How Jon Stewart's Visits with Wounded Iraq War Veterans Shaped his Military Advocacy Stewart is pushing for the expansion of the PACT Act to include U.S. special operations forces based in Uzbekistan and...
Annual Cost-of-Living Boost for Veterans Benefits Finalized by Congress The increase applies to disability benefits, clothing allowances, and dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving...
Months After Biden’s Promise to Pardon Thousands of LGBTQ Veterans, Only 8 Have Applied The dismally low numbers are disappointing advocates who say the promise of Biden’s pardons raised hopes that thousands of...
Veterans Could Get Free Gun Safes Under Suicide Prevention Proposal Introduced in House Any veteran who wants a lockbox to store their firearm would be able to get one for free from the Department of Veterans...
Veterans Not Covered by Toxic Hazards Legislation Wait Decades for VA Recognition, Report Finds While legislation that created presumptive conditions for Agent Orange and burn pits has helped millions, veterans exposed to...
Medal of Honor Recipients Could Get $100,000 Annual Pensions Under Bill Proposed in Congress Under the Monetary Enhancement for Distinguished Active Legends, or MEDAL, Act, the monthly pension for Medal of Honor...
Years After Fall of Kabul, US Congress Has Still Not Acted to Secure Future of More Than 70,000 Afghan Evacuees in US The act’s failure comes despite bipartisan and wide-ranging popular support to assist Afghans – including among members of...
2 Years Since the PACT Act Was Signed, Vets Are Getting More Support but Hurdles Remain "Unfortunately, we have learned from generations of veterans the creeping, silent danger of toxic exposures."
Tricare Patients Would See Lower Mental Health Care Costs Under Bill Introduced in Congress Out-of-pocket costs for mental health care appointments for patients in the military health care system would be capped under...
It's Actually Surprisingly Easy for a Reservist Not to Get Their Job Back at Homecoming When Navy Reserve Lt. Kevin Ziober found out he was being activated for a deployment to Afghanistan for a year, his bosses...
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...