Nominee for Veterans Benefits Chief Hits Senate Speed Bump Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said he was placing a hold on Joshua Jacobs' nomination to be the VA's under secretary for...
VA to Cover New Drug for Early Stage Alzheimer's Disease The department is the first large health system to cover Leqembi, moving out ahead of Medicare, which covers it only in...
VA Asks for Historic $4.1 Billion for Construction as Agency Weighs Closing Some Aging Medical Facilities After the Senate scuttled the department's recommendations on medical facility upgrades and closures, the VA launched a new...
House GOP Entertains Scuttling VA's $16B Electronic Health Records Program During a hearing on the Department of Veterans Affairs' medical database systems, VA officials said the current 40-year-old...
VA Drops Mask Requirements for Staff, Patients at Most Medical Facilities The department announced the change nearly three years to the day the VA confirmed its first death from COVID-19 at a VA...
Veterans' Emergency Room Bills Could Get Repaid by VA Thanks to Change VA medical patients who have gone to a non-VA emergency room since 2010 can get their out-of-pocket coinsurance costs...
VA Deputy Secretary to Step Down After Nearly 2 Years The departure of Deputy Secretary Donald Remy leaves a significant hole in the department's leadership, especially regarding...
All Combat-Injured Vets Would Keep Their Full Retirement, Disability Pay Under Proposal The Maj. Richard Star Act would eliminate the dollar-for-dollar offset on retirement pay that combat-disabled vets with less...
VA Dental Insurance Program VA provides comprehensive dental care to Veterans who are eligible; however, the benefit is not available to many Veterans.
VA Police Shortages Leave Medical Center Patients, Staff Vulnerable, Watchdog Finds A new report by the Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General found "multiple security vulnerabilities" across 70 VA...
Caregivers Sue VA over Denial of Benefits Survivors of veterans who died from service-connected conditions have filed a class action seeking changes to a VA practice...
Marine Corps Ranks: A Complete Guide to Enlisted and Officer Ranks Explore U.S. Marine Corps ranks from private to general. Learn rank structure, pay grades, insignia and promotion paths in...
Homeowners Say the Army Corps and its Contractors Mishandled LA Fire Debris Cleanup More than 800 complaints were submitted to a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hotline dedicated to the agency's debris removal...
Japan Marks End of World War II as Survivors Remember Wartime Emperor's Surrender Speech 80 Years Ago A national ceremony will begin at Tokyo’s Budokan hall at noon, the same time then-Emperor Hirohito’s 4½-minute prerecorded...
Flights Restricted over Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Ahead of Trump-Putin Summit North American Aerospace Defense Command issued a statement saying it would be enforcing Federal Aviation Administration...
