As President Donald Trump and Elon Musk lay waste to scores of federal programs and the careers of thousands of government workers, Republicans on Capitol Hill have mostly kept their objections to themselves — with one big exception.

Military veterans are among those being hit hardest by Trump’s austerity push, which threatens many of their jobs as well as health care and other benefits. The cuts are starting to mobilize the conservative-leaning demographic against the administration.

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At a hearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, members of Congress heard testimony from several aviation experts, who said progress to ...

GOP senators told Musk about an obscure legislative tool that could bring legal heft to his effort and enshrine the cuts into law.

WLKY spoke to veterans about the latest news. "Betrayed," said Frank Lavender Jr., an Army veteran speaking on how he feels about the cuts. "When somebody decides they want to take 'x' amount of dollars from the VA, that's a threat to me," he added.

An off-duty detective shot and wounded a man during an altercation that followed a traffic crash, police said.

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