

Politics Jul 24

President Donald Trump is expected to deliver remarks at the national convention at 12:30 p.m. EDT today. Watch his remarks here.
By Zeke Miller, Associated Press
Politics Jul 23

Senators confirmed Pentagon official Robert Wilkie as Veterans Affairs secretary. He now faces the task of fulfilling President Donald Trump's promises to fire bad VA employees and steer more patients to the private sector.
By Hope Yen, Associated Press
Politics Jul 10

The nomination of Robert Wilkie, currently a Pentagon undersecretary, to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs now goes to the full Senate.
By Hope Yen, Associated Press
Nation Jun 26

Veteran Affairs whistleblowers face blowback, researchers look for the roots of psychiatric diseases and other stories we're reading now.
By Ryan Connelly Holmes, Michael Rios, Joshua Barajas
May 30

By Associated Press
President Donald Trump is naming the chief of staff of the Department of Veterans Affairs to lead the agency on an acting basis while the president's nominee awaits Senate confirmation.
May 18

By Associated Press
Acting Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie is President Donald Trump's pick to permanently lead the beleaguered department.
May 03

By Associated Press
Trump notes in a tweet Thursday that it’s been four years since a scandal at a VA hospital in Phoenix, in which some veterans died while waiting for appointments.
Apr 30

By Associated Press
The White House says Dr. Ronny Jackson remains assigned to the White House — but it's not addressing reports the Navy rear admiral won't be returning to the job of President Donald Trump's personal physician.
Apr 25

By Lisa Desjardins
Wednesday afternoon, Sen. Jon Tester, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, issued this summary of interviews and information his staff had gathered about Admiral Ronny Jackson, President Trump’s nominee to head the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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