VA Warns Congress that Benefits Payments Are at Risk Due to Projected $15 Billion Budget Shortfall The VA said it is working with the White House and Congress to address the budget shortfalls in a way that doesn't harm...
Here Are the Air Force's Toughest Jobs That Earn a Bonus, But the Service Won't Explain Planned Cuts The Air Force has approved 78 jobs to receive special duty assignment pay for 2025, an increase from the 70 for 2024, but...
White House 'Strongly Opposes' Proposed 19.5% Pay Hike for Junior Enlisted Troops The statement from the White House suggested Congress should wait until the administration's review is done to make any...
Nurses Rally at VA Headquarters in DC to Protest Staffing Reductions During a rally outside the Department of Veterans Affairs, the nurses, all members of the National Nurses United union, said...
Money for 19.5% Pay Hike for Junior Enlisted Troops Included in House's Defense Spending Bill Funding to support a 19.5% pay raise for junior enlisted troops is included in the House's initial version of the annual...
White House Threatens to Veto VA, Military Construction Spending Bill over GOP Policies The White House is threatening to veto the annual Department of Veterans Affairs and military construction funding bill over...
The VA and DoD Don't Have a Funding Problem. They Have a Mismanagement Crisis. The $328.1 billion 2024 budget for the Department of Veterans Affairs is the largest in agency history. President Joe Biden's...
After Failing to Overturn VA Abortion, LGBTQ+ Policies, House Republicans Try Again with Must-Pass Bill Kicking off the fiscal 2025 appropriations process with controversial policy riders sets the stage for a replay of the...
Army Planning Big Boost to Pacific Operations Next Year with More Training, Deployments and Equipment The Army is seeking to better prepare itself for a potential conflict in the Pacific, with increased spending on regional...
US Troops Killed in Plane Crashes Skyrockets in 2017 This year, 37 U.S. service members have died in plane crashes -- more than 130 percent higher than at this point last year.
Navy Calls Off Search for Sailor Who Went Overboard During Exercise Near Australia The sailor, assigned to the USS George Washington, was reported missing on Monday afternoon local time, and the Navy...
Army Puts Political Operative in Charge of Public Affairs, Stoking Concerns of Creeping Partisanship While it's not unusual for political hands to manage messaging at the highest levels of the Pentagon, the ongoing change to...
Texas Man Who Fled to Russia to Escape ‘Woke’ America Sent to Front Line of War, Wife Says Derek Huffman, his wife, DeAnna, and their three daughters, ages 10 to 12, moved to a small town outside Moscow earlier this...
NTSB Finds Army Black Hawk in Fatal Midair Crash with Plane Was Above Altitude Limit Investigators have found that a helicopter involved in a deadly crash with a passenger plane over Washington was flying above...
Trump Is Vetting Top General Nominees. It Could Be Seen as a Loyalty Test. President Donald Trump is now meeting with four-star general nominees personally, a notable departure from past practices...
