SAN ANTONIO – A vigil has been announced for a U.S. Navy veteran who died by suicide outside the Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans Hospital last week. Mark Miller, 54, died by suicide outside the front doors of the hospital on Monday, April 7. Circle of Arms, an organization that aims to promote mental health…
Veterans fired by Trump administration speak out – CBS News Watch CBS News Veterans make up about 30% of the overall federal workforce. Many veterans who were new on the job, classified as probationary workers, were fired as part of the Trump administration’s efforts to reduce the size of government through the Elon Musk-run Department…
What we know now about the Trump agenda and if it can be slowed down It has delighted supporters and alarmed opposition, but can the Trump agenda overcome Congress and legal challenges? Here is what we know now. The Department of Veterans Affairs will begin mass layoffs at the politically sensitive agency as early as…
Counselor to the president Alina Habba on Tuesday said veterans who were let go from their federal jobs “perhaps” are “not fit to have a job at this moment or are not willing to come to work.” Habba, who served as President Trump’s personal attorney during his court cases and now works as a top…
Washington — Some Democrats are inviting fired federal workers to President Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday instead of boycotting the speech. Back in their home districts, Republican lawmakers have faced backlash from constituents over sweeping cuts to the federal government, which have been overseen by the Department of Government Efficiency,…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Veterans Affairs has temporarily suspended billions of dollars in planned contract cuts following concerns that the move would hurt critical veterans’ health services, lawmakers and veterans service organizations said Wednesday. The pause affects hundreds of VA contracts that Secretary Doug Collins a day earlier described as simply consulting deals,…
Washington — The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed Doug Collins as secretary of veterans affairs, putting the former congressman and Iraq War veteran at the helm of a department that provides crucial care to America’s veterans. Collins, a former Air Force chaplain, was confirmed on a 77-23 vote, becoming the latest addition to President Trump’s…
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 provides military training for different age groups, including teenagers. After struggling at…
Vietnam vet finds love, purpose as the “Honey-Do Dude” – CBS News Watch CBS News After his retirement, and following the death of his wife, Danny Chauvin of Mississippi was looking for purpose. He had served in the Army in Vietnam and been treated for PTSD and depression, and knew he needed to keep busy….
President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth leaves the Russell Senate Office Building on November 21, 2024 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images Pete Hegseth, the already embattled choice by President-elect Donald Trump to lead the Pentagon, faces a new magazine report detailing his alleged alcohol abuse, sexual impropriety,…