Cost of Deploying Active-Duty Troops to Border: $132 Million and Counting The costs of maintaining active-duty and National Guard troops on the border have risen to at least $235 million.
Trump Announces Temporary End to Shutdown, Back Pay for Federal Workers Trump announced he would sign legislation that would open government until Feb. 15 to make time to reach a border compromise.
A Modest Proposal: Move Coast Guard Under Navy So Coasties Get Paid More than 11,000 have signed on to a White House petition proposing a more radical move to get Coasties their paychecks.
Former Coast Guard Top Enlisted: We're Ashamed of Congress "The outpouring of support for our Coast Guard community has been truly inspirational to watch."
Aid Societies Step Up to Help Retirees, Reserve and Guard Affected by Shutdown An influx of donations has enabled Coast Guard Mutual Assistance to bump up the maximum amount a member can borrow.
Retired Coast Guard Master Chiefs: Washington Is Failing Our Service "Active-duty Coast Guard servicemen and women remain on the job even as they and their families go without compensation."
For First Time in Recent History, a US Military Service Is Working Without Pay As Coast Guard paychecks went undelivered Tuesday, the service's top officer urged its members to stay the course.
CBO Suggests Raising Tricare Fees, Cutting Veteran Benefits to Slash Deficit The Congressional Budget Office published options for reducing the imbalance, including three suggestions on Tricare.
Wilkie: 'Insulting' to Suggest Shutdown Could Cause Veteran Suicides The VA secretary is calling for an apology after a union official suggested vets might resort to suicide during the shutdown.
50,000 Coast Guard Retirees May Miss Pay if Shutdown Continues As the partial federal government shutdown enters its fourth week, another group is about to get hit in the pocketbook.
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...
