VA's Top Watchdog Agency Blames Poor Accounting Practices for Last Year's Budget Scare The VA had requested an extra $15 billion from Congress to cover health care and benefits last year but later said most of...
Senate Confirms Deputy VA Secretary as Department Preps for Mass Firings The Department of Veterans Affairs has a new No. 2 official after the Senate voted along party lines Thursday to approve Paul...
Overtime Pay Delayed for Roughly 9,600 VA Employees as a Result of Software Problems VA officials did not say why the department's Time and Attendance System, or VATAS, experienced problems this week.
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Restoring Full VA Burial Benefits for Vets Who Initially Chose Plaque or Urn Part of Bill Introduced in Senate The bill would correct a flaw from previous legislation that lawmakers say has forced veterans' families to forgo a burial at...
Veterans Fear Trump Administration Plans to Privatize VA Health Care Veterans are increasingly getting care from private medical providers, who are then paid by the VA. It's an effort to create...
Not Just for US Veterans: 7 Medical Breakthroughs the VA Gave to the World With the VA facing job cuts, it's important to remind not only veterans, but also lawmakers, health officials and the...
Military Veterans Are Becoming the Face of Trump's Government Cuts and Democrats' Resistance As congressional lawmakers scramble to respond to President Donald Trump's slashing of the federal government, one group is...
Lawmakers Try Again on Bill to Give 50,000 Medically Retired Veterans Full VA Disability, Retirement Pay The Major Richard Star Act, which has been floated since 2020, has the support of more than 40 veterans' organizations and...
VA Halts Transgender Care for New Veteran Patients as Advocates Warn of Dire Consequences The department announced that patients currently being treated and those discharged from the Defense Department who receive...
Tennessee Man Shot Dead After Flipping Middle Finger at War Memorial Albert Sturgill Jr., 63, was confronted by a group while gesturing at the flag and monuments at Cumberland County Veterans...
Chicago Braces for Potential National Guard Deployment Amid Trump Threats Illinois politicians are sounding an alarm and bracing for possible National Guard deployments to Chicago amid President...
9/11 Air Defense Stories You Might Not Know As hijacked planes turned into weapons on September 11, 2001, inside a quiet Air National Guard facility in upstate New York...
Is Trump's Troop Buildup in US Cities a Declaration of War — or Something Else? As President Donald Trump goads Democratic-led cities, Americans are grappling with a fundamental question of American...
Navy Demotion Reversed for GOP Congressman Who Government Watchdog Found Abused Subordinates Jackson was quietly demoted to captain in 2022, three years after his retirement from the Navy, following an inspector...