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Veterans
Blumenthal Calls ‘Shadow Hearing’ on Trump Veterans Cuts
Doug Collins, the veterans affairs secretary, is unlikely to accept Senator Richard Blumenthal’s invitation to appear on Capitol Hill to discuss the Trump administration’s cuts on veterans and the agency that serves them.
Inside the Turmoil at the V.A. Mental Health System Under Trump
A chaotic restructuring ordered by DOGE threatens to degrade services for veterans of wars in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan.
Arlington Cemetery Website Loses Pages on Black Soldiers, Women in Military and Civil War
The cemetery, which is operated by the Army, said it was working to restore the content. Among the obscured pages was material about civil rights.
Chaos at the V.A.: Inside the DOGE Cuts Disrupting the Veterans Agency
Clinical trials have been delayed, contracts canceled and support staff fired. With deeper cuts coming, some are warning of potential harms to veterans.
Trump Administration Plans to Eliminate More Than 80,000 Veterans Affairs Employees
The job reductions would be a major escalation of the downsizing that has already occurred at the department, which provides health care and many other services to veterans.
Veterans Are Caught Up in Trump and Musk’s Work Force Overhaul
Nearly 30 percent of civil service employees in the federal government are veterans, and Democrats are highlighting their firings by bringing some as guests to President Trump’s address Tuesday.
Doug Collins, a Key Trump Impeachment Player, Will Face Senators as V.A. Pick
Former Representative Doug Collins does not have a traditional résumé for a V.A. secretary, but he fits the mold of a Trump loyalist.
Biden Honors Police Officers and Veterans With Medals at White House
The president recognized five officers who responded to a 2023 school shooting at a private Christian school in Tennessee, and veterans of the Korean and Vietnam wars.