Trump’s V.A. Squeezes Mental Health Care in Crowed Offices, Raising Privacy Concerns
|

Trump’s V.A. Squeezes Mental Health Care in Crowed Offices, Raising Privacy Concerns

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In a Boston V.A. hospital, six social workers are conducting phone and telehealth visits with veterans from a single, crowded room, clinicians say. In Kansas City, providers are planning patient care while facing each other across narrow, cafeteria-style tables in a large, open…

At Vietnam War Memorial, Grief, Anger and a Sense of Finally Moving On
|

At Vietnam War Memorial, Grief, Anger and a Sense of Finally Moving On

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines They began to arrive when the late-morning sun had risen above the trees, just as the black paving stones at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial had started to get hot. They were teenagers on school trips, and tourists out for a stroll, and veterans…

Vietnam Veterans Worry That a War’s Hard Lessons Are Being Forgotten
|

Vietnam Veterans Worry That a War’s Hard Lessons Are Being Forgotten

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A scratchy prerecorded message crackled over American Armed Forces radio in Saigon 50 years ago, repeating that the temperature was “105 degrees and rising,” and then playing a 30-second excerpt from the song “White Christmas.” It was a secret signal to begin emergency…

Inside the Turmoil at the V.A. Mental Health System Under Trump
|

Inside the Turmoil at the V.A. Mental Health System Under Trump

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Late in February, as the Trump administration ramped up its quest to transform the federal government, a psychiatrist who treats veterans was directed to her new workstation — and was incredulous. She was required, under a new return-to-office policy, to conduct virtual psychotherapy…

Chaos at the V.A.: Inside the DOGE Cuts Disrupting the Veterans Agency
|

Chaos at the V.A.: Inside the DOGE Cuts Disrupting the Veterans Agency

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines At the Veterans Affairs hospital in Pittsburgh, researchers spent months preparing for a clinical trial of a new drug to treat advanced cancers of the mouth, throat and voice box. They were ready last month to start enrolling patients — veterans whose cancer…

Trump Administration Plans to Eliminate More Than 80,000 Veterans Affairs Employees
|

Trump Administration Plans to Eliminate More Than 80,000 Veterans Affairs Employees

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Department of Veterans Affairs is planning to reduce its work force by more than 80,000 people, according to a memo seen by The New York Times outlining part of President Trump’s escalating efforts to slash the federal bureaucracy. The memo, first reported…

Her Brother Disappeared in War 80 Years Ago. She Finally Got to Say Goodbye.
|

Her Brother Disappeared in War 80 Years Ago. She Finally Got to Say Goodbye.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines When Margery Hop Wong bade her older brother goodbye in 1943, she was just a 12-year-old girl who loved it when he took her for joy rides in his used convertible around the apple orchards their family worked. Yuen Hop left their home…

Health Officials Struggle to Comply With D.E.I. and Gender Orders
|

Health Officials Struggle to Comply With D.E.I. and Gender Orders

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Federal and state health officials and staff members scrambled on Friday to comply with a 5 p.m. deadline by the Trump administration to terminate any programs that promote “gender ideology,” and to withdraw documents and any other media that may do so. Federal…

Chastened by Past Wars, Kremlin Tries to Elevate Its Veterans
|

Chastened by Past Wars, Kremlin Tries to Elevate Its Veterans

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines When Ilya Rusinov returned to the Russian work force after rehabilitating a vertebra damaged in the Ukraine war, his first job was teaching in a school. But he had also launched a side project, a patriotic club he called Zveno, or “Squad,” that…

Opinion | Don’t Underestimate the Enduring Power of ISIS
|

Opinion | Don’t Underestimate the Enduring Power of ISIS

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines For 20 years, I’ve been studying Western recruits to domestic and transnational terrorist organizations. I’ve interviewed jihadis, white-nationalist terrorists and eco-terrorists to understand their motivations and to prevent future violence. In my view, the appeal of some of the most crucial elements that…