VA no longer pays for gender care: Transgendered veterans can ‘on their own dime’
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced Monday that it will phase out medical treatments for gender dysphoria and no longer provide funding.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced Monday that it will phase out medical treatments for gender dysphoria and no longer provide funding.
A Charlottesville veteran chained himself to a metal post outside the White House Monday in protest of massive cuts to Veterans Affairs.

U.S. Sens. Tim Kaine, Mark Warner and Amy Klobuchar have filed a bill in the U.S. Senate to reverse Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canadian goods.
U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) is looking to reauthorize a grant program aimed at reducing veteran deaths by suicide.
Purple Heart Homes has become licensed to build modular Veteran Tiny Homes (VTH) for Virginian veterans at its N.C. manufacturing facility.
On February 14, the VA dismissed more than 1,000 employees and then dismissed 1,400 on February 24 as part of Trump’s plan.
Elon Musk and DOGE’s invasion of the U.S. Treasury payment system endangers the private information of America’s veterans and their families.
U.S. Senate lawmakers are demanding that President Donald Trump exempt all positions at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs from a hiring freeze.

In September, a Lynchburg veteran killed his girlfriend and another man before dying by suicide and leaving two 6-year-old children as orphans.
Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan of Virginia announced the launch of the 2025 Valentines for Veterans Program to create and distribute Valentine’s Day cards to veterans living in Virginia’s Fourth Congressional District.
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