veterans affairs
VA nominee allegedly got drunk, handed out pills 'like candy' on overseas trips
White House physician Dr. Ronny Jackson drunkenly pounded on the hotel room door of a female colleague during a trip overseas in 2015, according to a report Tuesday. Jackson, President...
VA nominee engaged in 'unprofessional behaviors': watchdog
A 2012 watchdog report ordered by Dr. Ronny Jackson — President Trump's pick to head the Department of Veterans Affairs — said that he and a rival doctor engaged in...
Trump says he wouldn't blame VA nominee for bailing
President Trump said Tuesday that Dr. Ronny Jackson, his embattled nominee to head up the Department of Veterans Affairs, shouldn't have to endure the aggravation of going through a partisan...
How the new VA chief can avoid Shulkin's failures
Since President Trump ousted Veterans Administration Secretary David Shulkin, the question reverberating in Washington is whether Trump’s new pick, Admiral Ronny Jackson, is capable of heading a department with 360,000...
Shulkin’s phony martyrdom and other comments
From the right: David Shulkin’s Phony Martyrdom Newly fired Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin is trying hard to make himself into a martyr, suggests Noah Rothman at Commentary. He’s...
These horror stories show much more work is needed before VA can tout 'progress'
On Wednesday, after conflicts over how far and fast to privatize the US Department of Veterans Affairs, President Trump fired Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin, nominating his White House doctor...
Trump puts Veterans Affairs secretary out of his misery
President Trump fired Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin on Wednesday and nominated his personal physician to replace him. Dr. Ronny Jackson, a Navy rear admiral, was a surprise choice to...
It sure sounds like Trump's VA secretary should be dusting off his resume
A confidant of President Trump said the commander-in-chief's "perplexed" by reports the White House is engulfed in chaos because of staff turnover but said "one or two major changes" are...
Trump wants to put 'Fox & Friends' host in charge of VA
President Trump wants to promote one of the hosts of his favorite TV show by naming Pete Hegseth of “Fox & Friends Weekend” the new secretary of the Department of...
Trump could fire VA secretary next, replace him with Rick Perry
President Trump is now thinking about firing Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin — and replacing him with Energy Secretary Rick Perry, according to reports. White House sources told the Associated...
Gunman in California vet center shooting was ex-Army rifleman
The three women had tried to heal him. But two weeks after he was kicked out of a residential PTSD program in the heart of Napa Valley, decorated former Army...
Gunman, 3 women dead after hours-long standoff at largest veterans home in country
A gunman and three women were discovered dead inside the largest veterans home in the country Friday night after a tense hours-long standoff with California authorities. The shooter, who had...
Gunman takes hostages at largest veterans home in country
YOUNTVILLE, Calif. — A gunman slipped into an employee going-away party at the largest veterans home in the United States and took at least three people hostage Friday, leading to...
Embattled VA secretary says he's not quitting over travel abuses
WASHINGTON — Campaigning to keep his job, Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin said Tuesday he had no intention of quitting despite blistering findings of travel abuses connected to his 11-day...
Veterans Affairs chief of staff resigns over doctored emails
WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs says the agency's chief of staff has stepped down after an investigation found she had doctored emails to justify Secretary David Shulkin's wife...
US military burn pit workers may finally get justice
The thousands of US military personnel and private contractors whose health was compromised by the dense black smoke of burn pits - and who were then denied proper treatment -...
Trump wants to fund veterans cemetery in Queens
WASHINGTON – Tucked into President Trump’s budget is funding to construct a cemetery in Queens for at least 50,000 veterans as part of a new effort to expand burial options...
Army vet with scalpel left in body after surgery sues VA
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — An Army veteran who says someone left a scalpel inside him after surgery is suing a veterans affairs hospital. Bridgeport resident Glenford Turner says the scalpel...
Gunman who killed deputy fled mental ward: VA document
DENVER — The gunman who killed a Colorado sheriff’s deputy escaped from the mental health ward of a VA hospital in Wyoming in 2014 but was located and returned, according...
VA Secretary: Texas church shooter is no veteran to me
Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin has condemned the actions of Texas church shooter Devin Kelley -- saying he does not consider the former US airman to be a veteran, but...