Senate Confirms Former Chair of Veterans Appeals Board as VA Inspector General Cheryl Mason, a career attorney and military spouse whose brother and father were veterans, was approved in a 53-45 vote.
Proposal to Expand Private Veterans Health Care Pared Down in Bipartisan Senate Compromise Senate Democrats agreed to support a Republican effort to expand veterans' access to private doctors through the Department...
Exodus at VA: 10,000 Employees Are Resigning in September. Here’s the List It’s been six months since a now-infamous email presented millions of federal workers with a pivotal decision: They could...
VA Memorial Affairs Leader Approved by Senate In a 54-44 vote Tuesday night, the Senate confirmed Sam Brown, an Army veteran and failed Senate candidate, to be VA under...
New Login System Coming for Defense Department and Some VA Websites The old DS Logon system will be retired in favor of the more secure myAuth system.
VA Health Nominee Pledges to Find 'Balance' Between Treatment at VA Centers and Private Facilities Air Force Reserve Maj. Gen. John Bartrum has a long history of working in military and public health positions, including the...
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...
Study Finds PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Linked to Type 2 Diabetes The small study of patients at Mount Sinai Hospital has implications for anyone, including military firefighters and families...
Burn Pit Exposure Linked to Higher Rates of Mental Health Disorders, Brain Injury A new study also confirms earlier research on a connection between burn pit exposure and suicide.
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...
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...
