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

Soldier’s Struggles Began Before Las Vegas Tesla Explosion, Nurse Says
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Soldier’s Struggles Began Before Las Vegas Tesla Explosion, Nurse Says

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Alicia Arritt spent years as an Army nurse working with combat veterans with brain injuries. And when she started a relationship with Matthew Livelsberger in 2018, long before he shot himself and blew up a Cybertruck in Las Vegas this week, she recognized…

Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy gifts K, saves Baltimore pizzeria TinyBrickOven from closing
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Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy gifts $60K, saves Baltimore pizzeria TinyBrickOven from closing

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Tis’ the season of giving! Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy gifted $60,000 to save a struggling veteran-owned Baltimore pizzeria from permanently closing as customers have since flooded the store with orders. Portnoy was traveling to Maryland for the Army-Navy football in mid-December when…

California Army veteran Jerry Heath who waited months for .3M Powerball jackpot reveals how he’s spending prize
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California Army veteran Jerry Heath who waited months for $44.3M Powerball jackpot reveals how he’s spending prize

He was in it to win it — no matter how long it took. A US Army vet and retired police detective who said that the California lottery was taking too long to pay out his jaw-dropping $44.3 million jackpot has finally claimed his winnings after months of waiting —…