will benefit students.
True change does not happen overnight—especially the historic overhaul of a federal agency. Over the coming months, as we work hard to carry out the President’s directives, we will focus on a positive vision for what American education can be.
These are our convictions:
1. Parents are the primary decision makers in their children’s education.
2. Taxpayer-funded education should refocus on meaningful learning in math, reading, science, and history—not divisive DEI programs and gender ideology.
3. Postsecondary education should be a path to a well-paying career aligned with workforce needs.
Removing red tape and bureaucratic barriers will empower parents to make the best educational choices for their children. An effective transfer of educational oversight to the states will mean more autonomy for local communities. Teachers, too, will benefit from less micromanagement in the classroom—enabling them to get back to basics.
I hope each of you will embrace this vision going forward and use these convictions as a guide for conscientious and pragmatic action. The elimination of bureaucracy should free us, not limit us, in our pursuit of these goals. I want to invite all employees to join us in this historic final mission on behalf of all students, with the same dedication and excellence that you have brought to your careers as public servants.
This is our opportunity to perform one final, unforgettable public service to future generations of students. I hope you will join me in ensuring that when our final mission is complete, we will all be able to say that we left American education freer, stronger, and with more hope for the future.
President Donald Trump held a press conference at the Justice Department on Friday, using the event to criticize far-left judges, call out what he described as corrupt prosecutors, and address growing concerns over Joe Biden’s use of an autopen to sign official documents.
Trump’s remarks focused on restoring law and order, as well as ending what he called the weaponization of the Justice Department.
Among the key topics he highlighted was the Biden autopen scandal, which has gained significant attention following reports that nearly every document bearing Biden’s signature was signed using an autopen, except for the announcement of his withdrawal from the 2024 presidential race.
The issue first gained traction after The Oversight Project gathered documents signed by Biden, revealing that nearly all of them contained the same autopen signature. The New York Post followed up with a report indicating that a key Biden aide may have been making unilateral decisions on what documents to approve using the autopen. According to the Post’s Steve Nelson, the identity of the key staffer responsible for these actions remains undisclosed. However, an insider speaking to the publication described the situation as deeply concerning.
“I feared no one as much as I feared that [staffer]. To me, [the staffer] basically was the president,” the insider said. “No one ever questioned [the staffer]. Period.”
Trump did not hold back in his criticism of the Biden-Harris administration’s handling of official documents, questioning whether anything Biden signed with an autopen is even valid.
“Crooked Joe Biden got us into a real mess with Russia and everything else he did, frankly. But he didn’t know about it, and he, generally speaking, signed it with autopen, so how would he know? That autopen is a big deal. I don’t know, you know? Who’s doing this?” Trump said.
He contrasted Biden’s alleged reliance on the autopen with his own approach to signing executive orders while in office.
“When my people come up, Will [Scharf] and all of the people, Steve [Miller], they come up… Sir, this is an executive order, they explain it to me, and 90% of the time, I sign it. 99% of the time, I say, do it. But, they come up, and I sign it,” Trump explained.
Trump then emphasized the importance of personally signing official documents rather than delegating the responsibility to a mechanical device.
“But, you don’t use autopen. Number one, it’s disrespectful to the office. Number two, maybe it’s not even valid because, you know, who’s getting him to sign? He had no idea what the hell he was doing. If he did, all of these bad things wouldn’t be happening,” Trump said.
The Biden autopen controversy raises questions about who is making critical decisions in the White House and whether presidential authority is being undermined by unelected staffers. With Trump continuing to highlight the issue, pressure is likely to mount for more transparency regarding Biden’s handling of executive actions.
The Justice Department has not issued a response regarding Trump’s remarks or the broader concerns surrounding the autopen scandal. However, as scrutiny grows, Biden’s administration may face increased demands to clarify whether the president personally reviews and approves key decisions before they are signed into law.
Imagine you’re at a bar at 2 pm. You’ve never been there, and you see that the bar is full of regulars who appear to know each other. They seem affable, but you know you’re the new guy, and you’re walking into their territory. It’s up to you to fit in with the crowd, not the other way around.
The main guy doing all the talking points out the window to the parking lot. Since it’s mid-afternoon, the sun is blazing down on the cars. But he says, “Man, it’s getting darker and darker as summer comes on. By tomorrow it’s going to be impossible to find your car without a flashlight by the time 3 o’clock rolls around.” Everyone at the bar agrees, and many chip in with stories about how they stubbed their toes or twisted their ankles trying to pick their way through the darkness of full summer sun when they were kids.
I know what you’re thinking, reader. You’re thinking you’d immediately recognize that they were all suffering from a mass delusion, and you’d leave.
Not so fast. There’s a very good chance you’d start questioning your own sanity. Is he right? Does the sun make it dark outside, and you’ve been misled your whole life? After all, everybody else at the bar agrees; what if it’s me who’s crazy?
This is how the “reversal” or the “big lie” works. If you tell the opposite of the truth with enough conviction, and with a show of social solidarity on your side, you absolutely can convince normal, sane people to disbelieve their own eyes and start questioning their sanity.
Transgenderism got as far as it did in society because it uses the reversal, the big lie. It brazenly claims that men are women, and acts genuinely shocked when you disagree. People are so stunned by this that they stay silent, and then, person by person, they start agreeing.
Yesterday we brought you a story about Democrat House member Bill Keating losing his composure and shouting at committee chairman Ken Self because Self correctly referred to another lawmaker as “Mr. McBride.” He was referring to “Sarah” (nee Tim) McBride, a male representative from Delaware who wears dresses and calls himself a woman. The big reversal worked on Rep. Keating, who seemed genuinely emotionally triggered and angry that anyone could call the obvious male McBride an obvious male. He was offended and personally upset by a statement of reality.
Today, the day after the incident, McBride is working the big lie/reversal as hard as possible. And it works on anyone who’s on the left. True to narcissistic form, he spoke at a press conference about how people who won’t call men women are “weird” and obsessed with “weird” issues. Yes, it’s brazen, and that’s why it works.
Complete with valley girl vocal fry, and “on point” with au courant phrases—”I appear to live rent-free in the minds of some of my Republican colleagues”—McBride managed to reverse the truth about just who is “weird” and it got the approval of his Democrat colleagues.
President Trump signed an executive order to stop the exploitation of the judicial system by radical leftists and activist judges through frivolous lawsuits.
The Trump administration faces over 100 legal challenges challenging various executive orders and actions the president has signed and taken since he took office on January 10. Only two cases have so far been resolved, underscoring the need to improve the efficiency of the justice system overwhelmed by requests for temporary injunctions. The memo was directed to the heads of executive departments and agencies, directing them to enforce the Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(c) for anyone seeking preliminary injunctions or temporary restraining orders (TRO).
The order requires department heads to work with the Attorney General in requesting federal courts to demand a security deposit from petitioners as required by FRCP 65(c). The court can use the security deposit to cover its costs or compensate the restrained party if it determines that the injunction was wrongly issued. Additionally, the amount must be sufficient to cover potential costs and damages if the court determines that the activists abused the judicial process to the detriment of the restrained party. Additionally, the enjoined party can argue for a higher bond, while the mover can also request a lower amount.
The executive order lamented that the activists face no consequences when their requests for frivolous injunctions were rejected. This regrettable situation encourages radical left activists to request more temporary injunctions, essentially crippling government policy. Using this tactic, activist organizations and judges insert themselves into the executive policy-making process, undermining the federal government’s democratically-issued mandate.
“This anti-democratic takeover is orchestrated by forum-shopping organizations that repeatedly bring meritless suits, used for fundraising and political grandstanding, without any repercussions when they fail,” the lawsuit stated.
The order highlighted the negative impacts of unnecessary TRO requests. It warned that taxpayers bear the cost of the litigation process and must wait for government services before the issues are resolved. The Department of Justice also dedicates substantial resources to fighting frivolous lawsuits instead of defending public safety.
“The effective administration of justice in the Federal courts depends on mechanisms that deter frivolous litigation, protect parties from unwarranted costs, and streamline judicial processes.”
Subsequently, the security deposit ensures that taxpayers do not pay the costs of litigation or damages if activist judges wrongly issue preliminary injunctions. The risk of the injunctions being reversed should also deter activists from requesting them and judges from issuing them.
“Federal courts should hold litigants accountable for their misrepresentations and ill-granted injunctions,” the executive order stated.
Surprisingly, activist judges have repeatedly ignored the rule, which speaks volumes about the judicial process in which some of the temporary injunctions were issued.
Meanwhile, activist judges can set unreasonable low bonds to encourage their leftwing friends to file frivolous requests for temporary injunctions. However, the affected departments can request higher courts to set a reasonable amount, preventing activist judges from abusing the system.
With the threat of baseless requests being rejected outright and additional penalties imposed, enforcement of the Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(c) could reduce the number of preliminary injunction requests.
EPA Chief Lee Zeldin has notified eight recipients of the $20 billion climate fund that their grants had been terminated. In a recently surfaced video, a source told Project Veritas that the Biden administration had rushed to disperse the funds before Trump took over.
“Now it’s how to get the money out as fast as possible before they come in … It truly feels like we’re on the Titanic or throwing gold bar off the top edge,” EPA’s special advisor Brent Efron told a Project Veritas undercover investigator. The conservative activist group termed the quick disbursements as “an insurance policy against Trump winning.”
BREAKING: @EPA Advisor Admits ‘Insurance Policy’ Against Trump is Funneling Billions to Climate Organizations, “We’re Throwing Gold Bars off the Titanic”
“It was an insurance policy against Trump winning.”
However, Zeldin has reclaimed $20 billion awarded under Biden’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) and worked with Citibank to freeze. He also notified the impacted organizations that they would no longer receive the awarded grants.
“It is my commitment to President Trump, Congress, and you, that EPA will be an exceptional steward of your tax dollars. I’ll have it no other way!” Lee Zeldin said.
Recipients of the Biden climate slush fund included “Coalition for Green Capital, Climate United Fund, Power Forward Communities, Opportunity Finance Network, and Inclusiv and the Justice Climate Fund,” the Associated Press reported.
Zeldin bragged about making a significant discovery and keeping a very important pledge he made to the American people shortly after he was confirmed.
“Fortunately, my awesome team at the EPA has found the gold bars. Shockingly, roughly $20 billion of your tax dollars were parked at an outside financial institution by the Biden EPA. This scheme was the first of its kind in EPA history and it was purposely designed to obligate all of the money in a rush job with reduced oversight,”
He lamented that only eight organizations were responsible for the amount and operated without transparency. Apparently, one organization known as Climate United Fund had received a whopping $7 billion. Approximately $14 billion and $6 billion were awarded to non-profit organizations implementing climate projects in disadvantaged communities.
Comparing awarding the contracts to tossing the “gold bars” off Titanic, Zeldin asserted the importance of reviewing every transaction. He promised that his agency would show responsibility by accounting for every awarded penny. In a separate post, he also warned that his organization would have “zero tolerance of any waste and abuse” of federal government funds.
“The financial agent agreement with the bank needs to be instantly terminated and the bank must immediately return all the gold bars that the Biden Administration tossed off the Titanic. EPA needs to assume responsibility of all these funds. We will review every penny that has gone out the door. I will [be] referring this matter to the inspector general’s office and will work with the Justice Department as well.”
🚨The Biden EPA tossed $20 billion of “gold bars off the Titanic”.
BIG UPDATE! We found the gold bars and they are now being recovered for you, the hardworking American taxpayer.
Meanwhile, Zeldin’s latest recovery adds to the growing list of wasteful government expenditures that the Trump administration hopes to stop. The president recently directed the head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Elon Musk to step up his efforts to stop government waste.
US debt clock is a website listing US debt in real time, but they recently added DOGE saving clock.
Its about to hit $200 Billion just from cutting fraud and state funding for leftist politics. pic.twitter.com/ourCLQJSy4
A heated exchange erupted on CNN’s NewsNight when former South Carolina Democrat lawmaker Bakari Sellers clashed with Shark Tank investor Kevin O’Leary over federal spending cuts and education policy. The debate, which took place during Abby Phillip’s late-night panel, quickly escalated into a full-blown argument, with Sellers attempting to lecture O’Leary on economic policy—only to be met with immediate pushback. Sellers, now a political commentator, criticized recent budget cuts, particularly targeting reductions in the Departments of Education and Agriculture under President Donald Trump.
O’Leary, a longtime advocate for shrinking the federal government, argued that the cuts should go even further. As Sellers attempted to explain his perspective, he addressed O’Leary directly: “Let me just say, can I explain to you—” O’Leary, worth an estimated $400 million, immediately interrupted. “You need to explain it to me? I know how it works,” he shot back.
Sellers doubled down. “But no, you don’t.”
As Sellers seemed prepared to launch into a lengthy explanation, O’Leary cut him off again. “I do, I’ve done it multiple times,” he countered, referencing his extensive business experience. The argument intensified, with Sellers and other panelists expressing outrage at O’Leary’s stance on government spending.
“You cannot run everyday government the same way you run [the private sector]!” Sellers exclaimed.
O’Leary responded without hesitation. “This is worse than the private sector. [This is] fat dripping-with-waste government.” The cuts discussed align with President Trump’s ongoing effort to reduce federal spending, including a planned executive order to dismantle the Department of Education. The USDA cuts announced earlier in the week also fit within the administration’s broader strategy of reducing bureaucratic waste.
During the segment, O’Leary pointed to Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s aggressive approach to cost-cutting, including his handling of layoffs at his companies. He argued that deeper cuts were necessary across government agencies.
“This issue is not going to go away because it’s very contentious, but when you cut in any organization, government or private, it’s very demoralizing,” O’Leary said.
“It’s traumatic, and it gets lots of bad press as we’re doing right now.”
The businessman then outlined his philosophy on budget reductions.
“But that’s why you cut 20 percent more. I think Elon is not cutting enough. Cut 20 percent more. Now get your spreadsheet out. These are the names. Whack everybody and then 20 percent more—as we do in the private sector every day and have done for 100 years. Demoralization only happens once.”
O’Leary’s comments drew backlash from the liberal panelists, particularly over his stance on education reform. When he suggested that ineffective educators are contributing to failing schools, Sellers and others pushed back, arguing that poverty and hunger were larger issues.
“My whole career was in education,” O’Leary said, attempting to clarify his point while being interrupted by other panelists.
Sellers, speaking over O’Leary, insisted on making his case but struggled to maintain control of the conversation.
“So, like… no, no, no… let me finish,” he stammered.
O’Leary, often compared to President Trump for his blunt business-minded approach, has built a career in finance and entrepreneurship. He co-founded O’Leary Funds and Softkey, the latter of which was sold to Mattel in 1999 for $3.5 billion, securing his status as a multimillionaire. In 2017, he briefly entered politics, running for leadership of Canada’s Conservative Party before dropping out due to lack of support.
He has been an outspoken critic of liberal economic policies, particularly those proposed by Vice President Kamala Harris during the 2024 election cycle. Following Trump’s victory, O’Leary expressed satisfaction with the outcome, stating that he was “very proud of the work I did” throughout the campaign.
The White House has responded to an email from a senior USAID official ordering staffers to destroy documents at the Ronald Reagan Building on Tuesday.
The building is currently being cleared out as thousands of USAID workers have been placed on administrative leave.
In a motion filed in Washington, D.C., federal court, the unions cited an email from USAID’s acting executive director, Erica Carr, which stated:
“Shred as many documents first, and reserve the burn bags for when the shredder becomes unavailable or needs a break.
The only labeling required on the burn bags are the words ‘SECRET’ and ‘USAID/(B/IO)’ in dark sharpie if possible.”
NEWS: USAID staff have been instructed to clear out classified safes and personnel docs, per an email obtained by @CBSNews.
“Shred as many documents first, and reserve the burn bags for when the shredder becomes unavailable or needs a break," the email reads. pic.twitter.com/h7xS6y7Wsv
White House Deputy Press Secretary Anna Kelly responded by saying it was “more fake news hysteria.”
“The USAID building will soon be occupied by CBP,” Kelly said.
“This was sent to roughly three dozen employees. The documents involved were old, mostly courtesy content (content from other agencies), and the originals still exist on classified computer systems,” she added.
“More fake news hysteria!”
The USAID building will soon be occupied by CBP.
This was sent to roughly three dozen employees. The documents involved were old, mostly courtesy content (content from other agencies), and the originals still exist on classified computer systems.
The lawsuit was brought by the American Federation of Government Employees and the American Foreign Service Association, alleging that Trump overstepped his authority by largely shuttering an independent agency established by Congress by firing employees.
On Tuesday, the plaintiffs asked U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols for a temporary restraining order to block the shredding of the documents.
They argued that the loss of vital personnel or other records could prevent USAID from resuming its operations.
The judge responded by ordering both sides to submit a status report by Wednesday morning proposing a schedule for briefs on the motion.
Nichols allowed the Trump administration to proceed with its plan to put more than 2,000 USAID employees on leave.
The Trump administration has scrapped more than 80% of USAID’s programs and fired much of its staff.
In a separate lawsuit, a federal judge ruled that the Trump administration cannot refuse to spend foreign aid money appropriated by Congress, stopping short of restoring canceled contracts.
What’s going on at the soon-to-be defunct U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)? Well, lots of document shredding, but for what purpose, and whether this is standard operating procedure or an attempt to cover up malfeasance, is not clear.
Politico reports that a “senior official” at the troubled agency sent an email to all staff instructing them to destroy “sensitive” documents.
USAID has come under fire from the Trump administration for wasteful spending on international projects that seem to have nothing at all to do with benefiting the United States. Worse, the agency has been funding “woke” projects on transgenderism and more in foreign countries.
Here’s just a short list of the grants the agency has disbursed to foreign countries, according to a summary from the White House:
—$1.5 million for “diversity, equity and inclusion” in Serbia
—$6 million to boost Egypt’s tourist trade
—$47,000 for a “transgender opera” mounted in Colombia
—$32,000 for what’s described as a “transgender comic book” to be published in Peru
—$2 million for sex change operations for the citizens of Guatemala
You get the picture. President Donald Trump has targeted USAID for closure, which sparked a flurry of lawsuits by left-aligned interest groups. As of March 11, 2025, a federal court has ordered the Trump administration to pay out $671 million in USAID money owed to contractors who have already completed projects for the agency. But, it appears the courts recognize the administration’s authority to shut the agency down after making good on its back bills, and that’s exactly what Trump is doing.
That brings us to the order from USAID officials to employees to shred documents. While the media is full of reports on this, it is not yet clear what’s going on. Is this a brazen and illegal attempt by fleeing officials to cover up misdeeds? Or, is it standard operating procedure related to sensitive or classified documents? It’s murky, but a union that apparently represents contractors working for USAID (really?) has asked federal courts to step in to stop the destruction of documents.
According to Politico, a supervisor instructed employees by email to “Shred as many documents first, and reserve the burn bags for when the shredder becomes unavailable or needs a break.”
It will be at least one or two more days before the fog around this situation clears. Meanwhile X/Twitter users are speculating. Most seem to think it’s “extra-legal”:
“This isn't even parody. They're deleting history in real time. SPEECHLESS.”
Waitaminute…they are literally burning federal documents without authorization?
SPOLIATION: Isn’t this a gross legal violation of Duty to Preserve Evidence or has no legal action been initiated? If not what not! There is a duty to preserve potentially relevant evidence (including electronically stored information (ESI), hard copy documents, and other…
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has identified nearly $900 million in savings after reviewing just two percent of its contracts, according to VA Secretary Doug Collins.
The findings come as part of a broader effort to eliminate wasteful spending while maintaining healthcare and benefits for American veterans.
Collins made the announcement in a video posted to his official X account, where he addressed concerns regarding potential changes at the VA.
He emphasized that the department’s ongoing reviews would not impact the quality of healthcare or benefits for veterans and their families.
“VA will always fulfill its duty to provide veterans, families, caregivers, and survivors the healthcare and benefits they have earned,” Collins stated.
“That’s a promise, and while we conduct our review, VA will continue to hire for more than 300,000 mission-critical positions to ensure healthcare and benefits for VA beneficiaries are not impacted.”
The VA, under Collins’ leadership, has launched a comprehensive review of its contracts to identify areas where spending can be reduced without affecting services for veterans.
Collins revealed that the department currently manages approximately 90,000 contracts, valued at over $67 billion.
In its initial review of just two percent of those contracts, the department identified nearly 600 non-mission critical or duplicative agreements that could be canceled.
These cancellations have resulted in nearly $900 million in savings.
The review process is part of a larger initiative aimed at ensuring taxpayer dollars are spent efficiently while improving the overall effectiveness of the VA.
Despite these cost-cutting measures, Collins assured veterans and their families that healthcare and benefit services would not be compromised. Instead, the department is working to streamline operations while continuing to expand hiring efforts.
“While we work to eliminate waste, we are also ensuring that the VA remains fully staffed in areas that directly serve our veterans,” Collins said.
The VA currently employs more than 300,000 workers across the country and is looking to fill additional positions to meet the needs of veterans.
The review of VA contracts is part of the Trump administration’s broader effort to increase efficiency across federal agencies.
President Donald Trump has made veteran care a key priority of his administration, with a focus on reducing bureaucracy, cutting waste, and improving services.
The administration’s efforts have included initiatives such as expanding veteran healthcare access, streamlining the VA’s internal processes, and increasing funding for programs that directly benefit veterans and their families.
Collins’ announcement signals a continued push to ensure that resources are being allocated effectively while maintaining the highest level of care for those who have served in the U.S. military.
As the VA continues its contract review, further savings may be identified, reinforcing the administration’s commitment to fiscal responsibility and improving services for veterans.
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