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...
Alabama Governor Signs Bill Giving Her Control of Veterans Agency After Firing Dispute Gov. Kay Ivey signed into law a bill to give the governor’s office more control over the Alabama Department of Veterans...
Hawaii Veterans, VA Staff Speak Out on Federal Cuts The VA has confirmed that in Hawaii it has laid off a “small number ” of probationary employees working for the VA Pacific...
VA Halts Transgender Care for New Veteran Patients as Advocates Warn of Dire Consequences The department announced that patients currently being treated and those discharged from the Defense Department who receive...
Reaching Out for Help Was Army Veteran's Big Step Back from Homelessness When veteran Rosalyn Martin was living in her car, she made a promise to God that if she could just get what she needed, she...
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...
National Mall Protest Against Trump Administration Includes Veterans Hurt by Cuts Veterans were among the several thousand protesters who amassed on the National Mall on Friday to rally against the Trump...
Community Care Is Not VA Care There's a new cliche being parroted at congressional hearings on veterans' affairs these days: "Community care is VA care."
VA to Step Up Rollout of New Electronic Health Records System in 2026 The program, which is in use at six VA medical centers and affiliated clinics, has been stalled since 2022.
Judge Orders Trump to Reinstate VA Probationary Workers Let Go in Mass Firings A federal judge on Thursday ordered President Donald Trump's administration to reinstate thousands — if not tens of thousands...
Navajo Code Talker Videos, Photos, Stories Removed to Comply with Trump Diversity Purge The Marine Corps has removed more than a dozen videos, photos and stories about Navajo Code Talkers as part of an ongoing...
Pentagon Pushes Ahead on Cutting 60,000 Civilian Workers Using Firings, Resignations and Hiring Freeze The Pentagon said it will cut between 5% to 8% of a workforce that includes thousands of veterans -- through firings...
Highest-Ranking Black Medal of Honor Recipient Erased in Pentagon DEI Purge The latest casualty in the Department of Defense's sweep of all things related to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) is...
From France Comes a Call for Trump's America to Return Lady Liberty. Here's Why It Won't Happen A French politician has suggested the U.S. is no longer worthy of keeping the Statue of Liberty.
Europe and Canada Are Eyeing Alternatives to American-Made Fighter Jets. Here's Why Questions are mounting in Canada and in Europe over whether big-ticket purchases of high-end U.S. weaponry, such as the F-35...
