Republican Project 2025 Takes Dead Aim at Veterans' Health and Disability Benefits When I came to Congress two years ago and joined the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, I was cautiously optimistic that...
VA Takes Steps to Expedite Claims for K2 Veterans with Chronic Illnesses The Department of Veterans Affairs announced that veterans who served at Karshi-Khanabad Air Base in Uzbekistan who have...
Housing Agency Scraps Catch-22-Type Rule That Kept Disabled Homeless Vets from Receiving Rent Vouchers Homeless veterans who were wounded, injured or became sick during their time in uniform will no longer have their disability...
Jon Stewart Pushes VA to Cover Troops Sickened by Uranium after 9/11. Again, They Are Told to Wait. Comedian Jon Stewart and troops sickened by uranium have ended a meeting at the Department of Veterans Affairs angry that...
VA's Threat to Withhold Disability Checks over Decades-Old Separation Pay Surprises Vets Some veterans who received bonuses from the Defense Department to leave the service are learning they have to pay back the...
In War, Female Troops Develop Chronic Pain at Higher Rates. So Do Military Wives, Study Finds. Research that sought to determine how a high-operations tempo affects female service members found an unexpected result for...
Disabled Veterans to Congress: Move Out on Stalled Bill to Allow Payment of Both Retirement and Disability Benefits Despite wide bipartisan backing, the Major Richard Star Act has languished for years, increasingly frustrating the veterans...
VA Dropping Mandatory Overtime for Most Claims Processors as Work Proceeds at Faster Clip VA Under Secretary for Benefits Joshua Jacobs said that, with more employees and efficiencies, the department can move toward...
PACT Act: Presumptive Conditions The PACT Act presumes a service connection for conditions related to toxic exposures from burn pits; contaminated water at...
VA Designates Male Breast Cancer, 2 Other Cancers as Service-Connected Illnesses Under PACT Act Troops with the illnesses who served in specific geographic areas since the Persian Gulf War may be eligible for disability...
New Army Shaving Policy Will Allow Soldiers with Skin Condition that Affects Mostly Black Men to Be Kicked Out The Army is preparing to roll out a new policy that could lead to soldiers diagnosed with a chronic skin condition that...
Largest Military Border Zone Yet to Be Created in Texas as Part of Air Force Base The new military zone is located in Cameron and Hidalgo Counties in Texas and will be transferred from land overseen by the...
Tech Executives Commissioned as Senior Army Officers Won't Recuse Themselves from DoD Business Dealings The new formation is set to recruit tech executives to work on major Army challenges, but the service has not articulated...
Trump Said He OK'd Iran's Plan to Strike Al Udeid. His Top Military Adviser Said Troops There Fended Off Missiles. The Iranians "were very nice. They gave us warning," Trump told reporters. "They said, 'We're going to shoot 'em. Is one o...
Fort Bragg Officer and Ex-Wife Accused of Murdering Adopted Children Now Behind Bars Warrant Officer Anthony Rivera, 36, of Fayetteville, and his former wife Danielle Kennedy, 36, of Arizona, were charged May...
