Lawmakers Call for Action on Burn Pit Exposure Members of Congress want the VA and Pentagon to improve their accountability.
Lawmakers Question Huge Increase in Pentagon's 'War Budget' for Fiscal 2020 Lawmakers charged that the proposed huge increase in Overseas Contingency Operations funding is a budgetary "gimmick."
Navy Vet Lawmaker Introduces Measure to Repeal Tax Hike for Gold Star Families The legislation would reduce the tax burden of payments to children of the fallen.
Lawmaker Presses for Survivor Benefits for Medal of Honor Recipients' Families Rep. Julia Brownley, D-California, has introduced a bill to benefit the survivors of Medal of Honor recipients.
VA Comes Out Against Bills on Medical Marijuana for Veterans Bills would support expanded research on cannabis and allow VA doctors to recommend the drug to patients where it is legal.
VA, DoD Electronic Health Records Still Aren't Compatible, and Lawmakers Are Angry Shanahan was grilled by lawmakers on the lengthy and costly effort to develop compatible electronic records systems.
Bill Would Let Troops Sue for Military Medical Malpractice Legislation introduced Tuesday by Rep. Jackie Speier, D-California, has bipartisan support to overturn what's known as the...
Air Force Can't Start Storm Repair Projects at Tyndall Due to Funding Gap Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson on Tuesday said the service has been forced to postpone rebuilding efforts.
Victims of Military Medical Malpractice to Testify Before Congress An active-duty soldier and the widow of an airman will ask lawmakers for changes to the Federal Tort Claims Act.
Lawmakers to Grill VA for Answers on Suicide 'Epidemic' The House was to begin a series of hearings Monday to find answers to the veterans' suicide crisis.
Tennessee Man Shot Dead After Flipping Middle Finger at War Memorial Albert Sturgill Jr., 63, was confronted by a group while gesturing at the flag and monuments at Cumberland County Veterans...
Chicago Braces for Potential National Guard Deployment Amid Trump Threats Illinois politicians are sounding an alarm and bracing for possible National Guard deployments to Chicago amid President...
9/11 Air Defense Stories You Might Not Know As hijacked planes turned into weapons on September 11, 2001, inside a quiet Air National Guard facility in upstate New York...
Is Trump's Troop Buildup in US Cities a Declaration of War — or Something Else? As President Donald Trump goads Democratic-led cities, Americans are grappling with a fundamental question of American...
Navy Demotion Reversed for GOP Congressman Who Government Watchdog Found Abused Subordinates Jackson was quietly demoted to captain in 2022, three years after his retirement from the Navy, following an inspector...