Trump's VA pick, former Rep. Doug Collins, said the VA may be trying to fill positions, but many of those vacancies have gone unfilled for weeks or longer.

Day Four of the Trump administration opens in Washington, D.C. with a raft of Senate hearings including Trump's picks for the Departments of Energy and Interior as well as the EPA and VA. Also on the docket,

Senators grilled President Donald Trump’s choice to lead the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Tuesday. Former U.S. Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.) promised to be veterans’ biggest advocate if confirmed as the VA secretary.

VA hires about 40,000 new workers every year to maintain operations at VA medical sites. It's unclear if that can continue under Trump's hiring halt.

The move is one of many executive actions focused on the federal workforce enacted since Trump took office Monday afternoon. His other actions addressed DEI hiring more broadly, froze hiring in most executive agencies and directed a return to in-person work for many federal employees, among other directives.

Boozman also expressed his concerns to Collins about the VA’s management and budgeting of the Toxic Exposure Fund in light of implementing the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act.

The deployment signals the military’s increased role in a much more aggressive immigration policy under the second Trump administration.

Former Rep. Doug Collins of Georgia is a veteran of the U.S. Navy, a former Air Force Reserve chaplain, a veteran of the Iraq War and says he wants to improve veterans' services.

Here are some of the actions Trump’s nominees could take on abortion, if confirmed, from HHS to the Justice Department.

Trump's first tasks as he takes office include signing executive orders to roll back protections for transgender people and end government DEI programs.

A group of cadets and student-journalists from the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) recently returned from Washington, D.C., where they covered President Donald Trump’s Inauguration.

Former Georgia Rep. Doug Collins was back before members of the U.S. Senate for the next step in the confirmation process to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs.