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The Trump administration's big cuts to the federal government are hitting one group particularly hard — the country's veterans.

In the first month of his new administration, President Trump has taken drastic steps to reduce the size of the federal workforce, from offering nearly all federal employees a “deferred resignation” buyout to illegally firing senior officials at several agencies.

The ubiquitous food delivery app DoorDash will pay almost $17 million to settle claims that it unfairly used customer tips to subsidize the wages of its delivery workers in New York, rather than letting drivers keep the tips on top of their guaranteed pay, Attorney General Letitia James said Mond

The recent wave of mass firings hit federal workers responding to the nation’s growing bird flu outbreak, protecting crops from damaging pests and ensuring the safety of pet food and medicine, among other critical duties.

“To say funding for 9/11 first responders is government waste is outrageous and insulting,” Schumer said in a news release about the joint letter.

Employees at the Holtsville branch of the Internal Revenue Service said staff reductions were ongoing Thursday, as the Trump administration moves to downsize the federal government and terminate 6,000 IRS employees nationwide.