Life Insurance For Stay-At-Home Parents Life insurance is a tricky subject. It's hard to know who needs it, and how much, and sometimes it seems like wasted money.
Proposed SGLI Change Would Close Spouse Notification Loopholes A new proposal is the latest in a long, ongoing battle to alter the SGLI program to be friendlier to spouses and family.
Lawmaker Wants SGLI Notification Fix Should the military notify you if your spouse turns down life insurance? One lawmaker says it should.
House Eyes Giving Widows More Relief From SBP-DIC Offset A key House subcommittee is taking a fresh look at how Congress might allow a further easing the "SBP-DIC offset" to provide...
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...