Senate Confirms Deputy VA Secretary as Department Preps for Mass Firings The Department of Veterans Affairs has a new No. 2 official after the Senate voted along party lines Thursday to approve Paul...
Signal Scandal Overshadows Confirmation Hearing for Air Force Secretary, Other Top Pentagon Nominees Four nominees, including President Donald Trump's pick to be Air Force secretary, appeared before the Senate Armed Services...
Congress Questions the FAA, US Army and NTSB over Deadly Midair Collision in DC The FAA's acting administrator told the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation that he knows the agency must make...
Senators Overseeing the Military Request an Investigation at the Pentagon into Use of the Signal App The senators' assertion that classified information was potentially shared was notable, especially after Trump's Republican...
Hearing Set for Trump's Pick to Be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Senators are almost certain to question Caine on the unusual circumstances of his nomination, whether he is committed to...
Restoring Full VA Burial Benefits for Vets Who Initially Chose Plaque or Urn Part of Bill Introduced in Senate The bill would correct a flaw from previous legislation that lawmakers say has forced veterans' families to forgo a burial at...
As Pentagon's Top Health Nominee Prepares for Confirmation Hearing, One Senator Has a Lot of Questions Keith Bass, a retired Navy commander who previously led the White House Medical Unit and the CIA's medical service office...
Lawmakers Demand Trump Administration Restore Removed Webpages Celebrating Troops A group of Senate Democrats will be sending a letter demanding that President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete...
Lawmakers Try Again on Bill to Give 50,000 Medically Retired Veterans Full VA Disability, Retirement Pay The Major Richard Star Act, which has been floated since 2020, has the support of more than 40 veterans' organizations and...
Government Shutdown Averted, Money for Junior Enlisted Pay Raise Secured After Senate Passes Funding Bill Troop pay will be protected and money to cover an upcoming pay raise for junior enlisted service members will be secure after...
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...
