Pentagon Plans $5 Billion for Border, Bets on Trump Bill to Fill Funding Gaps The budget plans for fiscal 2026 were released as President Donald Trump is pursuing mass deportations across the country and...
Food Assistance Cuts Softened, Veterans Education Benefits Protected in Senate Version of Trump Agenda Bill Two aspects of a sweeping bill to enact President Donald Trump's agenda that alarmed veterans and military family advocates...
Iowa Congresswoman Pushes to Expand Benefits for Vietnam Vets Exposed to Agent Orange Federal legislation signed into law in 2022 expanded VA health care and benefits for veterans exposed to toxic substances...
Deep Workforce Cuts at VA, Pentagon Backed by Republican Spending Bills House Republicans are on track to allow job cuts at the Pentagon and Department of Veterans Affairs to proceed in the annual...
Budget for Veterans to See Private Doctors Would See Big Boost in GOP's VA Funding Proposal Overall, the House Appropriations Committee's fiscal 2026 VA spending bill would give the department about $453 billion -- a...
Lawmakers Push for Osprey Safety Report to Be Added to Annual Defense Funding Bill House lawmakers want a safety report about the V-22 Osprey to be included in the annual defense appropriations bill after...
GOP's 'Big Beautiful' Bill with $8.5 Billion for Military Quality-of-Life Boost Passes House The Pentagon funding could provide a much-needed boost to barracks maintenance, military health care and other areas that...
Military Families Could Go Hungry Due to Food Assistance Cuts in GOP's 'Big Beautiful Bill' Republicans maintain the changes are necessary to put SNAP more in line with other benefits programs and ensure states aren't...
Veterans Crisis Line Employees Were Caught in Mass Firings. A New Bill Aims for Staff Protections. The bill comes after the Department of Veterans Affairs acknowledged in a letter to senators last month that 24 support...
JROTC Expansion at US High Schools Eyed as Part of Bill to Boost Recruiting High school students whose campuses do not have a Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program would be able to join units...
New Army Shaving Policy Will Allow Soldiers with Skin Condition that Affects Mostly Black Men to Be Kicked Out The Army is preparing to roll out a new policy that could lead to soldiers diagnosed with a chronic skin condition that...
Largest Military Border Zone Yet to Be Created in Texas as Part of Air Force Base The new military zone is located in Cameron and Hidalgo Counties in Texas and will be transferred from land overseen by the...
Tech Executives Commissioned as Senior Army Officers Won't Recuse Themselves from DoD Business Dealings The new formation is set to recruit tech executives to work on major Army challenges, but the service has not articulated...
Trump Said He OK'd Iran's Plan to Strike Al Udeid. His Top Military Adviser Said Troops There Fended Off Missiles. The Iranians "were very nice. They gave us warning," Trump told reporters. "They said, 'We're going to shoot 'em. Is one o...
Fort Bragg Officer and Ex-Wife Accused of Murdering Adopted Children Now Behind Bars Warrant Officer Anthony Rivera, 36, of Fayetteville, and his former wife Danielle Kennedy, 36, of Arizona, were charged May...
