House Passes Bill Blocking Schools from Penalizing Student Veterans for VA's Delays The House passed a bill aimed at preventing schools from slapping penalties on vets affected by the VA's failures.
VA Still Paying Millions in GI Bill Tuition to Ineligible For-Profit Schools: Watchdog Poor oversight by the VA resulted in $585 million going to ineligible programs, according to a report.
VA Waffles on Pledge to Reimburse Student Veterans for Housing Pay Shortfalls The VA said some student veterans may never be fully reimbursed for housing allowances.
Thousands to See GI Bill Housing Payment Bump Thousands of veterans using the post-9/11 GI Bill could see larger monthly housing allowance payments.
Post-9/11 GI Bill Payment Delays Nearly Over, VA Leaders Promise The VA saw pending claims from Post-9/11 GI Bill participants peak in September at 207,000, three times higher than normal.
Fix to GI Bill Screwups Won't Happen Before Spring, VA Says VA officials Thursday could not say when the IT system failures fouling up GI Bill allowance payments will be fixed.
Lawmakers to Grill VA on GI Bill Error Costing Veterans Thousands The VA's system failures have led to GI Bill housing allowance payment delays that are costing veterans thousands of dollars.
What's New In Military and Veterans Benefits for 2018 There are lots of changes coming for military and veterans in 2018, we explain them here.
Student Vets Win Too as Court Unchains Obama Loan Protection Judge's ruling creates window for those with student loan debt tied to fraudulent or deceptive schools to apply for relief
VA Acknowledges Delays in GI Bill Payments While the VA is finally admitting there are GI Bill delays, it gives no hint of when the backlog will be cleared up.
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...