‘Profound alarm’: US veterans agency roiled by fight over anti-discrimination provisions

Nearly 100 lawmakers claim the agency's recent actions put veterans' healthcare at risk. Department of Veterans Affairs chief says no one is being discriminated against at VA'

The US Department of Veterans Affairs has enthusiastically joined Donald Trump's war on DEI - demanding that staffers report colleagues who engage in diversity initiatives, banning LGBTQ+ pride flags from VA hospitals and shuttering an office investigating why Black veterans are more likely to have their mental health disability claims rejected.

Last week, the VA secretary, Doug Collins, tweeted that VA is now squarely focused on Veterans - not out-of-touch, woke causes such as DEI and gender dysphoria treatments."