How a VA social worker's life has changed since leaving the job
Widespread federal upheaval prompted many resignations and firings in 2025, leading veterans' clinicians like Liz Goggin to leave the VA amid uncertainty and failed buyouts.
Shutdown is 'holding my veterans hostage,' VA chief says
Government shutdown furloughs about 30,000 VA employees and disrupts critical veteran services such as vocational training, transition briefings, and education support.
Inside Mission Daybreak: VA's effort to support innovative suicide prevention
Sixty percent of veterans who died by suicide had not used VA healthcare in the prior two years, driving expanded outreach and external AI-based prevention.