Caregivers to Younger Veterans Face Depression and Suicidal Thoughts, Study Finds A study conducted by Rand Corp. found that caregivers provide services for troops and veterans worth between $199 billion and...
VA Checking for Connection Between PFAS Chemicals and Kidney Cancer in Afflicted Veterans The department will review the scientific literature, data and veterans' claims to determine whether renal cancer should be a...
Veterans Not Covered by Toxic Hazards Legislation Wait Decades for VA Recognition, Report Finds While legislation that created presumptive conditions for Agent Orange and burn pits has helped millions, veterans exposed to...
Veteran Readiness and Employment Program Subsistence Allowance A subsistence allowance is paid to Veterans each month while enrolled in the Department of Veterans Affairs' Veteran...
North Carolina’s ‘Wounded Heroes Day’ Offers More Than Recognition. It Gives Real Help to Veterans in Need. The day will be inaugurated with a new law to address issues facing North Carolina's wounded warriors.
New Standards for the VA Caregivers Program Are Still in Limbo. Advocates Want Them Released. Twelve groups that represent caregivers of veterans wrote President Joe Biden to ask about the progress of proposed changes...
In the Past Decade, VA Has Recouped $2.4 Billion in Separation Pay, Bonuses from Disabled Vets The VA's effort to recover payments to service members voluntarily or involuntarily separated from their respective military...
Republican Project 2025 Takes Dead Aim at Veterans' Health and Disability Benefits When I came to Congress two years ago and joined the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, I was cautiously optimistic that...
VA Takes Steps to Expedite Claims for K2 Veterans with Chronic Illnesses The Department of Veterans Affairs announced that veterans who served at Karshi-Khanabad Air Base in Uzbekistan who have...
Housing Agency Scraps Catch-22-Type Rule That Kept Disabled Homeless Vets from Receiving Rent Vouchers Homeless veterans who were wounded, injured or became sick during their time in uniform will no longer have their disability...
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...
