Lawmakers Urge VA Secretary to Offer Gender Reassignment Surgery to Vets VA Secretary Robert Wilkie received a petition pushing for him to end the ban on gender reassignment surgery at the agency.
'It Is Your VA:' Amid Skepticism, Wilkie Pledges New Commitment to Female Vets The VA secretary said the department was "on the cusp of great change" in terms of addressing services for women.
VA Secretary Says Department Has New Mission: Customer Service New VA Secretary Robert Wilkie says the government’s second-largest bureaucracy is about to get more user-friendly.
New VA Secretary Wilkie Puts 'Forever GI Bill' Expansion Into Effect The VA has begun implementing new provisions of the "Forever GI Bill."
New VA Secretary Wilkie Gives Pep Talk to Much-Criticized Workforce The new secretary started out his tenure by thanking the more than 360,000 VA employees for their work.
New VA Secretary Faces 400,000-Case Appeals Backlog, IT Delay New VA Secretary Robert Wilkie has pledged to speed up the disability claims appeals process.
VA Nominee Wilkie's Top Priority: Getting Vets in Front of a Doctor VA Secretary nominee Robert Wilkie said that access to care for veterans was a top priority.
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...
