VA's Proposed 2025 Budget Includes Increases for Construction, Caregivers and More The proposal, part of President Joe Biden's $7.3 trillion budget package, could result in the largest VA budget to date if...
More Military Quality-of-Life Improvements Needed, Lawmakers Say, But Budget Caps They Passed Stand in the Way Among the quality-of-life funding included in the request is money for a 4.5% pay raise for troops, $2.35 billion for Army...
Biden Signs a Package of Spending Bills Passed by Congress Just Hours Before a Shutdown Deadline The legislation's success gets lawmakers about halfway home in wrapping up their appropriations work for the 2024 budget year...
Congress Passes First Package of Spending Bills Just Hours Before Shutdown Deadline for Key Agencies The first package now making its way to Biden's desk covers the departments of Justice, Veterans Affairs, Agriculture...
PACT Act Takes Front and Center Among Veteran Issues in Biden's State of the Union Address on Accomplishments While Biden dedicated significant portions of his first two State of the Union speeches to veterans policy, this year's...
Bill Allowing Disabled Veterans to Collect Full Benefits Gets New Push from Supporters on Capitol Hill The Major Richard Star Act would ensure all service members who medically retire have full access to both military retirement...
How US Airdrops of Humanitarian Aid Into Gaza Can Help and Why the Operation Is Complicated The U.S. is also working through how the airdropped aid will be collected and distributed once it's on the ground.
Ukraine's Troops Are Rationing Ammunition. Yet House Republicans Plan to Take Weeks to Mull More Aid It's now been over two months since the U.S. — which since World War II has fashioned itself as the “Arsenal of Democracy” —...
VA Set to Make Its Abortion Policy Official on Monday, Despite Opposition from Republicans in Congress The Department of Veterans Affairs on Monday will finalize its policy of providing abortions to veterans and other...
Military to Conduct Airdrops of Humanitarian Aid into Gaza as Concern for Palestinian Civilians Mounts The move comes amid growing political pressure on President Joe Biden not only from supporters of the Palestinians but also...
Musk, Ramaswamy Proposal to Slash Spending Could Include VA Medical Services Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy confirmed that they plan to target "unauthorized" federal spending, a category that includes...
Coast Guard Set to Receive New Icebreaker by Year's End, Bolstering US Presence in Arctic The need for ships with icebreaking capabilities is growing as China and Russia increase their presence in the Arctic...
Marine Corps F-35C Was Used in Combat for First Time to Strike Houthis, Military Confirms Traveling at speeds of 1,200 mph, the F-35C can carry Joint Direct Attack Munitions, or JDAMs, air-to-air missiles and other...
Military Diversity Is Not the Problem "The main reason for concern about the U.S. military and its performance has to do with the variety of U.S. commitments and...
MacDill Airman Gets 5 Years Of Probation in 'Undead Apes' Blockchain Fraud U.S. District Judge William Jung sentenced Devin Rhoden to five years’ probation, a reflection of Rhoden’s substantial...
