Community Care Is Not VA Care There's a new cliche being parroted at congressional hearings on veterans' affairs these days: "Community care is VA care."
VA to Step Up Rollout of New Electronic Health Records System in 2026 The program, which is in use at six VA medical centers and affiliated clinics, has been stalled since 2022.
Judge Orders Trump to Reinstate VA Probationary Workers Let Go in Mass Firings A federal judge on Thursday ordered President Donald Trump's administration to reinstate thousands — if not tens of thousands...
Military Medical System Not Ready for War Due to Cuts and Delayed Reforms, Experts Warn Just 10% of military surgeons are receiving the training and practice they need to be effective in conflict, former military...
The Office that Investigates Disparities in Veterans’ Care Is Being 'Liquidated' The Trump administration has shut down a unit of the Department of Veterans Affairs created under President Joe Biden to...
Fired Veterans and VA Employees Would Be Reinstated to Federal Jobs Under Senate Proposal Department of Veterans Affairs employees and veterans fired from other agencies as part of the Trump administration's...
Supreme Court Upholds VA Court Decision Not to Review 'Benefit-of-the-Doubt' Evidence in Veterans' Claims In a 7-2 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court said last week that, while the Department of Veterans Affairs should favor veterans...
5 Reasons Veterans Are Especially Hard-Hit by Federal Cuts For the past month, the Trump administration has been cutting federal spending, causing numerous hardships for government...
Battered by Cuts and Firings, VA Employees Describe Serving Veterans Under 'Invisible Cloud of Dread' VA promises DOGE cuts won’t harm veterans, but employees say it’s already happening.
In Letter Accusing VA Secretary of 'Cover-Up,' Democrats Demand Answers on DOGE-Led VA Firings A group of Senate Democrats is demanding answers on the Department of Veterans Affairs' recent firings of 2,400 probationary...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
