Sponsor Message Blumenthal responded that the secretary has failed to explain how he would reach his stated goal of returning the VA to its 2019 size without affecting care. "It simply cannot be done.

VA Secretary Doug Collins appeared in front of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs for the first time Tuesday, where he faced contentious questioning over staffing upheavals at the VA.

Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins told senators Tuesday that downsizing the VA workforce is essential to reforming a bloated system, despite bipartisan concerns that the plan lacks ...

Languages: English and some Welsh. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has announced a major three-part initiative to simplify and speed up how survivors and dependents of deceased veterans ...

But dozens of internal emails obtained by ProPublica reveal a far different reality. Doctors and others at VA hospitals and clinics across the country have been sending often desperate messages to ...

Secretary Doug Collins frequently voiced frustration with lawmakers who questioned his vision to slash the VA workforce to fiscal 2019 levels, or a cut of about 15%, saying the target was a ...

VA initially signed a $10 billion contract — which was later revised to over $16 billion — with Cerner in May 2018 to modernize its legacy health record system and make it interoperable with ...

When beloved Colorado Springs mental health counselor Michael Sunich died in March 2024, dozens of his patients — veterans who knew their “doc” had continued to treat them, even when the ...

While the VA assures that veterans will not see any disruptions in care, organizations in Las Vegas are bracing for potential ripple effects. Editor’s note: We continue to follow this story on ...

VA loans are zero-down mortgages for active service members and veterans that are insured by the Department of Veterans Affairs and funded by private lenders. Created in 1944, the VA loan program ...

Cortez was fired last month from his human resources job at the agency - one of about 2,400 employees who lost their jobs at Veterans' Affairs (VA) in the first wave of President Donald Trump's ...

A post on DOGE's official X account on March 6 sparked the rumor (archived). It read: "The VA cancelled a $56,000 contract to water ~8 plants for 5 years. This is ~$1400/plant/year. The contract ...