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The Department of Veterans Affairs pulled all residents from an assisted living home in Van Nuys, California, after finding a veteran who had been dead for four days. The incident followed several complaints of mistreatment in the region.

WASHINGTON, DC, the Capitol Building — Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview Congress needs to scrutinize “egregious” federal contractor “bogus bonuses.”

Brigadier General Don Bolduc told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview Monday he wants to run for the New Hampshire U.S. Senate seat so that he could serve as a “change agent” in Washington, DC, which faces a “crisis of leadership.”

President Donald Trump’s former Veterans Affairs Secretary, David Shulkin, attended a campaign fundraiser for 2020 Democrat frontrunner and former Vice President Joe Biden in New York City on Monday, according to a report.

An anti-Christian organization filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the Department of Veterans Affairs over a Bible displayed as part of a POW/MIA memorial, calling the Bible’s presence an “outrage.”

“Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is correct, the VA is not broken, it is doing great,” President Trump wrote on Twitter. “But that is only because of the Trump Administration.”

Ocasio-Cortez is catching flak for her recent comments on the Department of Veterans Affairs, which she suggested was not broken.

President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Tuesday to create a cabinet-level task force to address the national tragedy of veteran suicides, a senior administration official confirmed. The task force will be led by Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie

NEW YORK (AP) — John Mayer is launching a foundation focused on improving the health of veterans through scientific research.

Veterans Affairs officials in Los Angeles are blatantly ignoring the needs of veterans and appear to be running some kind of business out of their offices. Despite Judicial Watch’s lawsuits, the outrages continue.

President Donald Trump donated his third-quarter salary of 2018 to a federal agency that researches alcoholism.

The Supreme Court on Monday took a case that could overrule Auer deference, a doctrine under which courts defer to federal agencies regarding the scope of their regulatory power, a case with major implications for the powers of the federal government.

“You backed me and I back you, that’s the way it works right? That’s the way it’s supposed to work in life,” he said to the audience.

He acknowledged that Heller was staunchly anti-Trump during the 2016 presidential election, but said they learned to work together.

“I was amazed and stunned by the amount of time the president of the United States spent every week on the phone, in this office, and at dinner talking about their needs, asking about veterans, and showing me a commitment that I have not seen in my 23 years in and out of this business,” Wilkie said.

The Senate on Monday evening confirmed Robert Wilkie as the next secretary of Veterans Affairs in a largely bipartisan 86-9 vote.

White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders heralded praise for Tuesday’s bipartisan Senate Veterans Affairs Committee vote advancing President Donald Trump’s nominee to head Veterans Affairs, Robert Wilkie.

A veteran disgruntled with the Department of Veterans Affairs set himself on fire Tuesday in front of the Georgia State Capitol in downtown Atlanta, according to state police officials.

“As a candidate for president, I promise to make reforming the V.A. one of my absolute highest priorities, and from the first day of my administration, that is exactly what we have done,” Trump said at the signing ceremony in the Rose Garden.

The Department of Defense’s Inspector General has launched an investigation into allegations related to Rear Adm. Dr. Ronny Jackson, who recently withdrew his consideration to be the next Secretary of the Department of Veterans amid accusations of misconduct. 

Matt Rosendale told Breitbart News that “Jon Tester’s only campaign strategy is to deny reality” that the president’s agenda is working.

President Donald J. Trump issued a Memorial Day proclamation for all Americans to remember military heroes who lost their lives in the defense of freedom.

Guido Filippone has already raised nearly $14,000 since May 16 for the remaining medical costs of a World War II veteran he met in his local Veterans Affairs (VA) office parking lot.

“I’ll be informing him in a little while, he doesn’t know this yet, that we’re going to be putting his name up for nomination to be Secretary of the Veterans Administration,” Trump said.

President Donald Trump donated his first quarter 2018 salary to the Department of Veterans Affairs for their caregiver programs – including support for mental health and peer support – continuing in his tradition of donating his salary each quarter.

In light of the collapse of Ronny Jackson’s nomination to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs, Gabriel Sherman writes in Vanity Fair that President Trump could conceivably shift current chief of staff and decorated military leader General John Kelly to head up the massive agency.

President Trump on Thursday hosted wounded warriors at the White House for an event kicking off the annual Soldier Ride, a multi-day bicycle ride  aimed at empowering veterans recovering from the wounds of war.

White House physician Ronny Jackson announced that he would withdraw from consideration for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

In informal comments to reporters in the White House driveway, Sanders said that the administration viewed the allegations as “outrageous,” pointing out that Jackson received the highest praise from former President Barack Obama.

“I said to him, ‘What do you need it for?’” Trump said. “I don’t want to put a man through a process like this. It’s too ugly and too disgusting.”

Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” former Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin pushed back on White House claim that he resigned. Host Jake Tapper asked, “I want to start off by just clarifying one point about your departure, Were you

On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” former VA Secretary Dr. David Shulkin argued that the IG report and stories about his trip to England were part of a strategy by political appointees in the VA to eliminate him. Shulkin denied that

During an interview on Thursday’s edition of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” former VA Secretary Dr. David Shulkin stated that he agrees with President Trump’s dissatisfaction with the VA’s pace and the president “has the right to have the secretary that

On Thursday’s “Deadline: White House,” former Obama White House Deputy Chief of Staff Jim Messina stated that newly-nominated VA Secretary Dr. Ronny Jackson is “one of the single nicest human beings you will ever meet, and perhaps the worst Cabinet

During a speech on Wednesday, President Trump stated that he “made some changes” because he was unhappy with “the speed with which our veterans were taken care of.” Trump said, “[W]e’ve made a lot of progress with the veterans, but

“I am pleased to announce that I intend to nominate highly respected Admiral Ronny L. Jackson, MD, as the new Secretary of Veterans Affairs,” Trump announced on Twitter.