Military Spouses Helped Write Last Year's National Defense Bill "Spouses are passed over for jobs because employers worry they will move. For others, the issue is affordable child care."
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.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
