What Is an Executive Order? A Look at Trump's Tool for Quickly Reshaping Government New presidents can — and often do — issue orders to cancel the orders of their predecessors.
Biden Pardons Fauci and Milley in an Effort to Guard Against Potential 'Revenge' by Trump Retired Gen. Mark Milley says he’s grateful to President Joe Biden for a pardon.
Blinken Defends US Policy on Gaza as His Final State Department Briefing Is Interrupted by Protests Outgoing Secretary of State Antony Blinken defended Biden administration policies on Israel’s war with Hamas after a...
Biden Executive Order Aims to Shore Up US Cyber Defenses Provisions in the order call for the development of minimum cybersecurity standards for government technology contractors and...
Biden Is Packing Up to Leave the White House. But What About Any Classified Documents? The last time Joe Biden packed up and left office, he took with him thousands of papers from his decades in public service —...
Biden Administration Closing Without Fulfilling Promise to Provide Gender-Affirmation Surgery to Transgender Vets In June 2021, Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough delivered a high-profile speech in which he announced his department...
Biden Speaks with Relatives of Americans Held by Taliban, But Deal to Bring Them Home Still Elusive President Joe Biden spoke with relatives of three Americans the U.S. government is looking to bring home from Afghanistan...
The Biden Administration Succeeds in Temporarily Blocking a Plea Deal for Accused 9/11 Mastermind The Biden administration succeeded in temporarily blocking accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed from entering a...
Biden Administration Asks Court to Block Plea Deal for Alleged Mastermind of 9/11 Attacks The Biden administration asked a federal appeals court to block a plea agreement for accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh...
Biden Signs Wide-Ranging Veterans Bill that Includes Improvements to Veteran Caregiver, Homelessness Programs More support for home caregivers of aging and disabled veterans and bolstered services for homeless veterans are now law...
Ranger School Is Getting a New Fitness Assessment The Army's elite Ranger School, long regarded as one of the most grueling leadership courses in the military, is rolling out...
How a World War II Tail Gunner Survived a Midair Collision Without a Parachute Sgt. James Raley's account came almost three months to the day after he improbably survived that fall from the skies over...
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...
Hegseth, Top Officials Violated 'Basic Operational Security' with Signal Chat on Yemen War Plans Experts who spoke with Military.com said it's highly unlikely that operational details at the level Goldberg described would...
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...
![](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-03/va%20debakey%20legend%201200.jpg?itok=FugzVuVV ""The father of modern cardiovascular surgery," Dr. Michael E. DeBakey was a World War II veteran and helped create the modern VA medical system. (Dept. of Veterans Affairs)")
