Troops Will Start Getting Economic Hardship Bonuses This Month, Though Only $20 on Average Lawmakers on Capitol Hill, concerned that service member pay was not keeping pace with the private sector or inflation...
'Today We Make History': Commission Probing Afghanistan War Starts Work with Veterans Top of Mind The Afghanistan War Commission, created by Congress shortly after the 2021 withdrawal, held its first public hearing...
VA Warns Congress that Benefits Payments Are at Risk Due to Projected $15 Billion Budget Shortfall The VA said it is working with the White House and Congress to address the budget shortfalls in a way that doesn't harm...
Delay in Pentagon Sharing Osprey Crash Data Sparks Threats from House Oversight Committee The Pentagon has not provided a comprehensive list and all safety investigation reports of every class-A Osprey mishap from...
An Army Ammunition Plant's Bullets Keep Showing Up in Mass Shootings. Lawmakers Want Answers. A New York Times investigation found that ammunition from a plant in Missouri has been used in at least 12 high-profile mass...
Pentagon Likely to Continue Using PFAS-Based Firefighting Foam for 2 More Years, Watchdog Says Cost, training challenges and concerns about a replacement are preventing the Defense Department from meeting an Oct. 1...
Top Republicans Fume After Botched Army Terrorism Briefing Named Anti-Abortion Groups House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers and other committee Republicans sent a letter to Army Secretary Christine...
MDMA Treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Gets Backing from Lawmakers, Advocates as FDA Raises Questions An effort to get FDA approval for the treatment, which has been studied for nearly a decade in the U.S., is growing after a...
Disabled Veterans to Congress: Move Out on Stalled Bill to Allow Payment of Both Retirement and Disability Benefits Despite wide bipartisan backing, the Major Richard Star Act has languished for years, increasingly frustrating the veterans...
Restrictions on Transgender Health Care Slipped into Senate's Must-Pass Defense Bill The military would not be able to pay for surgeries for transgender troops under the Senate's version of the must-pass annual...
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...
