Lawmakers Ask Armed Services Committees to Keep Governors' Authority over National Guard Lawmakers are asking members of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees to keep language in the defense bill that...
Pentagon Discloses 21 Allegations of Sexual Misconduct in JROTC As It Outlines Reforms to Congress Congress added language to the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, to build more safeguards in the JROTC program...
Future of Proposed Mental Health Program for Pregnant Troops in Limbo as Lawmakers, Pentagon Disagree The provision in question in the House-passed NDAA, would create a pilot program that would integrate perinatal mental health...
Smaller But More Diverse Group of Veterans Running for Congress This Year At a time when diversity in the military has become a political punching bag, the share of veterans running for Congress who...
Lawmakers Looking to Make VA Overhaul Suicide Prevention Algorithm that Favored Men The Department of Veterans Affairs would be forced to overhaul an artificial intelligence program that helps direct suicide...
Lawmakers Launch Investigation of Reported Faulty Welds on Navy Subs and Aircraft Carriers Reports that welds on Navy submarines and aircraft carriers being built at Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia may have...
Annual Cost-of-Living Boost for Veterans Benefits Finalized by Congress The increase applies to disability benefits, clothing allowances, and dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving...
Extra $12B for VA Medical Budget in Limbo After Exclusion from Short-Term Spending Bill Lawmakers did not include the requested VA funding in the continuing resolution -- and are so far not committing to including...
Veterans Could Get Free Gun Safes Under Suicide Prevention Proposal Introduced in House Any veteran who wants a lockbox to store their firearm would be able to get one for free from the Department of Veterans...
House Approves GOP Resolution Condemning Biden and Harris over Afghanistan Withdrawal The resolution condemned Biden, Harris and other officials in the administration for “decision-making and execution failures...
As REAL ID Enforcement Approaches, TSA Says Military IDs Still Valid for Domestic Airline Travel Beginning May 7, the Transportation Security Administration will require that travelers who use a state form of...
Navy Loses Fighter Jet in Red Sea After It Slides Off Carrier Deck This incident marks the second Super Hornet that the Truman has lost while deployed to the Red Sea, and it is the third major...
Service Members Detained After DEA Raid at Alleged Illegal Underground Nightclub in Colorado The raid resulted in more than 100 migrants being taken into custody, and "several active-duty service members from local...
Supreme Court Justices Question Potential Financial Impact of Ruling on Combat Disability Pay Case The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on a class-action suit that challenges a rule that requires veterans to file...
Want Efficiency? Fund the VA and Cut the Proven Waste in Privatized Veterans Care Faithfully following orders from President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) office, VA Secretary...
![House Committee on Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul](http://images03.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2024-09/ApNewsroom_Congress_Afghanistan_Withdrawl_58082.jpg?itok=-BKvvyCI "House Committee on Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, presides over a House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing "An Assessment of the State Departments Withdrawal from Afghanistan by Americas Top Diplomat," on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)")
