GOP Relaunches Bid to End VA Abortion Policy GOP lawmakers in the House and Senate reintroduced a resolution to reverse the policy, using a process that could force a...
Preventing Vet Homelessness and Suicide Top Biden’s State of the Union ‘Unity Agenda’ Biden made the push on veterans issues as part of his annual State of the Union address.
Senators Push DoD to Do 'Proactive' Outreach to Soldiers Booted from Tricare in IT Glitch The leaders of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee are calling on the DoD to conduct a review of Tricare after recent...
Lawmakers Want to Restore Gun Rights to Some Disabled Veterans The House Veterans Affairs Committee chairman and 49 Republicans support a bill that would prevent some vets from being...
Chinese Spy Balloon Stokes Concern in Congress as Lawmakers Focus on Threats from Beijing Much of the congressional reaction is coming from Republicans who are using the incident to argue the Biden administration is...
Republicans Aim at 'Woke' Military and Biden as House Finalizes Military and Veteran Panel Membership The House committee that oversees military issues will see 16 new faces this year, while the committee in charge of veterans...
VA to Congress: Keep Pandemic Rule Allowing Prescriptions Across State Lines Millions of veterans could lose access to medication refills when COVID-19 emergency measures expire May 11.
'That Pisses Me Off': Congressman to Lead Panel on Struggles for Troops Focusing on Pay, Food Insecurity Boosting pay for junior enlisted service members and improving military housing conditions will be among the priorities of...
GOP Revives Push to Reinstate Troops Discharged over COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Republicans last year successfully repealed the military's COVID-19 vaccine mandate despite the Pentagon's support for the...
Democrat Threatens to Hold Up Pentagon Nominees over Space Command HQ Decision U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet voted against confirming Brendan Owens as assistant secretary of defense for energy and...
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...