Pressure on a Veteran and Senator Shows What's Next for Those who Oppose Trump Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst is an Iraq War veteran and sexual assault survivor who has advocated for years to improve how the...
Hegseth Meets with Moderate Sen. Collins as He Lobbies for Key Votes in the Senate President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Defense Department said he had a “wonderful conversation” with Maine Sen...
US Believes Marine Veteran Austin Tice Is Alive After Disappearing in Syria in 2012 President Joe Biden said the U.S. government believes missing American journalist Austin Tice, who disappeared 12 years ago...
2 Pearl Harbor Survivors, Ages 104 and 102, Return to Hawaii to Honor Those Killed in 1941 Attack Military historian J. Michael Wenger has estimated there were some 87,000 military personnel on Oahu on the day of the attack...
Veterans Lead the Way in Robust Labor Market with Low Jobless Rate of 2.8% The unemployment rate for all veterans in November stood at a low 2.8% in another sign that veterans continue to excel in a...
Father of Victim in NYC Subway Chokehold Case Sues Marine Veteran Defendant The father of the victim at the center of the fatal New York City subway chokehold trial has sued the defendant as a...
Dust to Dust: VA Now Offers 'Green' Burials at Cemeteries in Arizona, Colorado and Florida The new benefit lets veterans and family members consider environmentally friendly preparations, urns or caskets when...
Tell Us About Your Most Memorable Holiday Spent in Uniform There may be no place like home for the holidays, but if you served in the U.S. military, chances are you’ve probably spent...
House GOP Introduces Legislation to Solidify Veterans' Access to Community Care Democrats say the effort to expand community care undermines medical treatment for veterans by sending them to overburdened...
VA Funds Ivy League Research into MDMA as Treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress, Alcohol Abuse The research, some of it already underway, is the first of its kind at the VA in more than 50 years.
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...