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Multiple independent news outlets, the federal employees’ union representing VA staff, and licensing records indicate was employed as an intensive care nurse at the up to the time of his death; his wa...
Multiple reputable news outlets and nursing organizations report that the social-media claim had been fired from his nursing job is false; contemporaneous reporting describes him as an active ICU nurs...
The ’ publicly documented, official comments about ’s employment status are limited: posted condolences that referenced the incident, but there is no clear VA press release or personnel roster publicl...
The has been represented in public reporting through statements by VA officials and affiliated parties that was an active intensive care unit (ICU) nurse at the , but the department has not released d...
Multiple fact-checks and reporting identify the viral story claiming was terminated from an ICU nurse role as fabricated; Pretti is reported to have worked at the and there is no credible evidence he ...
Senate Democrats are voting against a Republican "clean" continuing resolution to reopen the federal government because they insist on negotiations over and related health-care provisions rather than ...
The Minneapolis VA has not, in the reporting collected here, released any primary personnel documents about ’s employment status; public accounts rely on union statements, family comments and media re...
VA colleagues and public records portray as a long‑time employee who transitioned from into bedside critical‑care nursing, serving as an while also assisting with clinical research; coworkers uniforml...
Democrats have conditioned ending the shutdown largely on concrete action to avert a looming healthcare “cliff” — that expire and would otherwise sharply raise marketplace premiums — along with relate...
The claim that the Republican-backed continuing resolution (CR) on the table is a truly “clean” bill is : House Republicans passed a short-term CR described as clean because it largely extends FY2025 ...
The has been identified by multiple officials and outlets as ’s employer, stating he worked in the intensive care unit at the ; that confirmation was echoed by the VA secretary and by coworkers . The ...
Senate Democrats repeatedly blocked a Republican "clean" continuing resolution to end the government shutdown, with a pivotal procedural vote on October 28, 2025, failing 54-45 and falling short of th...
— specifically and national leadership — said was a member of the union and an intensive care unit (ICU) nurse at , and characterized him as a dedicated veteran caregiver whose death was “devastating”...
The and ’s union have both publicly portrayed Pretti as an active, committed ICU nurse employed by the and have mourned his death while calling for accountability; the union additionally framed the ki...
A substantial subset of President Trump’s 2025 executive orders has faced litigation, and courts have both blocked and allowed different orders to proceed; reporting shows specific judicial stays or r...
Mainstream outlets identified as an ICU nurse at the and reported he had been licensed and working in VA critical care since around 2021; those conclusions rest on a mix of VA coworkers’ statements, u...
wage‑grade () employees waited substantially longer than a single pay cycle for their 2024 raises because the did not meet to approve updated schedules until late 2025; the committee’s November meetin...
Regions experiencing large have seen measurable increases in appointment wait times—especially for mental health and specialty care—and multiple reports link these staffing shortfalls to worse access ...
The 2026 federal pay raise and the separate 2026 COLA for benefits are driven by different statutory formulas, executive choices and congressional action: the Federal Employee Pay Comparability Act (F...
Available sources document legal fights and injunctions over mass firings during the 2025 government shutdown and report that the Trump administration moved to fire roughly 4,100 employees across mult...