Proposal to Expand Private Health Care for Veterans Advanced by House Panel The legislation stoked strong opposition from Democrats accusing Republicans of trying to privatize the VA as Republicans...
Senators Call for VA to 'Rebuild' Research Efforts Amid Ongoing Hiring Delays The letter from a trio of Democratic senators coincides with warnings from researchers and others familiar with the situation...
National Guard Officer's Promotion Stalled by California Senator Protesting LA Military Deployment A hold cannot prevent a nominee from being confirmed, but it means the Senate cannot use the expedited procedures it normally...
Senate's VA Spending Bill Seeks Assurance Staff Cuts Won't Hinder Veterans' Care The language in the Senate's version of the fiscal 2026 VA appropriations bill offers a mild, but notable bipartisan rebuke...
The New VA Budget Pushes to Privatize Care, Risking the Veterans Health System "We are watching the slow dismantling of the VA from the inside out, buried in a budget document. If left unchecked, this...
Program to Prevent Veteran Home Foreclosures Has Been Revived The Senate passed a bill to create what's known as a partial claims program that will essentially allow veterans with...
House Panel Adds Ban on Restoring Confederate Base Names as It Advances Major Defense Bill After hours of debate that culminated in a rebuke of the Trump administration's efforts to restore Confederate names to...
Trump's Controversial Pick for Pentagon Personnel Chief Confirmed by Senate Tata is a retired Army brigadier general whose post-military career includes serving as a school district administrator in...
Mike Waltz Pledges to Make UN 'Great Again' at Senate Confirmation Hearing Appearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Waltz is facing lawmakers for the first time since he was ousted as...
Senators Seek Guardrails Against JAG Firings in Must-Pass Defense Policy Bill Firing a top military lawyer would require a congressional notification that includes a substantive justification under a...
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...
