A Nurse with an Amputation Hopes to Join the Air Force. A New Bill Could Allow Her to Do So. The "Hannah Cvancara Service Act," a bill introduced by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., would allow amputees interested...
Bill Allowing Disabled Veterans to Collect Full Benefits Gets New Push from Supporters on Capitol Hill The Major Richard Star Act would ensure all service members who medically retire have full access to both military retirement...
Veterans' Gun Rights Amendment Included in Compromise Must-Pass VA Spending Bill The provision -- a win for Republicans on Capitol Hill -- was included in a bipartisan compromise deal between the House and...
VA Won't Cover Gender-Affirmation Surgery for Transgender Veterans Until It Reviews PACT Act Effects The Department of Veterans Affairs will not move forward with covering gender-affirmation surgery for transgender veterans...
GOP Speaker Johnson Says House Won't Be 'Rushed' to Approve Aid for Ukraine as $95B Package Stalls Republican Speaker Mike Johnson, who rejected a border security compromise that was eventually stripped from the final...
Support for Afghan Allies Sidelined Yet Again Despite Push from Veterans The whirlwind couple of weeks has essentially put veterans' efforts back at square one and left Afghans still waiting for the...
The Senate Votes to Begin Working on a Last-Ditch Effort to Approve Funds for Ukraine and Israel The legislation’s path remained uncertain because Senate leaders had not agreed to a process to limit the debate time for the...
The Senate Eyes New Plan on Ukraine, Israel Aid After Collapse of Border Package As some Republicans have grown skeptical of sending money to Ukraine in its war with Russia, Schumer said that “history will...
Border Security and Ukraine Aid Collapses Despite Biden's Plea for Congress to 'Show Some Spine' Biden had engaged for months with Senate leaders on a carefully negotiated plan to pair policies intended to curb illegal...
GOP Says Biden Has All the Power He Needs to Control the Border. The Reality Is Far More Complicated Without changes to immigration laws or more funding to manage the growing number of migrants arriving at the Southern border...
Soldiers and Civilians Are Dying as Mexican Cartels Embrace a Terrifying New Weapon: Land Mines The series of blasts in the Tierra Caliente — an area along the border of Jalisco and Michoacán states — mark an alarming...
Navy's Ambitious New Effort Aims to Give Sailors Understanding of 'What Right Looks Like' In an administrative message released with little fanfare, the Navy quietly embarked on an ambitious effort that leaders hope...
Two Commanders in Marine Corps' West Coast Infantry School Fired on Same Day Col. Seth "S.W." MacCutcheon, the commander of the School of Infantry-West, and Maj. Nicholas Engle, the commander of the...
Navy Fires Commander of USS Ohio -- 3rd Submarine Skipper Relieved in 7 Months The commanding officer of the USS Ohio sub's gold crew -- Capt. Kurt Balagna -- was relieved by Rear Adm. Nicholas Tilbrook...
Marine Corps Continues Path to Retirement for Artillery System that Has Seen Heavy Use in Ukraine For more than two decades, the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS, has served as a key piece for U.S...