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News •

VA officials acknowledge the need for privacy for telehealth therapy • Apr. 19, 2025, 4:44 AM ET (NPR)
VA starts search for new health and benefits leaders • Apr. 15, 2025, 7:37 AM ET (Federal News Network)
'I cannot guarantee complete confidentiality,' VA therapists ordered to tell veterans • Apr. 12, 2025, 6:17 AM ET (NPR)
‘Streamline’ or ‘lifeline’? Wyoming veterans divided over Trump’s VA cuts • Apr. 8, 2025, 5:14 AM ET (The Guardian)
Democrats take hope in flipping a county in a ruby red corner of the Florida Panhandle • Apr. 3, 2025, 2:15 PM ET (AP)

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), executive division of the U.S. federal government responsible for programs and policies relating to veterans and their families. Established in 1989, it succeeded the Veterans Administration (formed in 1930). The VA administers benefits for medical care, educational assistance and vocational rehabilitation, pensions and life insurance, and payments for disability or death related to military service.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Maren Goldberg.