Obama Signs Bill Buying More Time for Beleaguered VA Hospital President Obama signed legislation allowing the VA to redirect funds from various parts of its budget toward the Colorado...
White House Outlines Improved GI Bill Protections The White House outlined proposals to help protect GI Bill benefits and curb veteran homelessness and the VA claims backlog.
Obama's Last Defense Budget Adds Funds for Europe, Counterterrorism President Barack Obama's proposed defense budget would increase military spending less than 1 percent, guaranteeing a long...
Vietnam Vet Awarded Medal of Honor for Heroic Helicopter Rescue President Barack Obama awarded America's highest military honor for valor today to a U.S. Army veteran for risking his life...
Mattis Faces Hurdles after Trump's SecDef Nod Retired Gen. James Mattis' nomination as defense secretary won much praise, but it is now against the law for him to get the...
Obama Asks Hill to Extend Sequestration Deadline Obama said Republican and Democrat leaders needed more time to "keep chipping away at this problem."
Special Forces Face Tough Test Fixing Iraqi Army President Obama's order to rush 300 Special Forces to Iraq is unlikely to heal the deep wounds festering inside most Iraqi...
Obama, McDonald Vow to Fix VA Scheduling Practices President Obama on Tuesday pledged to put an end to "cooking the books" and other inappropriate scheduling tactics at the...
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...
