VA Secretary Swats Down Idea to Cut VA Disability Pay for Wealthier Vets The concept was floated as an idea by the Congressional Budget Office but was not a formal recommendation.
VA $325 Billion Budget Proposal Includes Funding for Toxic Exposure Benefits, Medical Facilities Construction The White House's proposed $1.7 trillion fiscal 2024 budget provides a smaller boost to the VA's discretionary spending than...
Disabled Vets Post Stunning Job Gains as Economy Remains Hot Despite Inflation Employment numbers suggest that veterans have taken advantage of a robust economy fueled by the easing of the COVID-19...
All Combat-Injured Vets Would Keep Their Full Retirement, Disability Pay Under Proposal The Maj. Richard Star Act would eliminate the dollar-for-dollar offset on retirement pay that combat-disabled vets with less...
VA Partners With Microsoft to Help Injured Vets With Xbox Adaptive Controller The new device will allow veterans with limited mobility to play Xbox games, reconnecting them to a pastime that is often a...
Lawmakers Want to Restore Gun Rights to Some Disabled Veterans The House Veterans Affairs Committee chairman and 49 Republicans support a bill that would prevent some vets from being...
A Paralyzed Veteran Holds 25 Patents for Improving Wheelchair Technology An accident during Rory Cooper's service would propel him to use his education to help disabled people the world over.
US Supreme Court Rejects Veteran's Challenge to Disability Claims Filing Deadline The decision spares the VA from paying 30 years worth of compensation to a Navy veteran, as well as potential claims by...
New Law Expands VA Program for Veterans to Buy Vehicles Adapted for Their Disabilities Eligible veterans will have access to a grant from the VA every 10 years, rather than once in their lifetimes.
Flags of Valor: Reimagining 'Made in America' Flags of Valor is a veteran-owned, veteran-operated and veteran-made artisan that crafts custom American, patriotic and...
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...