The Department of Veterans Affairs will begin mass layoffs at the politically sensitive agency as early as June, according to a memo reviewed by Reuters. The memo, which is dated March 6, directs the department's human resources team to begin reviewing the agency's operations with an eye toward firing civil servants.

The Trump administration is planning to cut tens of thousands of employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs, according to an internal memo obtained by CNN.

The cuts would be a major escalation of the downsizing that has already occurred at the department, which provides health care and many other services to veterans.