Lori Locklear, a former Fayetteville VA employee, testified before Congress this month about how VA wait times were too long for her son.
The introduction of the new bill formally kicks off what is expected to be a marquee debate during the Trump administration over the future of the VA's community care program that allows veterans to see private doctors using VA funding.
The VA memo exempts roughly three-quarters of the Veterans Health Administration's roughly 400,000-employee workforce.
The U.S. Office of Special Counsel has criticized the Department of Veterans Affairs for delays in paying veterans millions of dollars in medical co-payment refunds and for not having a plan to
Punishing underperforming VA workers was a priority during Trump's first term. Congressional leaders want to zero in on the problem again.
Florida Senator Rick Scott, alongside Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Jerry Moran (R-KS) and House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Mike Bost (R-IL), introduced the bipartisan Restore VA Accountability Act aimed at strengthening the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) ability to discipline and remove underperforming employees.
In one of their first concrete actions of the new congressional session, the chairmen of the committees that oversee the Department of Veterans Affairs introduced a bill aimed at making it easier to fire bad VA employees.
WASHINGTON (TNND) — Doug Collins, President Trump's nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, promised Tuesday that the agency would not assist with migrant healthcare under his leadership.
A year after the Inland Northwest became the testing ground for a new computer system that promised to revolutionize veterans' health care, leaders at the Department of Veterans Affairs had received grave warnings from staff at Spokane's VA hospital and evidence that flaws in the software had contributed to serious patient harm.
It has been an up-and-down year for the Virginia Tech men's basketball team. Entering Wednesday, the Hokies had just eight wins and had lost three straight. In ACC play, they had just three wins in nine games,
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) shared photos Wednesday from her visit to the Loveland VA Clinic. She wrote: "I was so impressed with the work being done at the Loveland VA Clinic and meeting so many dedi
From sharing a backfield in Blacksburg to sharing meeting rooms in Norfolk, Andre Kendrick reunites with Mike Vick as NSU running backs coach