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Bradsher becomes first woman confirmed to VA’s second-highest post

The Army veteran was nominated to the department leadership post back in April.

Military budget bills set to move ahead, but shutdown threat looms

Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of Sept. 11, 2023.

More technical problems found with VA’s disability claims system

Nearly 90,000 cases filed through VA.gov have been delayed because of glitches in the department's system.

Former VA leaders ask public to call vets to help prevent suicide

The effort is part of a national campaign set for November to help increase awareness of veterans mental health struggles.

Deadline nears for recent combat vets to secure free VA health care

The provision is another benefit included in the PACT Act signed into law last summer.

Hurricane Idalia threat prompts VA to move patients, warn other vets

Officials sent information to more than 650,000 veterans ahead of the storm's possible landfall.

VA helped house more than 26,000 at-risk vets since the start of 2023

That puts the department on pace to top its goal of 38,000 veterans aided by the end of December.

Thousands of vets’ disability claims delayed years because of glitch

Officials said about 32,000 veterans were affected by the mistake.

Your next visit to VA medical center may be in cyberspace

The technology is already in use at 120 VA sites across all 50 states.

Opinion

Keep Congress, and all politics, out of VA facilities

If lawmakers are allowed to set up offices in VA hospitals and clinics, it politicizes a federal space, which violates the Hatch Act.