This Vietnam Vet Is Still Fighting For Benefits Decades After The War
With the help of his lawyer, veteran Tom Mahon is pushing for benefits nearly 50 years after he left Vietnam.
View ArticleVeterans Sue Over Reported Troika Of VA 'Shadow Rulers' From Mar-a-Lago
"The health and safety of veterans isn’t a game for Trump’s Mar-a-Lago members to play with between rounds of golf," an Iraq War vet said.
View ArticleVA 2018 Hospital Rankings Show Fewer Top-Rated Medical Centers
The VA also reported fewer hospitals earning the lowest one-star ratings.
View ArticleSenior VA Official Removes KKK Grand Wizard Portrait After Washington Post...
David J. Thomas Sr. took down the portrait after the Post learned that his colleagues launched a petition for its removal.
View ArticleVA Secretary Defends Lethal Taxpayer-Funded Experiments On Dogs
Earlier this year, Congress made it more difficult for the VA to use dogs in medical research.
View ArticleThis Is Why Many Veterans Aren't Getting The Care They Need
There are too few doctors and nurses to treat them in rural and high-cost urban areas.
View ArticleVeterans Affairs Official Vetoed Statement Against White Supremacy After...
Emails show John Ullyot, the VA's Trump-appointed communications official, shut down the request from the agency's chief diversity officer last year.
View ArticleRobert Wilkie Praised Confederate President As 'Martyr' In 1995 Speech
Trump's Veterans Affairs secretary referred to Jefferson Davis as an "exceptional man in an exceptional age."
View ArticleVeterans Affairs Secretary Spars With Employees' Union Over Shutdown
Robert Wilkie accused the union of playing politics after one leader said lack of pay could lead to veterans' suicides.
View ArticleRonny Jackson Named Trump's Assistant And Chief Medical Adviser
Meanwhile, the Pentagon continues to investigate professional misconduct allegations against the Navy doctor.
View ArticleTrump Takes ‘VA Choice’ Lie To Next Level With Bonus Lie That McCain Failed...
In fact, McCain was a sponsor of the legislation and successfully pushed for the one feature Trump constantly takes credit for. Obama signed it into law in 2014.
View ArticleBeto O'Rourke Proposes 'War Tax' As Part Of New Veterans' Care Plan
The 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful says "the best way to honor our veterans’ service is to cancel the blank check for endless war."
View ArticleSen. Kyrsten Sinema Demands Attention To Veterans' PTSD In First Floor Speech
The freshman senator from Arizona used her maiden speech to tell the story of an Iraq War veteran who died by suicide.
View ArticleEmails Reveal Veterans Affairs Meddling By Trump's Mar-a-Lago Pals
"The questions are just ridiculous," one VA physician complained about the three men's interference.
View ArticleVeteran Suicides Increased From 2016 To 2017, New VA Study Finds
The latest data shows 6,139 U.S. veterans died by suicide in 2017, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs.
View ArticleDefense Bill To Fix 'Widow's Tax' On Military Death Benefits
Lawmakers reached a bipartisan agreement on greater benefits for grieving military families.
View ArticleTrump VA Nominee Who Withdrew Amid Misconduct Probe Is Running For Congress
Ronny Jackson, a former White House doctor allegedly known as the "Candyman," is seeking to replace retiring Texas Rep. Mac Thornberry.
View ArticleVA Medical Facilities Struggle To Cope With Coronavirus
Veterans Affairs facilities are struggling with shortages of workers and protective equipment. Some workers were forced to reuse masks for days or weeks.
View ArticleFEMA Reportedly Took The 5 Million Masks Ordered For Veterans To Send To...
“I couldn’t tell you when my next delivery was coming in," Veterans Health Administration manager complained to The Washington Post.
View ArticleVA Continuing To Use Unproven Malaria Drug For COVID-19 For Now
The Department of Veterans Affairs said Friday that it will not halt use of hydroxychloroquine on patients with the coronavirus but said fewer of its patients are now taking it.
View ArticleVeterans Affairs Gives 1,300 Vets Unproven COVID-19 Drug Touted By Trump
Hydroxychloroquine has not been shown to be effective against the coronavirus and may even lead to fatal side effects.
View ArticleVeterans Administration Hospitals Finally Scale Back Risky COVID-19 Drug...
The president pushed hydroxychloroquine after it was championed by Home Depot co-founder Bernard Marcus, who donated $7 million to his 2016 campaign.
View ArticleFired VA Staffer Admits She Murdered 7 Patients With Insulin
Reta Mays, 46, admitted in court that she purposely killed the veterans by injecting them with unprescribed insulin while she worked overnight shifts at a West Virginia hospital.
View ArticleSenate Confirms Denis McDonough As Veterans Affairs Secretary
President Joe Biden's pick to run the VA previously served as Barack Obama's chief of staff during his second presidential term.
View ArticleNursing Home Assistant Who Killed 7 Veterans By Injection Learns Her Fate
Reta Mays was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday by a federal judge who called her “the monster that no one sees coming.“
View ArticleV.A. Now Requires Vaccination For Health Care Workers
The Department of Veterans Affairs has become the first major federal agency to require health care workers to get COVID-19 vaccines.
View ArticleTrump's Mar-a-Lago Pals Aimed To 'Monetize' Veterans Medical Records, House...
The inexperienced trio operated as a shadow administration in the Department of Veterans Affairs to pursue personal interests, says a joint House investigation.
View Article‘Total BS’: Democrats Threaten To Delay Senate Recess After GOP Tanks...
Legislation to aid veterans exposed to toxic burn pits was upended at last minute by unexpected Republican objections.
View ArticleAn Ex-Microsoft Executive Got An ‘Astonishing’ Ethics Hall Pass To Join The...
Kurt DelBene, the husband of Rep. Suzan DelBene, has been allowed to keep $15 million in future Microsoft stock for his family while overseeing a federal department that hands out massive tech...
View ArticleFor The First Time, The VA Will Begin Providing Abortions To Veterans
But only in cases where pregnancy is the result of rape, incest or when the woman's life is at risk.
View ArticleVA Secretary: We Decide, Not State AGs, If Vets Can Access Abortion In...
Alabama's GOP attorney general may be vowing to prosecute VA doctors, but the feds have the final say in providing reproductive care, said Denis McDonough.
View ArticleBiden Trolls Republicans With Chart On How To Tell If They Voted For VA...
The president mocked House Republicans for passing a bill that the White House says could mean 22% funding cuts for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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