Tag: Virginia

President Obama's deputy chief of staff, shakes hands with officials at the Cincinnati VA Medical Center in 2014. A source in a recent report told reporters it was "common knowledge" that officials were "gaming the system." (AP Photo/Amanda Lee Myers)

VA announced probe of Cincinnati hospital just before scathing news report

Sarah Bedford · February 18, 2016 3:08 am

Sens. Grassley and Johnson explained the timeline of events that led to Coleman's suspension from duty. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

GOP senators probe retaliation against VA whistleblower

Sarah Bedford · February 17, 2016 7:35 pm

The Democratic ticket? Talk grows of a Hillary Clinton --Â Terry McAuliffe teaming. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Washington Secrets

Poll: In McAuliffe’s Va., voters ‘hesitant’ about Clinton, Dems OK with socialist

Paul Bedard · February 16, 2016 1:02 pm

Inova Health Systems opposes legislation to dismantle certificate of need licensing laws in Virginia. (Examiner file)

Certificate of need laws hurt both competition and patients

John Bicknell · February 11, 2016 5:01 am

"Right now, VA leaders owe the public an explanation," House Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Jeff Miller, R-Fla., wrote in a statement. (AP Photo/File)

Lawmaker: Reinstated VA bureaucrat to get ‘do-nothing’ job

Joel Gehrke · February 8, 2016 8:41 pm

Our country's record-setting energy revolution -- and the quantities of electricity, jobs, economic growth, government revenue, and lower consumer costs that it has spearheaded -- depends on our ability to employ an all-of-the-above energy approach that utilizes every resource available to us, onshore and off. (AP file photo/Elaine Thompson)

Energy and Environment

It’s time to speak up for safe offshore development

Michael Zehr · February 8, 2016 2:41 pm

Legislation was introduced in the House and Senate last year called the Healthy Families Act that would have mandated sick days, but it has not advanced.

More states forcing employers to provide paid sick leave

Robert King · February 8, 2016 5:01 am

Zika virus found in two new states

Robert King · January 27, 2016 10:31 pm

Miller faulted the IG for failing to identify clearly the leaders responsible for lengthy wait-times. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Let veterans bypass federal crooks and see a doctor

Washington Examiner · January 23, 2016 5:01 am

That number of fired VA employees fluctuated in recent months depending on who is talking and where. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)

VA won’t say how many officials have been fired

Sarah Bedford · January 21, 2016 8:31 pm

A key House committee is investigating a complaint that the Department of Veterans Affairs is spying on whistleblowers by diverting their emails to the secretary's office in Washington, D.C. (Bloomberg/Andrew Harrer)

House probes claim the VA is spying on whistleblower emails

Pete Kasperowicz · January 21, 2016 5:01 am

Jerry Falwell, Jr. on Trump: He walks the talk

Anna Giaritelli · January 19, 2016 10:04 pm