VA Health System Remains on Federal 'High Risk' List Due to Oversight Shortfalls The VA medical system has been a concern to government auditors for the past decade but has seen vast improvements, according...
Thousands More Could Be Eligible for VA Family Caregiver Program Under Proposed Overhaul The program required a review following a lawsuit, as well as eligibility changes instituted in 2021 that would have...
VA Set to Add Leukemia, Multiple Myeloma to List of Conditions Linked to Burn Pits The department used its new system for determining whether a condition is service-connected to give affected veterans access...
K2 Veterans with Certain Types of Cancer May Soon Qualify for Expedited VA Disability Claims The Department of Veterans Affairs has started the process to add bladder, urethral cancer and other genitourinary cancers to...
Harris Endorses Proposal to Expedite Veterans Benefits for PFAS-Related Illnesses Harris endorsed a bill introduced last year by congressional Democrats that would designate several health conditions as...
Supreme Court Weighs Arguments in Lawsuit over Veterans Getting 'Benefit of Doubt' in Claims Decisions The Supreme Court must decide what Congress meant when it clarified a law that required the Court of Veterans Appeals to...
Here Is the VA Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Rate for 2025 Survivors will receive a slightly-below-average increase in 2025.
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...
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...
Vets with Rare Lung Disease Could Get Benefits More Easily Under Proposed Changes, VA Says The Department of Veterans Affairs is taking steps to remove the specific challenges veterans with constrictive bronchiolitis...
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...
