Languages: English and some Welsh. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has announced a major three-part initiative to simplify and speed up how survivors and dependents of deceased veterans ...

Sponsor Message Blumenthal responded that the secretary has failed to explain how he would reach his stated goal of returning the VA to its 2019 size without affecting care. "It simply cannot be done.

VA Secretary Doug Collins appeared in front of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs for the first time Tuesday, where he faced contentious questioning over staffing upheavals at the VA.

Backed by the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, VA loans are zero-down-payment mortgages available to active-duty service members and veterans. They come with other benefits, too — including ...

But dozens of internal emails obtained by ProPublica reveal a far different reality. Doctors and others at VA hospitals and clinics across the country have been sending often desperate messages to ...

Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins told senators Tuesday that downsizing the VA workforce is essential to reforming a bloated system, despite bipartisan concerns that the plan lacks ...

THE NEW HAMPSHIRE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION IS CALLING ON THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO WORK WITH LOCAL VETERANS, AS IT CONSIDERS EXPANDING VA SERVICES IN THE STATE. PRESIDENT TRUMP’S RECENT ...

Members of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee largely agreed that the VA needs improvement, but Democrats expressed fury over how Collins is handling the reforms, saying he has not given them ...

Secretary Doug Collins frequently voiced frustration with lawmakers who questioned his vision to slash the VA workforce to fiscal 2019 levels, or a cut of about 15%, saying the target was a ...

(Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP) President Donald Trump on Tuesday nominated senior Veterans Affairs advisor Cheryl Mason to serve as the top VA watchdog, a move that drew criticism from ...

VA initially signed a $10 billion contract — which was later revised to over $16 billion — with Cerner in May 2018 to modernize its legacy health record system and make it interoperable with ...

The order, “Keeping Promises to Veterans and Establishing a National Center for Warrior Independence,” directs VA Secretary Doug Collins to create a plan within 120 days that would allow the ...