The president said he may take control of the U.S. Postal Service, which has operated independently of the federal government since 1970.

Like thousands of federal workers fired by the Trump administration, those who lost their jobs at Zablocki were all probationary employees.

President Donald Trump's nominee to be the No. 2 official in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs was grilled Wednesday on Capitol Hill as the White House cleans out federal agencies, including the VA.

Veterans Affairs leaders dismissed more than 1,400 additional probationary employees on Monday evening, the second round of mass layoffs at the department this month. Monday’s dismissals included bargaining-unit employees who have served less than two years in their posts.

President Donald Trump is facing pushback after federal workers across the country received an email over the weekend asking them to justify their positions by midnight. Several agencies had instructed their employees not to respond to the directive,

The dismissals targeted non-union employees who had served less than a year in competitive jobs or fewer than two years in specialty positions that aren't subject to worker protections.

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.

"To be treated this way and have certain individuals lie to the American public - it's just unacceptable," he said.

More than 1,000 employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs were fired amid the Trump administration's broad layoffs last week.

President Donald Trump has implemented a flurry of executive orders and policies that have touched nearly every corner of the federal government, and the Department of Veterans Affair has not been immune.

President Donald Trump’s federal hiring freeze is forcing terminations at the US Department of Veterans Affairs research office, jeopardizing projects that advance treatments for cancer, drug withdrawal and more.