On June 2, 2025, MSNBC reported that politically appointed officials of the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) lashed out against two VA scientists for authoring a report that, according to the officials, painted the Administration in a bad light. The report, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, voiced that federal cuts to the VA could negatively impact veterans’ respiratory health.

According to internal emails obtained by The Guardian, the senior officials claimed that the scientists had violated VA policy by not getting their article pre-approved before publication. While VA officials argue that they are simply requiring coordination between scientists and public affairs staff, the swift response to the critical article strongly suggests that the Administration is sending a

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