Doug Collins did not disclose whether the three workers from the Department of Government Efficiency assigned to the VA’s Washington office have authority and permission to review the medical records of veterans.

John Spitzberg, an 87-year-old Army and Air Force veteran who traveled to Washington from an assisted-living facility in Florida, was among more than 60 demonstrators detained last week while protesting the cost of the Army’s 250th anniversary celebration and staffing cutbacks at the VA.

Another 2,000 members of the California National Guard were deployed to Los Angeles to maintain order following riots and protests over immigration enforcement actions across the city, according to U.S. Northern Command.

A veterans medical center in Los Angeles is closed and hundreds of appointments canceled amid unrest and riots following an immigration enforcement crackdown, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs.

The court unanimously ruled in favor of Marine Corps veteran Simon Soto, who filed a class-action lawsuit arguing the federal government incorrectly reduced the combat-related special compensation that he received after military service.

As Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll, flanked by other service leaders, placed a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery, veteran Kevin Allen Ake raised an arm to his forehead in salute.

The nation’s leading veterans service organizations urged Congress to adopt a bill that would give survivors of military sexual assault and sexual harassment greater access to health care services and benefits at the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Easing some of the challenges that service members encounter as they seek advanced education, home loans and job training after military service were addressed in a series of bills presented at a House hearing on economic opportunities for veterans.

Four bills for improving reviews of denied VA claims would update policies and automate tools for electronic processing to speed up the determinations for compensation to veterans, their families and caregivers, lawmakers said.

A transgender Army veteran whose hormone therapy was halted by the Department of Veterans Affairs has filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging the VA’s ban on gender-affirming care.