VA Issues New Warning that Default Could Have 'Catastrophic' Effects for Veterans VA Secretary Denis McDonough said Wednesday there is "no blueprint for what could happen."
VA Can't Account for $187 Million in Emergency COVID-19 Funding The department received nearly $37 billion in additional funding to address the COVID-19 pandemic but now says it is free to...
Republicans Vow to Boost Veteran Spending Amid Debt Ceiling Fight The GOP bill would give the VA about $153 billion in discretionary funding in 2024, up from $135 billion that the department...
How Veterans Benefits Could Be Delayed in June by a US Default Billions of dollars of veterans benefits could be imperiled if the U.S. defaults on its debts, though the full extent of the...
Cleanup of 'Forever Chemicals' Around Military Bases Is Woefully Underfunded, Group Says An advocacy group says the gap is widening between the cleanup costs and related funding for PFAS chemicals from firefighting...
Veterans Health Care and Benefits Become Flash Points in Debate over Debt Ceiling and Spending Cuts The GOP proposal does not specifically cut VA funding, but it would place a cap on the overall amount of money the government...
Air Force Budgets Less for Bonus Pay for its Toughest Jobs in 2024 Special Duty Assignment Pay is reserved for some of the toughest jobs in the Air Force, ranging from Basic Military Training...
Military Quietly Stops Buying Ospreys as Aircraft Faces an Uncertain Future New budget documents for the three military branches that fly the V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft show that none has plans to...
Pentagon: Budget Readies US for Possible China Confrontation The U.S. military must be ready for possible confrontation with China, the Pentagon's leaders said, pushing Congress to...
Not Stopping Russia in Ukraine Would Force 'Doubling' of US Defense Budget, Milley Says Milley's remark at a House Appropriations Committee defense subcommittee hearing comes amid growing skepticism from...
Bill Guaranteeing Cost-of-Living Increase for Veterans in 2024 Heads to President's Desk The annual task in Congress ensures that VA compensation keeps pace with Social Security increases.
VA Issues New Warning that Default Could Have 'Catastrophic' Effects for Veterans VA Secretary Denis McDonough said Wednesday there is "no blueprint for what could happen."
Navy Fires Destroyer's Leadership as Ship Moves Homeport to Japan Cmdr. Angela Gonzales, the commanding officer, and Cmdr. Jonathan Zang, the executive officer, were fired from the John Finn...
Academy Cadets with Kids Still Waiting as Pentagon Lags on Rule Change Military students remain in limbo as final Pentagon guidance for a new policy allowing cadets at America's service academies...
Army Special Operations Could Be Cut 10% as Military Looks to Conventional Warfare As the service pivots its focus toward China, Green Berets and other commando units could see cuts in favor of building up...
