Veterans' Gun Rights Amendment Included in Compromise Must-Pass VA Spending Bill The provision -- a win for Republicans on Capitol Hill -- was included in a bipartisan compromise deal between the House and...
VA Set to Make Its Abortion Policy Official on Monday, Despite Opposition from Republicans in Congress The Department of Veterans Affairs on Monday will finalize its policy of providing abortions to veterans and other...
Service Members and Vets Belonging to Racial Minority Groups Face Disproportionately High Suicide Rates The military and veterans' communities have spent years trying to combat suicide rates much higher than the national average...
Veteran Travel Reimbursement Headaches Prompt VA to Pursue New Options for Claims Filing, Processing Following complaints from veterans and a critical VA Office of Inspector General report on the VA's travel system, the...
VA Has Come a Long Way in Serving Female Veterans, But More Could Be Done, New Report Says A new report by Disabled American Veterans makes recommendations to the department to improve mental health care for women...
New VA Clinic Inside Fort Campbell Army Hospital to Serve 3,000 Veterans Across 2 States The facility is the second collaboration between the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense, with more in negotiation.
Veterans Care in the Community Is Pushing the VA to the Brink In recent weeks, members of the House and Senate Committees of Veterans' Affairs have been in intense negotiations hammering...
VA Won't Cover Gender-Affirmation Surgery for Transgender Veterans Until It Reviews PACT Act Effects The Department of Veterans Affairs will not move forward with covering gender-affirmation surgery for transgender veterans...
'Millions' of Veterans Exposed to Environmental Hazards Will Be Eligible for VA Health Care on March 5 The Department of Veterans Affairs has accelerated a provision of the PACT Act to offer health-care services to millions of...
GI Bill Direct Deposits Must Be to Same Bank Account as Other VA Benefits by April 20 The change is being made as part of the Department of Veterans Affairs' overall efforts to update the GI Bill payment system...
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...
