Tuesday, April 21, 2026

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Veterans who depend on mental health care keep losing their therapists...

Veterans are facing an array of problems: They can’t get the VA to call them back, they see trusted therapists leave and they can wait as long as six months for therapy.

Internal VA emails reveal how Trump cuts jeopardize veterans’ care, including...

The email said more than 1,000 veterans would lose access to treatment for diseases ranging from metastatic head and neck cancers, to kidney disease, to traumatic brain injuries.

Trump and Musk’s plan to slash 83,000 VA jobs sparks outrage

A leaked internal memo from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has revealed that the Trump administration, in coordination with Elon Musk’s...

Exposed to agent orange at US bases, veterans face cancer without...

The half dozen veterans who spoke with KFF Health News said they want the military to take responsibility.

VA shadow rulers had sway over contracting and budgeting

New disclosures and investigations are straining the three Trump associates’ relationship with the new VA secretary.

VA official pleads guilty to bribery, fraud, and obstruction charges

From 2015 through 2017, James King used his position as a Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (VR&E) program counselor at the VA to demand bribes from the owners of at least three separate schools in exchange for funds using the veterans’ federal benefits.

VA’s mental health care crisis draws private firms pitching dubious PTSD...

That combination has touched off a behind-the-scenes race by private companies, some offering questionable – or at least unproven – treatments for the signature injury of modern war: post-traumatic stress disorder.

The FBI questioned a black man about racist extremists in Charlottesville...

Donald Blakney is the third counter-protester to be arrested and charged for events connected to the rally. All three of these individuals are black, and all three were attacked at the rally.

Former VA police officer indicted after assaulting patient and falsifying report

If convicted, Michael Kaim faces up to 10 years in federal prison on the civil rights charge and up to 20 years on the obstruction of justice charge.

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Iran’s 10-point plan is still a workable basis for negotiations

There is a simple way to avoid one of the most destructive elements in recent failed negotiations with Iran

Just desserts: MAGA suicide pact climaxes its cult of destruction

The more bizarre the MAGA fable,/ The more desperate to finagle. Can hypocrites throttling the Bible/ Not make its movement suicidal?

EWG sues EPA for inaction on glyphosate petition; violates federal law, puts children at...

In the suit, EWG requests a reduction in the glyphosate tolerance level for oats from 30 ppm to 0.1 ppm and a ban on its use as a pre-harvest desiccant.

3D-printed homes, an abandoned $590,000 deposit, the FBI: What really happened in this small...

Two men promised a $1.1 million 3D printer could fix Cairo, Illinois’ housing crisis. More than a year later, the one duplex it printed still isn’t finished.

The Iran war as a threshold

The old structures are not simply failing; they are being surpassed by a deeper aspiration emerging from people themselves.