Tammy Baldwin urges VA secretary to protect Veteran Crisis Line jobs after 15 were fired
Sen. Tammy Baldwin expressed concern over removal of 15 Veteran Crisis Line responders, urged the VA to reconsider firings ...
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Figures asks VA secretary for answers on DOGE cuts, potential VA issues
DOGE cuts at VA facilities could be affecting veterans' health care, and Alabama Rep. Shomari Figures wants answers.
DOGE Is a Cruel Joke. The Punchline Is Making Life Hell for Veterans
The number of veterans losing their jobs is damning. Among the 3,700 or so VA employees fired were specialists in PTSD ...
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VA claims $2B in savings from contract cuts — then reverses course
By Wednesday afternoon, however, VA leaders had paused those actions, saying they were going through the contracts ...
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VA Suddenly Backtracks From DOGE Move to Strip Veterans’ Health Care
In reality, the 875 contracts on the chopping block dealt with everything from assessing veterans’ exposure to toxic ...
VA pauses billions in cuts lauded by Musk as lawmakers and veterans decry loss of critical care
The Department of Veterans Affairs has temporarily suspended billions of dollars in contract cuts after an uproar that ...
Veterans Affairs secretary reveals almost $2 billion saved in cut contracts
Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins explained that these contracts included training, executive support, Microsoft PowerPoint tutorials, and meeting minutes.
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Disabled veterans bring hopes and a long wish list to annual convention with new VA secretary
Doug Collins, the new secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, attends the Disabled American Veterans’ winter ...
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VA secretary emphasizes reforms, accountability for federal workforce
In his first public address to a veterans group, Doug Collins outlined plans to broaden VA benefits and cut back bureaucracy.
VA reverses course, halts contract cancellations after pressure from Congress
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on Wednesday paused an effort to terminate hundreds of contracts after pressure from ...
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Secretary Doug Collins Must Finally Fix the VA | Opinion
The Trump administration set out to shake up Washington—will that mean strengthening the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) or dismantling it?