Senators Want Tricare to Cover Eating Disorders for Retiree Families A bipartisan group of senators wants the military's health insurance to extend coverage for binge eating, anorexia, bulimia...
Defense Secretary Fires Back at GOP Lawmaker Charging Pentagon with Bad Call on Ukraine and 'Woke-ism' Rep. Matt Gaetz pressed Austin about a lecture on democratic socialism at the National Defense University that became a...
Defense Department Isn’t Reviewing Doctors, Putting Patients in Danger, Watchdog Says The Government Accountability Office has found inconsistencies in the Pentagon’s reviews of provider licenses and evaluations...
Why New York City Has a Plaza Named for A Soviet Spy Samuel Dickstein Plaza was named for the former congressman when no one knew about his work for the USSR.
‘I Don’t Think I Could Do 20 Years of This’: Military Families Still Struggling with Mold at Privatized Housing Military families continue to face issues with unhealthy living conditions at privatized housing despite the Pentagon's...
Plans for Hospital Closures as Part of Military Health System Reform Forging Ahead After Pause Planned facilities realignment and closures, along with staff cuts, have been on pause since the start of the pandemic.
Top Senate Democrat Throws Weight Behind Massive Toxic Exposure Bill The Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics, or PACT, Act, passed the House and will receive a vote in the...
Inflation Driving Congressional Fight to Hike Defense Budget Republicans are pointing to increased costs for labor, fuel and materials as they argue the Pentagon's high budget request...
Coast Guard's $13.8 Billion Budget Request Includes a Commercial Icebreaker The budget, up 2.7% from current funding levels, provides money for a 4.6% pay increase and funds for ship construction and...
Increase to Maximum Life Insurance Payout for Service Members, Veterans Clears Senate Service members and veterans would be able to boost their life insurance coverage by $100,000 under a bill passed by 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...
