VA Cancels Suicide Prevention Training Over LGBTQs

The Virginia Mercury reports:

A separate memo from OMB lists off the programs that will be paused temporarily while it reviews which federal spending it deems appropriate.

The list includes the Department of Agriculture’s tribal food sovereignty program, Head Start, the Veterans’ Affairs Department’s suicide prevention and legal services grants, the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance, or LIHEAP, program, and numerous sexual assault prevention programs within the Department of Justice.

Numerous organizations filed a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday ahead of the temporary pause taking effect, while members in Congress criticized it taking place at all and the sheer number of programs impacted.

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Photo: VA secretary nominee Doug Collins.

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