VA Press Room

A record high of $1.17 billion in VA grants awarded to 680 organizations across the country to help Veterans who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. The grants, which will be distributed in FY2027, come after VA housed 51,936 homeless Veterans in fiscal year 2025, the most in seven years.

President Donald J. Trump today signed an executive order that will reduce by weeks the average time it takes Veterans to secure Department of Veterans Affairs benefits.

VA dedicates Nevada’s first national cemetery in Elko, Nevada.

National Day of Service and Remembrance hosted at VA cemeteries marking the 25th anniversary of 9/11.

Landmark improvements during second Trump Administration sees more than 250,000 new Veterans enrolled in VA healthcare.

VA deploys the Federal Electronic Health Record system at three VA hospitals in Indiana – the Northern Indiana Health Care System’s hospitals in Fort Wayne and Marion, and the Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center in Indianapolis. The system was also deployed at 16 clinics associated with those medical centers throughout Indiana.

New VA program available now to help homeless Veterans with emergency supplies and transportation.

VA reduces drug costs by $10B+ in pharmaceutical prices resulting in treatment of more Veterans

VA launches new clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of psilocybin to treat major depression in Veterans, including those with concurrent post-traumatic stress disorder.

VA announces a new clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy of semaglutide, a GLP-1 receptor agonist used to treat diabetes, as treatment for alcohol use disorder (AUD).