Capitol Hill, VSO advocacy, policy fights, Congressional hearings, and the slow grind of getting promises kept.
Hazing could become a specific charge under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, under a provision in the upcoming fiscal year’s defense spending bill.
For years, the Major Richard Star Act appeared to have something Congress rarely sees: overwhelming bipartisan support from nearly 80 senators, more than 330 members of the House, major veterans...
The House rejected a move to send a controversial veterans benefits bill back to committee for reconsideration and postponed a vote on the legislation Thursday, with House Speaker Mike Johnson saying.
Scam artists have been targeting the $100,000 now available to eligible New Mexico victims of radiation exposure dating back to the world’s first atomic bomb explosion code-named “Trinity” in New...
A controversial veterans benefits bill that is estimated to reduce future disability ratings by nearly $60 billion over a decade to pay for expanded compensation hit a speed bump on Thursday.
As supporters of the Taking Care of America’s Veterans Act defend the legislation as the best chance in years to pass more than 60 veterans bills, the committee’s top Democrat says Congress should be.
Congress should continually seek ways to improve the lives of America’s Veterans. Expanding access to care, reducing bureaucratic delays, correcting longstanding injustices, and ensuring veterans...
Veterans organizations are deeply divided over the Taking Care of America’s Veterans Act as Congress proposes paying for parts of the legislation with projected savings from a long-pending Department.
Country music legend George Jones had a lifelong struggle with alcoholism that was as legendary as his voice. Born among the East Texas oil fields in 1931, Jones gravitated to music to escape his...
The nation’s largest combat veteran organization is fending off criticism over a political cartoon that depicts vets facing a firing squad for proposed changes to benefits in a sweeping reform bill —.
A battle in Congress has sparked a fierce debate among veterans groups about whether legislation that would expand benefits for veterans, caregivers, and survivors is worth the price of reducing...
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How history shaped our nation’s approach to caring for Veterans The Elizabethan Poor Law, also known as the Poor Relief Act of 1601, served as the foundation for how poverty and homelessness were...
Congressional votes on a controversial veterans bill that would increase benefits for medically retired disabled vets and survivors have been delayed amid push back over elections legislation that is.
The U.S. House will consider legislation this week that would give medically retired veterans both full military retirement pay and Veterans Affairs disability compensation, as well as allow...
Getting out of the military is hard enough and navigating the legal system afterward can be even harder, especially for veterans with limited resources because of transition trouble and little...
Santa Rosa County, Florida has 24,169 veterans and 17 listed resources — the widest gap of 2,002 counties ranked in a new free, open dataset that names the most under-served county in every state.
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...
