VA Secretary Doug Collins has promised to keep focus and funding on programs to help homeless vets, but community groups still worry about possible cuts. Department leaders shifted about $340 million in budget savings to outside health care accounts without lawmakers' OK. Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of May 19, 2025. The White House spending plans call for a 3.8% pay boost next year, a smaller raise than troops saw in January. Operations against Houthi militants in the Red Sea have drawn down missile supplies potentially needed for future operations. Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of May 12, 2025. Congressional fights over plans to cut tens of thousands of VA staffers hinge on lawmakers' views on just how dysfunctional the department is. The administration framed the budget as a 13% increase, but that includes a spending package Congress has yet to pass. VA would be one of only a few federal departments to see a funding increase under the president's $1.7 trillion budget plan. Veterans advocates said the move to reopen the 90/10 loophole could once again allow predatory institutions to prey upon student veterans. Load More
