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Carolyn "Betsy" Elizabeth Tate Kegley, known to friends as Betsy, passed away peacefully on April 2, 2025. Born on January 8, 1945, to the Reverend Doctor ...
RICHMOND, Va. — With campgrounds open and warmer temperatures on the horizon, Virginia State Parks is launching its spring interpretive programs, offering visitors of all ages the opportunity ...
“We regret when anyone loses their job, and it’s extraordinarily difficult for department leaders to make those types of decisions,” said VA press secretary Pete Kasperowicz. “But the ...
Cortez was fired last month from his human resources job at the agency - one of about 2,400 employees who lost their jobs at Veterans' Affairs (VA) in the first wave of President Donald Trump's ...
In an interview with WTOP, U.S. Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins defended the federal cuts that could lead to 80,000 VA employees being laid off. Veterans make up more than 25% of the VA ...
The VA "enterprise mail management" contract was with Duty First Consulting, a company founded by service-disabled entrepreneurs that provides IT and business process consulting services to the ...
Now, both veterans have watched with alarm as the Trump administration has taken an ax to the VA, imperiling the agency’s status as a national powerhouse of scientific innovation. Sweeping ...
Because her husband never sought professional help for his mental health problems and was never officially diagnosed with PTSD, the VA denied Linda’s claim to receive dependent death benefits ...
“I mean no disrespect to anyone, but VA should not be focused on helping veterans attempt to change their sex," VA Secretary Doug Collins said in a statement. "All eligible veterans ...
The Department of Veterans Affairs building is seen in Washington, D.C., on July 22, 2019. (Photo by Alastair Pike/AFP via Getty Images) ...
In an internal VA memo seen by NPR Friday, the VA says it's rescinding Directive 1341, which contains detailed guidance on the kinds of care transgender veterans can receive at VA facilities.
There's a new cliche being parroted at congressional hearings on veterans' affairs these days: "Community care is VA care." Republican policymakers are intimating that private health care provided ...