Congress must stop Biden’s VA mortgage bailout — before it’s too late
Left unchecked, the Veterans Affairs Servicing Purchase risks turning veteran homeownership into a costly, unsustainable ...
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VA secretary accuses lawmakers of making the VA a ‘punching bag,’ pouring billions of dollars into agency without reform
WASHINGTON — Doug Collins, the secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, defended the mass firing of VA workers last month as the Trump administration’s solution to making the agency ...
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Mass layoffs at Veterans' Affairs will begin early as June, memo says
The Department of Veterans Affairs will begin mass layoffs at the politically sensitive agency as early as June, according to a memo reviewed by Reuters. The memo, which is dated March 6 ...
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VA exempts Veterans Crisis Line employees from return-to-office requirements
The Department of Veterans Affairs is granting its Veterans Crisis Line employees a full exemption to its return-to-office requirements. Veterans Crisis Line Executive Director Christopher Watson told ...
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Supreme Court rules against veterans receiving ‘benefit of the doubt’ for disability claims that are close call
The decision supported the findings of the VA claims specialists who denied the veterans disability claims. One veteran sought a claim for PTSD, a mental health condition diagnosed in individuals ...
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DOGE plans to cut VA contracts may harm veterans' care, employees say
Another contract that remains scheduled for cancellation supports the National Center for PTSD, a VA entity that is the world’s leading research and educational center on post-traumatic stress ...
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Exposure to wildlife and forest walks can help ease symptoms of PTSD in US war veterans
A new study published in the journal Human-Animal Interactions has revealed that exposure to wildlife and forest walks can help ease the symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD ...
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VA to speed up health records system rollout, with new sites this year
Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins said he hopes to speed up plans to get more VA medical centers onto the department's new electronic health records system this year. (Stock photo ...
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Planning to take a summer course at another school? Complete an off-campus study request form
Are you planning to take one or more courses at another college or university this summer? You will need to complete an off-campus study request form. Note that any courses taken outside of the United ...
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VA Secretary Doug Collins on widespread cuts to his department and the impact on veterans
The Trump administration announced it's planning to fire thousands more employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs as part of the White House effort to dramatically downsize the federal work ...
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VA to lay off more than 76,000 employees, leaked memo says, amid 2nd wave of Trump firings
The Department of Veterans Affairs has initiated a plan to lay off at least 76,000 employees to comply with President Donald Trump's order last week calling for broader cuts to the federal ...