Effort to Change VA Motto Triggers Heated Exchange in Hearing Republicans and Democrats pressed Acting Deputy Secretary Pamela Powers on the urgency of dealing with sexual harassment.
Legislators Move to Stop VA from Using Dogs for Most Medical Research The House will vote on a bill prohibiting the VA from using dogs for experiments that would cause them any type of pain.
Outdated Policies, Conflicts of Interest Hinder VA's Efforts to Stop Sexual Harassment: GAO More than a quarter of female VA employees experienced sexual harassment in recent years, according to a GAO report.
Former VA Hospital Employee Pleads Guilty to Murders of Seven Veterans A nursing assistant injected veteran patients with lethal doses of insulin.
VA Partially Suspends Debt Collections on Veterans Through End of Year Debts that have been delinquent for more than 120 days and passed to the Treasury Department won't be pursued this year.
VA Exec Steered $5 Million Contract to Friend for Services Agency 'Could Not Use': IG Peter Shelby "abused his position" and violated rules so a friend could get a contract worth $4,999,500, the report said.
The VA Is Seeking Input on Updating Eligibility Rules for Bad Paper Discharges The new rules will modernize, simplify and standardize decision making.
Advocates Call On VA to Provide Federally Funded Abortions to Veterans The Hyde Amendment, enacted in 1976, prohibits federal funds from being used to provide abortions.
VA Should Severely Restrict Use of Dogs for Medical Research, Scientific Panel Concludes In a report produced for the VA, an advisory group said VA should also take better care of the dogs it uses.
Woman Who Faked Death After Cheating VA Out of $300,000 Now Headed to Prison Julie M. Wheeler has been sentenced to 42 months in prison and restitution of $289,055.07, DOJ officials said in a release.
Marine Recruiter Who Wrote ‘Memoir’ About Teenage Recruit Sentenced to Prison Nearly a year after then-Gunnery Sgt. Christopher Champagne self-published a memoir about his inappropriate relationship with...
Air Force Has a Problem Recruiting for Special Warfare Jobs, New Report Finds The Rand Corp. released a study detailing the issues the Air Force has faced in getting recruits to join Special Warfare...
Army Testing Robot Dogs Armed with Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Rifles in Middle East The Army was testing at least one armed quadrupedal unmanned ground vehicle at an installation in Saudi Arabia.
Did That Infamous Kris Kristofferson vs. Toby Keith Showdown Actually Happen? It was, at its heart, juicy celebrity gossip, but it had all the makings of a dramatic feud.
Startling Video Shows Russian Fighter Jet Flying Within Feet of US F-16 near Alaska Military officials have released new video of a startling encounter between a Russian fighter jet flying near Alaska and a U...