Lawmakers Rush to Introduce Relief Bills as Military Toxic Exposures Come to Light Advocates and some lawmakers stress that the stars are aligned to pass significant legislation.
Lawmakers Are Worried COVID-19 Did Long-Term Damage to Military Training Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle say they are worried the military is only beginning to see how the pandemic has...
'Fighting on All Fronts': Deported US Veterans Cautiously Optimistic Biden Will Bring Them Home At least 250 veterans were deported or in deportation proceedings between 2013 and 2018, according to a GAO report.
Lawmaker Blames 'Lack of Urgency' for Sluggish Military Records Processing Some lawmakers are fed up with the National Personnel Records Center, falling behind by nearly 500,000 military record...
New Book on Navy Reading List Prompts Senator to Introduce Bill Banning Racial Bias Training Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., has introduced a bill aiming to squash racial bias training in the military.
Armed Services Committee Lawmaker Investigated Over Alleged Sexual Relationship With Teen: Report Rep. Matt Gaetz is reportedly under investigation from the Justice Department on whether he had a sexual relationship with a...
Lawmakers Urge Biden to Back Legislation to Locate GWOT Memorial on National Mall A group of post-9/11 veterans in Congress is pushing President Joe Biden to back a measure to build the planned Global War on...
These 4-Stars Want to Help Commanders Avoid Information Overload in the Next War The real challenge facing commanders in the next war will be sorting through the overflow of information coming at them.
Sweeping Measure Would Provide Care, Disability to Thousands of Vets Sickened by Burn Pits The measure was also introduced last year and never got any serious traction.
'Why Are We Talking About It?' Congress May Face Impasse on Extremism in the Military As the military faces a reckoning on extremism within the ranks, the issue is turning into a partisan stalemate in Congress.
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...