by Rikki Almanza | Feb 19, 2025
Editor’s note: per a February 24 update from the VA, the total is now at over 2,400 probationary employees laid off. The VA has laid off more than 1,000 employees as part of a Trump initiative to reduce the federal workforce. Announced Thursday night, the...
by Rikki Almanza | Feb 13, 2025
In a recently released video message from his office at the VA Central Office, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins directly addresses concerns circulating about potential cuts to Veterans’ benefits.Collins began the video by calling out the media for...
by Rikki Almanza | Feb 12, 2025
Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Representative Mike Bost (R-Ill.), chairmen of the Senate and House Committees on Veterans’ Affairs, along with Senator John Kennedy (R-La.), have recently reintroduced legislation designed to safeguard Veterans’ Second Amendment...
by Rikki Almanza | Feb 11, 2025
A group of Democratic senators is demanding that VA Secretary Doug Collins take immediate action to block tech billionaire Elon Musk and his associates from accessing Veterans’ private data. In a strongly worded letter, the lawmakers called on the VA to ensure...
by Rikki Almanza | Feb 5, 2025
Congress is reviewing legislation that will make it easier for Veterans to access health care outside the VA. The Veterans Health Care Freedom Act, introduced by Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) in December, would remove pre-approval requirements for non-VA medical services,...
by Rikki Almanza | Jan 28, 2025
Update 1: it is currently unclear if and how the Trump administration’s separate offer to all federal employees to resign in exchange for eight month’s severance will impact the VA. Update 2: All VA grant, loan, and financial assistance programs have been...
