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IG: VA investigations expanded to 26 facilities 05/21/2014 03:10am • MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of VA facilities under investigation after complaints about falsified records and treatment delays has more than doubled in recent days, the Office of Inspector General at the Veterans Affairs Department said late Tuesday.A spokeswoman for Obama administration focuses on following through 05/20/2014 01:11pm • JULIE PACE AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) -- Burned by the failed rollout of his health care law, President Barack Obama is seeking to build a team for the final years of his administration where management expertise may trump keen political or legislative skills.Gone from the White Ho Aide: Obama 'madder than hell' over VA allegations 05/19/2014 06:26pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House chief of staff says President Barack Obama is "madder than hell" about reports of treatment delays at veterans' hospitals across the country.Top aide Denis McDonough tells CBS' "Face the Nation" that Obama is demanding that Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki Cervical cancer rates are on the rise, study says 05/18/2014 06:15pm • WASHINGTON -- New research out is showing just how important it is for women to get cervical cancer screenings throughout life, not just during childbearing years. A new study, led by a researcher at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, shows that women between 65 and 69 are suscept Obama and Congress move to address VA firestorm 05/18/2014 08:36am • MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration and Congress are moving quickly to respond to a growing political firestorm over allegations of treatment delays and falsified records at veterans' hospitals nationwide.The top official for veterans' health care resigned Frida After husband's tragic death, widow takes on PTSD 05/18/2014 01:34am • BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) -- Amy Miner says her late husband's fight did not end when he left the war.As with many veterans, Kryn Miner's battle against the emotional scars of a long military career was just beginning when he returned home.It ended last month when he was shot to death by one of their fou Obama taps senior aide to oversee policy execution 05/17/2014 01:20pm • JOSH LEDERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama appointed a new White House adviser Friday and charged her with overseeing the execution of major policies like health care, underscoring the growing concern in the West Wing about political problems that have arisen because of Hedge funders draw 2 Republican stars to Vegas 05/17/2014 12:30pm • STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Two high-profile Republicans on Friday courted hedge fund executives at an election-year conference in a glitzy hotel, drawing criticism from Democrats eager to link the GOP to Wall Street as they try to defend their Senate majority.Wisconsin Rep. Pau Top VA health official resigns under fire 05/17/2014 02:30am • PAULINE JELINEK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The top official for the health care of veterans resigned Friday amid a firestorm over reported delays in care and falsified records at veterans hospitals.Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki said he has accepted the resignation of Robert Petze Indiana Gov. Pence stoking talk of White House bid 05/16/2014 05:17pm • TOM LoBIANCO Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Indiana's Republican Gov. Mike Pence is stoking talk of a White House bid in 2016, with increasing trips out of state and the high-profile rollout of a health insurance plan he is calling an alternative to Medicaid.Pence has been saying for months t Congress growing impatient on inquiry in VA deaths 05/16/2014 03:30pm • MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Patience is wearing thin in Congress as lawmakers confront allegations of treatment delays and falsified patient-appointment reports at health centers run by the Veterans Affairs Department. A former clinic director says dozens of veterans died while Tactics endure after 10 years of same-sex marriage 05/16/2014 11:50am • DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer BOSTON (AP) -- Supporters and activists routinely ask gay couples to meet with reluctant lawmakers to put a human face on same-sex marriage. They file lawsuits. They use unexpected allies -- in some cases, churches -- to spread their message.It's a strategy that Watchdog: No proof treatment delays killed vets 05/16/2014 04:10am • MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- New complaints about long wait lists and falsified patient appointment reports have surfaced at Veterans Affairs hospitals and clinics across the country, the department's internal watchdog said Thursday, but he said there's no proof so far that delay Watchdog: No proof treatment delays killed vets 05/15/2014 08:01pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- The internal watchdog at the Department of Veterans Affairs says new complaints about long wait lists and falsified patient appointment reports have surfaced at VA hospitals and clinics across the country. But Richard Griffin, the department's acting inspector general, says there' Chicago-area veterans hospital under scrutiny 05/15/2014 06:19pm • JASON KEYSER Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) -- Federal investigators have visited a veterans hospital in suburban Chicago to look into an allegation that secret lists were used to conceal long patient wait times for appointments.Auditors from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Office of the Insp