Capitol Hill, VSO advocacy, policy fights, Congressional hearings, and the slow grind of getting promises kept.
Disabled American Veterans is backing congressional legislation that would greatly expand former service members’ access to dental care.
There aren’t many people who can say they once had nuclear missiles aimed at the same people they later recruited as an MTV audience. Bill Roedy might be the only one.
Edwin “Ned” Nye didn’t want to become a lawyer. Seeing that he was already enrolled in law school, Nye—whose famous son simplified complex topics for millions of television viewers as Bill Nye the...
The Trump administration may require all federal employees to sign nondisclosure agreements in an effort to restrict leaks that are considered to be a “widespread” issue across the federal...
The House overwhelmingly passed a $480.9 billion budget for the Department of Veterans Affairs, military construction and other programs for fiscal 2027 that included full funding for veterans health.
“In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to the legislature, and not to the executive,” James Madison wrote regarding..
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has thrown his support behind proposed legislation that would give combat-wounded service members who are medically retired from the U.S.
An Army veteran attempting to wield South Carolina law to sue a military contractor won a major Supreme Court victory Wednesday, carving out a narrow legal lane for those seeking to hold wartime...
Changes to Tricare in 2026 include a batch of reforms targeting access and cost plus a pilot program testing a new model in two cities.
Veterans’ advocates are pressing to allow judges and courts to consider a veteran’s military service when giving a “second look” to excessively long prison sentences.
Congress on Tuesday posthumously awarded American prosecutor Benjamin Ferencz with the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest U.S.
The Navy photographer who snapped a defining photo of the Artemis II astronaut crew’s return to Earth swears he wasn’t trying to create an iconic American image.
Every Veteran deserves safety, dignity and support, and VA is expanding nationwide efforts to ensure survivors of domestic violence, intimate partner violence (IPV) and sexual assault receive exactly.
Billy Kirby joined the Army in 1940 from Osage, Texas. Deployed to Italy at age 23, he fought in the Battle of Rapido River (nicknamed the “Bloody River”) during the Battle of Monte Cassino.
When Humana Military switched its claims processor from Wisconsin Physicians Service to PGBA on Jan. 1, 2025, the transition was supposed to be seamless. It was not.
A Department of Veterans Affairs official who oversaw the effort to modernize VA health records was indicted this week and is accused of leveraging his position to receive gifts from a group of...
The Department of Veterans Affairs regularly helps veterans become homeowners through its home loans, and as part of the process, an appraiser hired by the VA must inspect each property.
The U.S. Senate squashed an effort Wednesday by Democratic lawmakers to overturn the Department of Veterans Affairs’ ban on abortions or abortion counseling for VA patients.
The chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee wants to develop a “must-pass” authorization bill process for the Department of Veterans Affairs similar to the legislative procedure used to...
An agreement between the Justice Department and the Department of Veterans Affairs allows the VA to put veterans under guardianship if they are unable to make their own health care decisions.
Former Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough has been named CEO of Feeding America, a non-profit network of more than 250 food banks, regional cooperatives, agencies and food bank associations.
For several years, veterans groups have been pushing for legislation that would allow those wounded in combat to receive both disability benefits and retirement pay.
House and Senate members, along with prominent veterans’ organizations, hope 2026 will be the year Congress passes legislation to give 54,000 wounded veterans their military retirement pay and...
The Department of Veterans Affairs has ended a practice that prevented veterans who can’t manage their finances from owning guns, a change officials say will restore constitutional rights to nearly...
If you thought the most dangerous parts of “Top Gun: Maverick” were the MiGs, just wait until you meet the lawyers. Whilst we wait for updates on the third installment of “Top Gun” (a...
