The US Department of Veterans Affairs said on Monday that the scale of layoffs for this fiscal year will be reduced by two-thirds from the initial target. The number of layoffs is about 30,000, not 80,000. At the beginning of the Trump administration, the agency employed about 480,000 people and is expected to continue to employ nearly 450,000 employees during the fiscal year ending in September. According to Trump's plan to reduce the size of the federal government, the agency originally planned to reduce the number of employees to just under 400,000. The proposal drew widespread condemnation from veterans groups and Democrats.

The US Department of Veterans Affairs said on Monday that the scale of layoffs for this fiscal year will be reduced by two-thirds from the initial target. The number of layoffs is about 30,000, not 80,000. At the beginning of the Trump administration, the agency employed about 480,000 people and is expected to continue to employ nearly 450,000 employees during the fiscal year ending in September. According to Trump's plan to reduce the size of the federal government, the agency originally planned to reduce the number of employees to just under 400,000. The proposal drew widespread condemnation from veterans groups and Democrats.