NPR has heard from more than 50 veterans around the country who are upset about the VA cutting a program that was helping vets avoid foreclosure. Veterans now have worse options than most Americans.

The VA has announced major survivor benefits reforms. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs logo marks the entrance to their headquarters building on April 24, 2025, in Washington, D.C. J.

Jobs at the VA's Veterans Crisis phone line would get protection under a new law as VA looks to slash 15% of its workforce, or 80,000 jobs.

The VA said it overpaid nearly $1.4 billion in fiscal year 2024 alone, as lawmakers pressed the agency to explain how it would fix issues that create financial nightmares for veterans.

The VA plans to reduce its workforce by more than 17 percent, about 82,000 staffers, according to Reuters. VA Secretary Doug Collins said the cuts would be achieved without making a dent in health ...

The VA said veterans who fail to report eligibility changes are part of the problem. But these veterans said they did notify the VA and it continued overpaying them anyway.

Lawmakers demand review of VA’s AI-driven contract cuts Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Angus King, I-Maine, said the use of AI to identify agency contracts for termination “adds an ...

VA employees are ‘fearful, paranoid, demoralized’ as officials share few specifics to axe 83,000 employees. Morale has been ‘plummeting’ at the department as staff anxiously wait to hear ...

VA’s 988 crisis line would also remain separate. Richardson, the Caregiver Support Program executive, told employees she had to withhold details from them. “There are certain things I cannot ...

The VA has dismissed roughly 1,000 employees since the beginning of the year and offered a deferred resignation program that, as of early May, had more than 11,000 applications, according to an ...