Nation May 06 WATCH: Secretary Collins testifies in Senate hearing on the future of the VA By News Desk
Politics Mar 16 5 reasons federal cuts are hitting veterans especially hard For the past month, the Trump administration has been cutting federal spending, causing numerous hardships for government employees, the agencies they work for and the people they serve. But veterans are among those hardest hit, and the impact goes well… By Jamie Rowen, The Conversation
Politics Mar 13 Judge orders Trump to reinstate probationary workers fired across multiple agencies A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to reinstate thousands of probationary workers let go in mass firings across multiple agencies. By Janie Har, Associated Press
Nation Mar 05 Watch 9:59 VA Secretary Doug Collins on widespread cuts to his department and the impact on veterans The Trump administration announced it's planning to fire thousands more employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs as part of the White House effort to dramatically downsize the federal workforce. A quarter of the VA's workforce comprises veterans themselves and… By Geoff Bennett, Dan Sagalyn, Laura Barrón-López
Politics Mar 05 Trump administration plans to cut 80,000 employees from Veterans Affairs, according to AP report The VA's chief of staff, Christopher Syrek, told top level officials at the agency that it had an objective to cut enough employees to return to 2019 staffing levels of just under 400,000. By Stephen Groves, Associated Press
Nov 14 Trump names former Rep. Doug Collins as his choice to run Veterans Affairs By Associated Press Collins is a chaplain in the U.S. Air Force Reserve Command. The Republican served in Congress from 2013 to 2021, and he helped defend Trump during his first impeachment process. Continue reading
Sep 24 Watch 5:41 Families of veterans face growing emotional and financial toll in providing care By Lisa Desjardins, Dan Sagalyn A survey commissioned by the nonpartisan Elizabeth Dole Foundation and conducted by the RAND Corporation found those caring for military members or veterans are an increasingly large group and stretched increasingly thin. It estimates more than 14 million Americans are… Continue watching
Apr 02 The VA has vowed to fix how veterans receive disability benefits for this burn pit injury. Critics say it’s taking too long By Dan Sagalyn Because the VA does not have a specific diagnostic code for constrictive bronchiolitis, most veterans with this condition are not awarded disability compensation. But a new revision to the system could change that. Continue reading
Mar 05 WATCH: White House holds briefing after VA reverses internal memo banning V-J Day ‘Kiss’ photo By Zeke Miller, Associated Press The Veterans Affairs secretary is reversing a department memo that aimed to ban VA displays of the iconic "V-J Day in Times Square" photograph showing a Navy sailor kissing a strange woman on the streets of New York at the… Continue reading
Aug 01 Watch 8:13 Sen. Jon Tester discusses roadblocks for a bill to help veterans exposed to burn pits Lawmakers on Capitol Hill have long been working to pass the PACT Act, a key bill that would expand health care access to veterans exposed to toxic burn pits. But what was supposed to be easy passage on a bipartisan… Continue watching