Congress Bestows Highest Honor on Troops Killed in Abbey Gate Bombing, with Politics in Background Surviving family members of the Abbey Gate suicide bombing victims accepted the Congressional Gold Medal as their loved ones'...
US Military Warnings of Dire Situation in Afghanistan During Withdrawal Ignored, House GOP Report Finds Warnings from U.S. military officers about the Taliban's swift advances as American troops withdrew from Afghanistan in 2021...
Arlington Cemetery Confirms 'Incident' with Trump Staff as Campaign Denies Physical Fight An alleged fight between an Arlington National Cemetery official and staffers from former President Donald Trump's...
Years After Fall of Kabul, US Congress Has Still Not Acted to Secure Future of More Than 70,000 Afghan Evacuees in US The act’s failure comes despite bipartisan and wide-ranging popular support to assist Afghans – including among members of...
'Today We Make History': Commission Probing Afghanistan War Starts Work with Veterans Top of Mind The Afghanistan War Commission, created by Congress shortly after the 2021 withdrawal, held its first public hearing...
A Bribery Scheme Abusing a Program for Afghan Allies Ends with a Conviction for a Navy Commander Cmdr. Jeromy Pittmann was convicted by a jury in New Hampshire on four charges that included bribery and concealing a money...
US Appeals Court to Reconsider Dismissal of Former Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's Conviction The Justice Department filed an appeal last week immediately after a U.S. District Court judge spelled out his reasons for...
PACT Act Expands Veterans' Medical and Disability Benefits Millions of veterans are now eligible for free health care and more through the PACT Act.
How Shannon Kent Became a Trailblazer Among US Special Operations Forces This is an excerpt from "SEND ME: The True Story of a Mother at War" by Marty Skovlund Jr. & Joe Kent.
Navy's Newest Warship Named for Fierce Marine Corps Campaign in Afghanistan The top leader of the Navy announced Thursday that the service's future amphibious ship, a landing helicopter assault vessel...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
