VA Issues New Warning that Default Could Have 'Catastrophic' Effects for Veterans VA Secretary Denis McDonough said Wednesday there is "no blueprint for what could happen."
VA Can't Account for $187 Million in Emergency COVID-19 Funding The department received nearly $37 billion in additional funding to address the COVID-19 pandemic but now says it is free to...
Republicans Vow to Boost Veteran Spending Amid Debt Ceiling Fight The GOP bill would give the VA about $153 billion in discretionary funding in 2024, up from $135 billion that the department...
How Veterans Benefits Could Be Delayed in June by a US Default Billions of dollars of veterans benefits could be imperiled if the U.S. defaults on its debts, though the full extent of the...
Cleanup of 'Forever Chemicals' Around Military Bases Is Woefully Underfunded, Group Says An advocacy group says the gap is widening between the cleanup costs and related funding for PFAS chemicals from firefighting...
Veterans Health Care and Benefits Become Flash Points in Debate over Debt Ceiling and Spending Cuts The GOP proposal does not specifically cut VA funding, but it would place a cap on the overall amount of money the government...
Air Force Budgets Less for Bonus Pay for its Toughest Jobs in 2024 Special Duty Assignment Pay is reserved for some of the toughest jobs in the Air Force, ranging from Basic Military Training...
Military Quietly Stops Buying Ospreys as Aircraft Faces an Uncertain Future New budget documents for the three military branches that fly the V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft show that none has plans to...
Not Stopping Russia in Ukraine Would Force 'Doubling' of US Defense Budget, Milley Says Milley's remark at a House Appropriations Committee defense subcommittee hearing comes amid growing skepticism from...
VA $325 Billion Budget Proposal Includes Funding for Toxic Exposure Benefits, Medical Facilities Construction The White House's proposed $1.7 trillion fiscal 2024 budget provides a smaller boost to the VA's discretionary spending than...
Veterans Could Get Free Gun Safes Under Suicide Prevention Proposal Introduced in House Any veteran who wants a lockbox to store their firearm would be able to get one for free from the Department of Veterans...
Army Delays Bonus Pay for Deployed Soldiers The pay bump was due to begin next Tuesday, but Army officials said that all the details of the bonus had never been sorted...
The Air Force Unveiled an Ambitious Reorganization Plan. Can It Survive a Presidential Election? The Department of the Air Force's ambitious reorganization plan designed to keep the Air Force and Space Force competitive...
VA Employee Charged with Threatening Ordered to Wear GPS Monitor A carpenter at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Manchester, N.H., has been released on conditions he wear...
Keesler Command Chief Sacked After Investigation Ordered by Training Wing Colonel The command chief of the 81st Training Wing at Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi was removed from his leadership role...