
The Veterans Administration hospital in Salem, Virginia–a government run hospital–is banning “religious” carols, Christmas trees and “Merry Christmas” from public areas, according to The Becket Fund, a nonprofit law firm to protect religious liberty.
by Alex Swoyer17 Dec 2015, 8:37 AM PST0

Sen. Marco Rubio is pushing for more reform of the Veterans Affairs bureaucracy. On the campaign trail, Rubio calls that one of the paramount duties of the president of the United States.
by Charlie Spiering10 Dec 2015, 8:58 AM PST0

Surgeons will soon perform penis transplant operations for the first time in the United States on American service members who have suffered severe wounds to their genitals in the line of duty.
by Edwin Mora7 Dec 2015, 9:42 PM PST0

During Veterans Day week in Chicago, a new transportation service for our military veterans is being launched. It combines the best of both the private and public sector to offer the potential for the nation’s first scalable veterans serving veterans initiative that could transform the lives of many veterans.
by Warner Todd Huston10 Nov 2015, 9:21 PM PST0

Rep. Alan Grayson becomes the latest politico, joining Gov. Jeb Bush and Sen. Harry Reid, to call for Sen. Marco Rubio to resign from the U.S. Senate for missing votes in order to campaign for president.
by Javier Manjarres5 Nov 2015, 9:18 PM PST0

On Saturday, Donald Trump revealed his plan to fix the much-maligned Veterans Affairs health system.
by William Bigelow1 Nov 2015, 9:55 AM PST0

Democratic presidential candidate former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton argued the VA scandal is not “as widespread as it has been made out to be” and Republicans “want it to fail, so then we can argue for privatization” in an
by Ian Hanchett23 Oct 2015, 7:51 PM PST0

SAN PEDRO, California—GOP frontrunner Donald Trump rallied roughly 1,000 veterans on the USS Iowa battleship, declaring, “the silent majority—believe me—is back.”
by Alex Swoyer15 Sep 2015, 9:48 PM PST0

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump stated of the VA, “we’re going to create a whole new system. We’re going to take the system apart,” “and if they’re not doing the job” vets would be reimbursed for outside care from private
by Ian Hanchett15 Sep 2015, 7:03 PM PST0

Two huge billboards in Central Florida paid for by a Marine veteran are advertising the message that the Veterans Affairs Administration is lying about their improved service for veterans.
by William Bigelow8 Sep 2015, 1:53 PM PST0

The Department of Veterans Affairs office Inspector General has released a report revealing that about 307,000 sick veterans have died while waiting for care on the VA’s eligibility waiting list. In fact, the report finds that many have been dead for more than four years.
by Warner Todd Huston2 Sep 2015, 8:53 PM PST0

Veterans Affairs facilities in West Los Angeles and Loma Linda are apparently unconcerned about wasting water despite the state’s severe drought.
by William Bigelow12 Jul 2015, 12:48 PM PST0

According to statistics from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the number of veterans who have to wait a month or longer for services in VA hospitals has grown by nearly 50 percent over the last year. As of June, over seven percent of patients at VA hospitals had to wait a month or longer to receive medical care.
by Michael Lucchese23 Jun 2015, 12:04 PM PST0

The embattled Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) continues to receive congressional scrutiny over that government agency’s ongoing struggle to provide adequate and timely healthcare to U.S. military servicemen and servicewomen.
by Javier Manjarres21 Jun 2015, 6:29 PM PST0

There is no commitment to America’s fighting men and women that President Barack Obama has not broken. When he ran for office in 2008, he promised to leave a residual force in Iraq to secure that country against external meddling and internal collapse. When he took office, President George W. Bush handed over a relatively stable and secure Iraq, thanks to the “surge” Obama opposed, and thanks to the sacrifices made by thousands of Americans, killed and wounded in battle.
by Joel B. Pollak25 May 2015, 5:00 AM PST0

After a veteran committed suicide in the parking lot of the Phoenix Veterans Affairs Health Care facility earlier this month, more and more VA employees are speaking out about the ongoing problems and inefficient care at the Phoenix VA.
by Alex Swoyer18 May 2015, 7:02 PM PST0

Despite claims made to Congress that the Los Angeles Veterans Affairs (VA) facility makes patients wait only four days for an appointment, internal documents from the facility show that 12,700 appointments wound up taking over 90 days before they actually occurred. Some new patients also had to wait months: data from January 15 showed over 1,600 new patients waited between 60 to 90 days.
by William Bigelow16 Mar 2015, 12:04 PM PST0

CNN Senior Investigative Correspondent Drew Griffin expanded on his prior report on VA wait times in Los Angeles, saying that “thousands of patients at the greater Los Angeles veterans medical centers have been waiting more than 3 months just for an
by Ian Hanchett13 Mar 2015, 5:31 PM PST0

CNN Senior Investigative Correspondent Drew Griffin reported that administrators in a VA facility in Los Angeles are “fudging the numbers, hiding real wait times” on Friday’s broadcast of “The Lead.” “Sources tell us a coverup of numbers is still going
by Ian Hanchett13 Mar 2015, 1:42 PM PST0

President Barack Obama will visit the Arizona veterans’ hospital that prompted an overhaul of veterans’ health care and led to the resignation of the VA secretary.
by Breitbart News10 Mar 2015, 4:23 PM PST0

The White House issued a statement Monday saying, “We take him at his word and expect that this will not impact the important work he’s doing to promote the health and well-being of our nation’s veterans.”
by Breitbart News23 Feb 2015, 9:41 PM PST0

Texas Governor Greg Abbott delivered his first State of the State Address to a joint session of the Texas Legislature and a packed gallery in the Texas House Chamber. During his address, the new governor laid out his agenda for
by Bob Price17 Feb 2015, 10:27 AM PST0

On Friday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel, Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer reacted to the news that Eric Shinseki, the secretary of the veterans affairs at the time of around revelations of VA Hospital mismanagement were reported, was
by Jeff Poor26 Dec 2014, 4:44 PM PST0