VA Set to Expand Fertility Treatment to Single Veterans and Same-Sex Couples Following Defense Department Shift As a result of legal negotiations in an ongoing lawsuit against the departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense, more...
It's One of the VA's Biggest Expansions of Benefits in History. Some Veterans Missed Out. The PACT Act, which was meant to help veterans receive care and benefits after being exposed to toxins and burn pits while...
Pandemic-Related Backlog of 600,000 Veterans Records Requests Finally Cleared Officials were able to eliminate the backlog through a mix of updating technology, adding staff and contractors, and working...
Yearslong Delay in Covering Transgender Surgeries Prompts Lawsuit Against VA A group of transgender veterans is suing the Department of Veterans Affairs over its delay in offering gender-affirming...
Is VA Paying for Migrant Health Care? The Agency Says 'No' Despite Wave of Political Attacks. Lawmakers and some media outlets say that an agreement between the VA and the Department of Homeland Security shortchanges...
Whistleblowers Say VA Managers Made Lewd Sexual Advances. Now, the Agency Has Been Subpoenaed by Congress. The investigation centers on allegations from whistleblowers who approached the committee about what they described as...
VA to Fund Research on Using MDMA, Psilocybin to Address Mental Health Disorders in Veterans The Department of Veterans Affairs is soliciting applications from researchers to study the use of MDMA, psilocybin and other...
Staff Warned About the Lack of Psychiatric Care at a VA Clinic. They Couldn’t Prevent Tragedy. The military has long drawn recruits from remote towns across America, promising them a lifetime of health care. But the VA...
VA Threatened with Subpoena Amid House Investigation into Sexual Harassment Allegations House Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Mike Bost accused the VA of so far providing few substantive documents for his...
Firearm-Related Suicides Among Women Veterans Are Rising. We Must Do More on Secure Gun Storage. As gun ownership among women veterans has surged, so, too, have suicides where firearms are used.
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...
