Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin became the latest member of President Trump's cabinet to be terminated on Wednesday.  Trump said he would nominate Adm. Ronny Jackson, who had been serving as the president's doctor, to replace him.

The Senate has approved a pair of bills taking aim at urgent problems at the Department of Veterans Affairs, clearing a $3.9 billion emergency spending package to fix a looming budget crisis and adopting new measures to pare down a rapidly growing backlog of veterans’ disability claims.