Anthrax Scandal Widens: Live Spores Sent to Japan The Pentagon added Camp Zama in Japan to the list of places that were sent live anthrax samples in the scandal over the...
VA Hospital Police Sue Department, Claim Illegal Work Surveillance VA police assigned to the Washington, DC, veterans' hospital are suing their employer for bugging their break room, changing...
VA's Top Investigator Retires Amidst Calls for His Dismissal A day after a group of whistleblowers called for President Obama to fire VA Acting Inspector General Richard Griffin, said...
Pentagon Completes Review on Mistaken Anthrax Shipments The Pentagon has completed its 30-day review of laboratory procedures following the delivery of Anthrax spores to more than...
US Army's Mistaken Anthrax Shipment Fiasco Keeps Growing The Pentagon added again to the list of facilities that received live anthrax from the Army – the new total is now 85 in 20...
Deadline Nears: VA has About 80 Days to Clear 128K Backlogged Claims The VA said it would eliminate its disability claims backlog by Sept. 30, 2015. It still has 128,000 claims to act on.
Bill Would Give VA Chief More Power to Fire VA Employees A year after Congress gave the VA secretary greater authority to fire senior executives, it may extend that over all workers.
US Army Shipped Same Virulent Anthrax Strain Used After 9/11 Attacks The DoD said Anthrax mistakenly shipped to labs around the world was from the same strain used after the Sept. 11, 2001...
VA Secretary Apologizes Over Legionnaires' Disease Deaths VA Secretary Bob McDonald apologized for a Legionnaires Disease outbreak that killed six veterans at the VA Medical Center in...
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...
