Cancer in Military Pilots and Aircrews Will Be Studied Under Newly Signed Law President Donald Trump signed a law last week ordering the review of the prevalence of cancer and deaths by cancer in fixed...
Congress Looks to Ease Restrictions on Veterans’ Use of Non-VA Clinics and Hospitals Many veterans live hours from VA facilities, or they need health services that aren’t readily available from the VA. In such...
Restoration of Torn-Down Confederate Monument Will Cost $10 Million over 2 Years, Military Says Restoring a memorial to the Confederacy that was removed from Arlington National Cemetery at the recommendation of Congress...
Virginia Senators Seek Answers from Navy in Death of Norfolk-Based Sailor Seaman Angelina Resendiz went missing around May 30; her body was found 10 days later.
Senate Confirms Former Chair of Veterans Appeals Board as VA Inspector General Cheryl Mason, a career attorney and military spouse whose brother and father were veterans, was approved in a 53-45 vote.
Proposal to Expand Private Veterans Health Care Pared Down in Bipartisan Senate Compromise Senate Democrats agreed to support a Republican effort to expand veterans' access to private doctors through the Department...
VA Memorial Affairs Leader Approved by Senate In a 54-44 vote Tuesday night, the Senate confirmed Sam Brown, an Army veteran and failed Senate candidate, to be VA under...
Trinity Test Fallout Victims in New Mexico Finally Get Compensation After 80 Years Congress earlier this month finally got around to making New Mexico fallout victims of the first test of an atomic bomb and...
Pentagon Shifting $200 Million to Border Wall Project in Arizona The Pentagon recently asked Congress to shift $200 million in funding -- originally allocated for projects such as barracks...
Buffalo Soldiers Would Get Highest Congressional Honor Under Senate Proposal More than 150 years after the first regiments of Buffalo Soldiers were formed, a bipartisan pair of senators is looking to...
Could the US Bring Back the Draft? Who Would Be Called First — and Who Qualifies Could the U.S. bring back the draft? Here’s how Selective Service works today, who would be called first and why only about...
VA Study: Ozempic, Other GLP-1 Drugs May Fight Addiction Across Every Major Substance For the more than 48 million Americans with substance use disorders, including a disproportionate share of veterans, GLP-1...
US Navy Sends Submarines Under Arctic Ice for 100th Time in Milestone Exercise The U.S. Navy has reached a Cold War-era milestone in the Arctic, deploying two Virginia-class submarines beneath the polar...
After the Knock on the Door: How TAPS Supports Military Families for Life After a service member dies, families face a lifetime of grief. TAPS founder Bonnie Carroll explains how the organization...
Exclusive: John Ripley, the Marine Who Blew Up the Dong Ha Bridge, to Receive the Medal of Honor More than 50 years after hanging beneath a Vietnam bridge to stop a North Vietnamese armored invasion, Marine Col. John...
