Mental health professionals with the Veterans Health Administration say the stress caused by Elon Musk's "What did you do last week?" emails is hurting veterans' care.

If implemented, the layoffs would bring the department down to the level of employees it had before the PACT Act, the wide-ranging 2022 law that expanded VA health care and benefits for millions of veterans exposed to toxic substances.

More than 2 million federal workers received an email over the weekend threatening firing if they can't justify their work performance by Monday night.

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.

The Department of Veterans Affairs is planning a reorganization that includes cutting over 80,000 jobs from the sprawling agency that provides health care for many former service members, according to an internal memo obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press.

After Elon Musk demanded that federal workers detail their work accomplishments via email, VA employees who contacted BI strongly opposed the effort.

Kelly blamed the Trump administration for making veterans' health care more difficult by indiscriminately dumping staffers.

In a response to President Donald Trump's efforts to cut federal spending and reduce the number of federal workers, hundreds gathered outside of the Milwaukee Zablocki Veterans Affairs building in protest Friday. "I have several friends who depend on this VA for the medical care," Julie Enslow said.

Milwaukee VA employees were first advised to comply with an Elon Musk directive to detail their work accomplishments, then were told it's not required.

The chairman of the House Republican campaign committee is already predicting his party will pick up seats in the midterm election that are some 20 months away.