VA Adds Staff, Boosts Funding to Tackle Claims Backlog That Nearly Tripled During Pandemic The department is bolstering staff and providing funds for overtime at the National Archives and Records Administration to...
Fly Infestations, Canceled Dialysis: Senators Reveal Grim Conditions at Some VA Hospitals The VA frequently cites its $60 billion infrastructure needs but has given few details; senators filled in some of the blanks...
VA Moves to Expedite Benefits for Post-9/11 Veterans' Asthma, Respiratory Problems The VA will create a list of conditions thought to be linked to burn pits and other air-quality problems experienced by vets...
Congress Hopes to Deliver the Biggest Veterans Health Bill Ever. But What Will It Cost? The legislation would create a presumptive service connection to vets suffering from a long list of diseases who were exposed...
Senate Poised to Deliver Gigantic Bill Covering 11 Military Toxic Exposure Illnesses The True Cost of War Recognition Act will be the culmination of a year's worth of bills proposed in the Senate.
Radiation Exposure and Liver Flukes: Little-Known Veterans' Issues Get Attention in Congress Lawmakers have crafted a number of bills this year to understand and respond to little-known incidents that exposed veterans...
Mammoth Toxic Exposure Push Could Be Biggest Congressional Health Care Effort in Years Rep. Mark Takano is moving to open up care and disability to a half-century worth of veterans sickened by toxic exposure.
Proposed Law Would Make It Easier for Vets to Get Private-Sector Care on VA's Dime The Veterans Health Care Freedom Act would largely take the VA out of the community care process.
Lawmaker Sets Ambitious Plan for Omnibus Toxic Exposure Bill to Help Millions of Sick Veterans The Senate and House VA committees are holding coordinated hearings on two dozen bills related to toxic exposure.
VA Secretary Wants More Vets Sickened by Burn Pits to File Claims, But Many Are Still Being Turned Away As of March 31, the VA had denied 72% of burn pit claims, according to agency data obtained by Military.com.
Tennessee Man Shot Dead After Flipping Middle Finger at War Memorial Albert Sturgill Jr., 63, was confronted by a group while gesturing at the flag and monuments at Cumberland County Veterans...
Chicago Braces for Potential National Guard Deployment Amid Trump Threats Illinois politicians are sounding an alarm and bracing for possible National Guard deployments to Chicago amid President...
9/11 Air Defense Stories You Might Not Know As hijacked planes turned into weapons on September 11, 2001, inside a quiet Air National Guard facility in upstate New York...
Is Trump's Troop Buildup in US Cities a Declaration of War — or Something Else? As President Donald Trump goads Democratic-led cities, Americans are grappling with a fundamental question of American...
Navy Demotion Reversed for GOP Congressman Who Government Watchdog Found Abused Subordinates Jackson was quietly demoted to captain in 2022, three years after his retirement from the Navy, following an inspector...
