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...
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...
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.
Military Medical System Not Ready for War Due to Cuts and Delayed Reforms, Experts Warn Just 10% of military surgeons are receiving the training and practice they need to be effective in conflict, former military...
83,000 VA Employees Slated to Be Fired This Year by Musk's DOGE, Memo Says If implemented, the layoffs would bring the department down to the level of employees it had before the PACT Act, the wide...
Media Barred from Covering Top Defense, VA Health Officials at Conference Amid Concerns over Care Reporters who tried to sign up to attend the annual meeting of the AMSUS Society of Federal Health Professionals were told...
VA Study of Brain Injuries and Mental Health Would Be Ordered Up by Senate Bill Lawmakers across the political spectrum have ramped up efforts to understand, prevent and treat traumatic brain injuries, or...
Retired 4-Star Officers Join Suit to House Homeless Veterans at California VA Medical Center Adm. William McRaven and two other retired four-star officers have joined a lawsuit to force the Department of Veterans...
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...
