Senate Passes 'Emergency' VA Reform Bill The Senate passed legislation to end the wait times vets are experiencing for health care by letting many go outside the VA.
VA Seeks to Reallocate Choice Act Funds in $169B Budget Proposal The Veterans Affairs Department would be funded to nearly $169 billion next year under the budget proposed by the White House...
Senate Backs Letting VA Doctors Recommend Medical Marijuana to Vets Legislation passed Tuesday by the Senate includes a provision that would allow VA doctors to recommend medical marijuana to...
Trump, Clinton Veer from Veterans Issues During Vets Forum Trump and Clinton veered from vets issues into national-security matters during the first forum in which they shared a stage.
VA Disability Claims Backlog Grows Despite Paperless Fix The VA's new electronic system for processing disability claims has faced initial problems in reducing backlogs.
Lawmakers Battle Over Whether New Health Care Bill Hurts Vets Democrats and Republicans argued Friday over whether the new health care bill proposal would help or hurt vets.
McCain-Sanders' VA Bill Slammed as Pro-Union A former New York lieutenant governor says just-passed Senate legislation intended to eliminate long patient wait times at VA...
Nationwide Campaign Urges Doctors to Ask if Patients are Veterans The American Medical Association has urged health care providers to ask patients if they have served in the military and to...
VA Expands 'Choice,' Seeks Dollars to Consolidate Outside Care An additional 160,000 veterans became eligible Dec. 1 to receive VA-paid medical care from civilian health care providers.
Late Effort In Congress Stops Legislation Limiting Nurses' Duties According to the VA, 6,500 of its 93,000 registered nurses possess advanced degrees and would be able to fill in for doctors.
Navy Demotion Reversed for GOP Congressman Who Government Watchdog Found Abused Subordinates Jackson was quietly demoted to captain in 2022, three years after his retirement from the Navy, following an inspector...
Camp Pendleton Officer, Wife Sue Military Housing Company over Crash That Killed 8-Year-Old Son A Marine Corps family whose 8-year-old son died last year after he was struck by a vehicle while riding his bicycle on Camp...
Coast Guard to Launch Service-Wide Physical Fitness Test for All Members Next Year Coast Guard men and women must take a preliminary assessment by the end of this year and a mandatory PFT starting in 2026.
How the Men on a Navy Submarine Survived After Sinking 240 Feet in the Atlantic Trapped 240 feet beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, Lt. Oliver Naquin could not ensure the crew of the USS Squalus...
Rubio Says US Is Designating 2 More Gangs as Foreign Terrorist Groups The two new designees, Los Lobos and Los Choneros, are Ecuadorian gangs blamed for much of the violence that began since the...