Trump administration plans to cut 80,000 jobs from VA

Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins answers questions during his Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee nomination hearing on Jan. 21, 2025.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is planning to cut 80,000 jobs as part of an “aggressive” reorganization of the agency this summer, according to The Associated Press, which cited an internal memo it obtained.....MORE

Confirmation hearing for Trump’s VA secretary pick delayed

The confirmation hearing for President-elect Trump’s pick for the next the secretary of Veterans Affairs, former Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.), has been delayed by a week until Jan. 21.....MORE

The GOP is waging a stealth attack on veterans’ healthcare

Republicans launched an unprecedented assault on the Department of Veterans Affairs’s healthcare system earlier this month with devastating bills that would gut it from the inside out. This isn’t reform: it’s demolition and privatization. And it is fiscally reckless.....MORE