It’s Wednesday morning, August 13, 2025, and the headlines are loaded. The VA battles worsening staffing gaps, Trump takes over the Kennedy Center, and Mexico extradites 26 cartel bosses to the US Gaza reels from deadly Israeli strikes ahead of Cairo ceasefire talks, Zelenskyy rejects Russia’s Donetsk demands before the Trump-Putin summit, Orban claims Moscow’s already won, and New Zealand’s PM blasts Netanyahu while weighing recognition of Palestine.

—VA Watchdog Reports Rising Staffing Shortages in Veterans’ Medical Centers

A new report from the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) shows a sharp rise in severe staffing shortages across VA medical facilities, with doctors, nurses, and psychologists among the hardest positions to fill.

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