Trump Administration Threatens No Back Pay for Federal Workers in Shutdown President Donald Trump’s administration is warning of no guaranteed back pay for federal workers during a shutdown.
AI at the VA: Tech Gains Shadowed by Infrastructure and Data Security Concerns The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has increased its reliance on artificial intelligence to enhance services for...
Caring For Caregivers: How The VA Stipend Sustains Families Of Wounded Warriors Family members who take on the responsibility of caring for a wounded warrior often find themselves balancing financial...
How the Government Shutdown Impacts Veterans and the VA While most vets won't be impacted by the ongoing government shutdown, concerns may ramp up the longer it persists.
A Benefit On Wheels: The Automobile Allowance For Disabled Veterans There is a long list of programs the VA administers to recognize the sacrifices of those who served. Some of them are...
Lump-Sum Benefits for Survivors of Active-Duty Military Members Even military families often don’t know what benefits are available to the surviving family of an active-duty service member.
Monthly Benefits for Survivors of Fallen Active-Duty Service Members When combined, the Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) can offer a steady stream of...
Soldier Injured In Iraq Works To Prevent Veteran Suicide September is National Suicide Prevention Month. According to a report released by VA in December 2024, 6,407 veterans died by...
Veterans’ Private Residential Treatment Must Match VA’s Quality and Cost America manages a precarious two-tier system where vulnerable veterans can receive dramatically different care depending on...
Bill Would Broaden Rules on Military Disinterments at National Cemeteries Under the current law, the Department of Veterans Affairs can only reconsider eligibility for burial in national cemeteries...
How the Government Shutdown Impacts Veterans and the VA While most vets won't be impacted by the ongoing government shutdown, concerns may ramp up the longer it persists.
Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Administration from Sending National Guard Troops to Oregon A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deploying any National Guard units to Oregon at all, after...
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...
Veterans, Who Saw One of Their Own Arrested by ICE and Charged, Say Feds Are Undermining Democracy Days after a 70-year-old Air Force veteran was among five people charged while protesting outside a suburban U.S. Immigration...
As Hegseth Orders Changes to the Pentagon Watchdog, Advocates Say It Will Silence Complaints Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has accused the independent watchdog for the Pentagon of being “weaponized” and says he’s...