Two Years Later, Military Medical Malpractice Law's Namesake Still Waits for Answer on His Claim The Stayskal legislation did not repeal Feres, but it provided a pathway for troops harmed by neglect or malpractice to...
Top Senate Democrat Throws Weight Behind Massive Toxic Exposure Bill The Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics, or PACT, Act, passed the House and will receive a vote in the...
Sweeping Toxic Exposure Bill Passed by House Advocates are celebrating the vote as a major win in the fight for recognition that their ailments were caused by breathing...
Landmark Military Toxic Exposure Bill to Get Vote Next Week Lawmakers will vote on a $282 billion bill that would fast-track benefits to millions of vets sickened by burn pits and...
Scaled-Down Toxic Exposure Bill Passed by Senate The bill has garnered criticism from some advocates who say it does not go far enough to help veterans now suffering from...
At Least 1 Million Vets Could Get VA Health Care Under Scaled-Back Exposures Bill The chairman and ranking member of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee have offered an alternative to massive proposals...
Biden Order Elevates Sexual Harassment as Separate Military Crime After Guillen Murder The White House said the order also strengthens military protections against domestic violence and the “wrongful broadcast or...
House Approves Bill to Automatically Enroll Vets in VA Health Care Supporters of the bill touted it as a common sense measure that will help ease the transition to civilian life.
Racial Disparities in VA Benefits Advocates Say Are Rampant Set to Get Watchdog Probe The racial disparities bill comes after the Black Veterans Project pushed the VA to release data on racial disparities in its...
Lawmakers Try to Ban Dishonorable Discharges for Troops Who Refuse Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccines Legislation sponsored by Rep. Mark Green requires only honorable discharges for anyone separated over refusing to be...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
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...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
![Vanessa Guillén's sister and mother](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2022-01/ApNewsroom_Congress_Vanessa_Guillen_Act_39614.jpg?itok=qNvFZDxp "Lupe Guillén, second from right, and Gloria Guillén, right, Vanessa Guillén's sister and mother, listen during a news conference about the "I Am Vanessa Guillén Act," in honor of the late U.S. Army Specialist Vanessa Guillén, on Capitol Hill, Sept. 16, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)")
![President Biden signs VA racial disparity study bill](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2021-11/ApNewsroom_Biden_63500.jpg?itok=dSu88Uhr "President Biden signs "A bill to require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study on disparities associated with race and ethnicity with respect to certain benefits administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes," into law during a ceremony at the White House, Nov. 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)")
