Pentagon Plans $5 Billion for Border, Bets on Trump Bill to Fill Funding Gaps The budget plans for fiscal 2026 were released as President Donald Trump is pursuing mass deportations across the country and...
Food Assistance Cuts Softened, Veterans Education Benefits Protected in Senate Version of Trump Agenda Bill Two aspects of a sweeping bill to enact President Donald Trump's agenda that alarmed veterans and military family advocates...
Iowa Congresswoman Pushes to Expand Benefits for Vietnam Vets Exposed to Agent Orange Federal legislation signed into law in 2022 expanded VA health care and benefits for veterans exposed to toxic substances...
Deep Workforce Cuts at VA, Pentagon Backed by Republican Spending Bills House Republicans are on track to allow job cuts at the Pentagon and Department of Veterans Affairs to proceed in the annual...
Budget for Veterans to See Private Doctors Would See Big Boost in GOP's VA Funding Proposal Overall, the House Appropriations Committee's fiscal 2026 VA spending bill would give the department about $453 billion -- a...
Lawmakers Push for Osprey Safety Report to Be Added to Annual Defense Funding Bill House lawmakers want a safety report about the V-22 Osprey to be included in the annual defense appropriations bill after...
GOP's 'Big Beautiful' Bill with $8.5 Billion for Military Quality-of-Life Boost Passes House The Pentagon funding could provide a much-needed boost to barracks maintenance, military health care and other areas that...
Military Families Could Go Hungry Due to Food Assistance Cuts in GOP's 'Big Beautiful Bill' Republicans maintain the changes are necessary to put SNAP more in line with other benefits programs and ensure states aren't...
Veterans Crisis Line Employees Were Caught in Mass Firings. A New Bill Aims for Staff Protections. The bill comes after the Department of Veterans Affairs acknowledged in a letter to senators last month that 24 support...
JROTC Expansion at US High Schools Eyed as Part of Bill to Boost Recruiting High school students whose campuses do not have a Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program would be able to join units...
Trump Says US Must Send More Weapons to Ukraine, Days After Ordering Pause in Deliveries President Donald Trump said the U.S. will have to send more weapons to Ukraine, just days after ordering a pause in critical...
The Best Amazon Prime Day 2025 Deals for Service Members, Veterans and Military Families Amazon Prime Day 2025 runs from Tuesday, July 8, through Friday, July 11 - twice as long as what it has been in previous...
Yemen's Houthi Rebels Say Bulk Carrier Magic Seas That They Attacked Sunday Has Sunk The ship attack comes at a sensitive moment in the Middle East.
Troops and Federal Agents Briefly Descend on Park in LA Neighborhood With Large Immigrant Population The defense officials told reporters that it was not a military operation but acknowledged that the size and scope of the...
Army Secretary Fires Entire Corps of Civilian Advisers from Communities Across US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll has ousted his entire slate of civilian advisers in a sweeping move aimed at clearing space for...
