VA Issues New Warning that Default Could Have 'Catastrophic' Effects for Veterans VA Secretary Denis McDonough said Wednesday there is "no blueprint for what could happen."
VA Can't Account for $187 Million in Emergency COVID-19 Funding The department received nearly $37 billion in additional funding to address the COVID-19 pandemic but now says it is free to...
VA Claims Backlog Expected to Grow to 400K, Largely Due to the PACT Act The VA expects its disability claims backlog to spike in the coming year but has a goal to reduce it to 100,000 by 2025.
Guardsmen and Reservists Who Retire Early Could Get Cheaper Health Care Under Senate Bill National Guardsmen and reservists who retire before age 60 would be eligible for low-cost military health care plans under a...
VA Signs New, Tougher Contract with Company Handling Faulty Electronic Health Records Rollout The new contract calls for five renewable one-year terms, rather than another five-year term, to provide the VA more leverage...
Republicans Vow to Boost Veteran Spending Amid Debt Ceiling Fight The GOP bill would give the VA about $153 billion in discretionary funding in 2024, up from $135 billion that the department...
VA Marijuana Research Bill, Other Vets Measures 'May All Be Dead' After Failed Senate Vote, Chairman Says In a procedural vote, the Senate voted 57-42 to advance the marijuana bill -- short of the 60 votes needed to pass.
2 Lawmakers Trying to Expand Access to Outside Doctors for Vets Despite VA Push to Rein in Costs Sen. Jerry Moran, the Veterans Affairs Committee ranking member, and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema are introducing a bill that would...
Toxic Exposure Law Triggers Tsunami of Veteran Disability Claims In addition to the filings, allowed since Congress passed the PACT Act last summer, the department has screened more than 3...
For 1st Time in 2 Years, VA Has a Full-Time Benefits Chief Joshua Jacobs will lead the Veterans Benefits Administration, or VBA, which manages about $135 billion worth of disability...
Guardsmen Patrolling DC Will Soon Be Armed, Pentagon Says Guardsmen have mostly been patrolling tourist areas not known for high crime rates, such as the National Mall and a transit...
Air Force Top Enlisted Leader Says Service Oath Isn't Made to 'Any Individual' Amid General's Retirement Chief Master Sgt. David Flosi's message to the force seemingly sought to calm the rank and file as the Pentagon goes through...
Veterans Stole over $150K from Air Force Base’s Sports Program in Florida, Feds Say Keith Pilawski, 63, and Edwin Ortiz, 58, defrauded the sports program from 2009 until 2024, the U.S. Attorney's Office for...
Why Is the Army Chopping Away at Its Chopper Fleet? The cuts are part of a larger reorganization as the Army prepares for the changing landscape of warfare with one of the...
Hegseth Fires General Whose Agency's Intel Assessment of Damage from Iran Strikes Angered Trump Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse will no longer serve as head of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency, according to the people, who...