Veteran Toxic Exposure Fund Overhaul Proposal Ignites Fierce Debate over PACT Act Benefits VA officials testified during a hearing on Capitol Hill that they oppose the GOP's proposal, called the Toxic Exposure Fund...
Bill Allowing Disabled Veterans to Collect Full Benefits Gets New Push from Supporters on Capitol Hill The Major Richard Star Act would ensure all service members who medically retire have full access to both military retirement...
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 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...
GOP Speaker Johnson Says House Won't Be 'Rushed' to Approve Aid for Ukraine as $95B Package Stalls Republican Speaker Mike Johnson, who rejected a border security compromise that was eventually stripped from the final...
Support for Afghan Allies Sidelined Yet Again Despite Push from Veterans The whirlwind couple of weeks has essentially put veterans' efforts back at square one and left Afghans still waiting for the...
The Senate Votes to Begin Working on a Last-Ditch Effort to Approve Funds for Ukraine and Israel The legislation’s path remained uncertain because Senate leaders had not agreed to a process to limit the debate time for the...
The Senate Eyes New Plan on Ukraine, Israel Aid After Collapse of Border Package As some Republicans have grown skeptical of sending money to Ukraine in its war with Russia, Schumer said that “history will...
Border Security and Ukraine Aid Collapses Despite Biden's Plea for Congress to 'Show Some Spine' Biden had engaged for months with Senate leaders on a carefully negotiated plan to pair policies intended to curb illegal...
GOP Says Biden Has All the Power He Needs to Control the Border. The Reality Is Far More Complicated Without changes to immigration laws or more funding to manage the growing number of migrants arriving at the Southern border...
Proposed Transfer of Guard Units to Space Force Sparks Opposition from 48 Governors, 5 US Territories While a handful of U.S. governors had spoken out against the plan over the last few weeks, this latest letter marks the most...
Veterans Scammed Out of GI Bill Benefits Could Get Benefits Restored Under House-Passed Bill Advocates for student veterans applauded its passage in the House as a key milestone in fixing an injustice facing those...
Fired After 6 Months: Army Sacks Commander of Germany Unit Meant to Bolster NATO Against Russia Lt. Col. Eric Ackles, commander of 1st Battalion, 57th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, was relieved of command, the service...
Retired Captain of First US Nuclear Submarine Celebrates Turning 100 in Spokane Frank Fogarty knew nothing about nuclear physics on ships when he got pulled from his Korean War submarine duty to interview...
Why Israel Is So Determined to Launch an Offensive in Rafah. And Why So Many Oppose It Israel is determined to launch an offensive against Hamas in Rafah, Gaza’s southernmost town, a plan that has raised global...